> You are just making things up. Ok, well, that's why I asked. > By law, marriage is between man and a woman. That’s it. This is not true in the US. My neigh

> You are just making things up. Ok, well, that's why I asked. > By law, marriage is between man and a woman. That’s it. This is not true in the US. My neighbors are the same sex and legally married. I know at least 3 same-sex married couples here and I don't even live in a big city. But if you're OK with that kind of discrimination, then you wouldn't have a problem if the law said only gay people could get married--but don't worry because straight people can get a domestic partnership. Yes? The problem with that is, of course, that we're not treating people equally under the law when we should. Sure, it was the case that that particular kind of discrimination was allowed, but we stopped doing that. We've stopped doing a lot of things that were discriminatory for a lot of reasons over the centuries. In my country, we're all Americans, and we should get the same marriage and domestic partnership rights, gay or straight. That said, I would like to hear how two people of the same sex getting married has personally affected you in a negative way. Is it because you feel the institution is lessened by allowing same-sex marriage, and so indirectly so is your marriage? Or something else?