No one is going to force you to...attend a some gay couples' wedding reception.
I think it's good that marriage equality is a thing now, no harm can come of it.
Personally I think the entire controversy revolving around gay marriage is one rooted in Christian belief. I'm sure most of you would agree that the majority of people who oppose gay marriage do so on a (Christian) religious basis. My thought process from there is that when using the words 'Marriage' most people are conditioned to think of a church, a priest reading a bunch of bible verses, a big fancy white gown and a whole range of cakes and lovey-dovey stuff. When you try to change that, people get mad. As was said before, it can also be done in an office by a government official or the captain of a ship with no bibles in the room at all and as far as I can tell my parents or many conservative Christians at all don't really give two stuffs about that. So my thought process is why not make all legal marriage like that and take the priest out of it altogether? I guess changing the name is just a simpler way of doing it or whatever but hopefully you can see where I'm going with this.
the constitution specifically bans slavery. it doesn't say that the federal government (let alone the courts) has the right to legislate and define the definition of marriagethe tenth amendment specifically delegates unmentioned and unprohibited rights to the states themselves
son the constitution protects you from the government
