Marriage is between a man and a woman only
This argument, seen over and over again during the lead up to the last election, seems to suggest that the most important factor in a marriage, the one absolute condition that defines the whole practice, is that your mate be of the opposite sex. That degree of legalism is asinine.
Do straights ever contemplate marriage as a bonding with the person you love most outside your own family, a lifelong commitment to your best friend, a pairing based on affection? Of course they do, yet they insist on not sharing those conditions with anyone whose choice of partner is the same sex they are.
Every argument I’ve read against same-sex marriage is legalistic, devoid of any compassion, empathy or humanism. When definitions and words mean more than other human beings we’re headed down a dangerous path. It’s the old argument between the “spirit” of the law and the “letter” of the law.