Conservative activists like to say they are "defending" marriage and that allowing same-sex couples to marry would somehow "ruin" marriage, but they never can explain why, and that is why they are losing ground each time the California Prop 8 issue goes to a higher court. Just saying it doesn't make it so. You have to show how, and because the issue they have with it isn't anything more than irrational anger, they can't produce real evidence or anything approaching proof.
In my estimation, the reason the OP of this thread hasn't seen a real answer to the question of how same-sex marriage would affect other peoples' lives, at least in the media, is because those against it know their issues are irrational and they don't want to look like idiots on television.
I'm a married man. I know a lot of other married people. Same-sex marriage would not affect any single one of our marriages one iota, except that maybe some of our gay friends might be a little happier with their lives, and what bad can come from that?
Unfortunately, the Supreme Court is led by a Bush-appointed conservative political activist (and he is one, despite claiming to hate political activism, and anybody who doubts me only need look at his rulings where corporations are concerned - he's crusading for them). He will want to rule for the wackos in this case, so despite the fact that every intervening court has ruled and will likely continue to rule Prop 8 to be unconstitutional - and any third grader can see that it IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL - expect Roberts to pull whatever he has to, to let it stand. At best, he'll probably just claim it a matter of states' rights and refuse to hear the case, thus gridlocking the process for years. At worst, expect the Constitution to be strangled to death by bad logic and pandering.
