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It's very difficult to argue against gay marriage because, despite the conservative rhetoric and trotting out some skewed studies on the relative benefits of having both a father and a mother, there aren't any compelling arguments against it that don't rely on religiously-based moral objections. If you start arguing about the benefits of having both a mother and a father, you get into all sorts of trouble when also discussing divorced couples, single parents, etc. The only argument that holds any water in my book is that marriage is a religious institution, and should be regulated by religous organizations, not the state. The state has no business meddling in religious matters. The problem (for conservatives) is that this argument suddenly deligitimizes marriage as a social institution and would replace it with civil unions for ALL, not just gay couples, with marriage as a completely separate religious matter. I love seeing them choke on their own inability to overcome the inherent illogic in their arguments.
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"If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."
- Anatole France
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