Reply #4: No we can't... but understand also that

[Gman]

the reason they're putting these amendments on the ballot is solely to get out the vote. It gives the GOP 1) the ability to tell the fundies they are doing something and the obvious 2) get out the vote.

I always tell people that the only reason government has anything to say about marriage is that, legally, marriage gives two people the ability to do business as a joint partnership rather than their previous status of a sole proprietership. If you go into business for yourself, you file as a sole prop. If you go into business with one or more other people you file for a joint prop. There is no sexual preference discrimination when you file a business. There should be none in how the state identifies how you conduct your personal business.

Then I tell people that if you want to get married, go to a church. Maybe the church will marry two people of the same sex, maybe not. But you file how you do your personal business with the state. The state doesn't care who you run a business with, and it shouldn't care with who you conduct your personal business. This argument also goes to the heart of government recognizing established religion too.