The law here in Mass did not specify Man and Woman for marriage, just 2 people.
The law here in Mass did specifiy that all people have the same rights under the law.
The law here therefore said that either ANY two people can get married, or NO two people can get married.
I think that logic is pretty sound.
Will it change healthcare, taxes, etc. Probably a little, but not much. Many companies offered "partner" based healthcare for years. The difference in tax rates is not very much (or more heterosexual marriages would be driven by "really good deductions")
Changing the law (any law) to forbid a class of people from doing something another class can do is against everything this country should stand for. Those few times when it happens must be for really, really good reasons (under 18 no vote, for example).
Changing the constitution to forbid a class of people from doing something another class can do is all over wrong, and makes me cringe more than almost anything else I can think of. We should not build denial of rights into this document, period.
My .02
Jerry Johnson
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