There is nothing stopping anyone in this country marrying. Any man and any women, as long as they are not already married, etc., is entitled to marry. There is equal access to the institution. The issue at hand here is whether the minority - and the judiciary - get to arbitrarily redefine the institution.

The issue at hand, actually, is whether the institution really is a right that must remain available to all citizens, and whether or not this institution has been arbitrarily defined as solely heterosexual.

These are the top two questions that must be and will be defined by the court at the federal level should the fight progress this far. And it will.

Personally, I do not believe the masses are too stupid to decide the matter. But let us ask the right questions. Do we have the right to marry the partner of OUR own choosing or do we not? If so, under which circumstances? Not "should" we have the right...

If marriage is not a right rather some sort of legalized privilege, then yes we can talk more about should we or shouldn't we allow same sex marriages. If it IS a right, then continuing to "vote" would amount to tyranny of the majority against the minority... which is a far greater threat to the viability of a democracy than any pet issue.

By the way, Darfur, North Korea and the energy crisis ain't going nowhere. This is something we could take care PDQ if we wanted to. So why the heck shouldn't we cross it off our long ass to-do list?