These type of issues should not be federalized. Under the Constitution, regulation of marriage contracts was given to the states. Those states that have added constitutional amendments to prohibit gay marriage (not civil unions) will now be under a slew of litigation since the Court overruled Prop 8 in California. We now have a very culturally fractured country with, I believe, 12 states recognizing gay marriage and 36 or 37 not recognizing it. The Supreme Court itself now appears as fractured. Justice Scalia said in his dissent that the majority opinion made opponents of gay marriage appear as less than human.
Since the Supreme Court handed down Roe v Wade, there has been division with both sides going to extremes, no abortion in any case and no limit on late term abortions. Personally, I don't believe most people opposed to gay marriage on the grounds it goes against the natural law of God will ever be convinced to become a supporter. Hence, we will have many many years of unrest and litigation back and forth as we have now with abortion with those on both sides taking extreme positions. We are already seeing this with discrimination suits against bakers, etc. who refuse to be involved in gay marriages.
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