First to answer your stupid question: you are now in luck, a straight man would be able to marry a straight man.

Second:

"Is anyone currently prevented from being by the side of a sick same sex partner in California? Not according to current law."

Then you do not know much about current law, yes they can be prevented from being their.

"It's all about the money. It's about insurance benefits, and survivor benefits, and tax benefits, and health benefits. It's about increasing taxes on straight people to pay the medical bills of AIDS patients."

No, it is about human dignity, it is about love, and devotion and promising someone you will be there to protect them no matter what. It is about finding the person you can share all of your life with, and just in case after being together for 25 , 40 or 50 years someone who can hold your hand as you take your last breath in a hospital.

It is about being afforded the sme rights as others, no more and no less. Seperate but equal is never equal.