If this doesn't convince you...

then there's no hope. From today's Boston Globe: "(BOSTON (AP) Catholic leaders in the only state that allows gay marriage are considering new employment policies that would call for the firing of workers who marry their same-sex partner, according to a published report. ..."

Ok, they want to get married, let's fire them? No wonder the institution of marriage (not to mention the whole Catholic Church) has gotten so wobbly. It's easy to cite Brittany Spears' fiasco as an indication that marriage is an institution crumbling all by itself: extending those rights can't demonstrate nearly the harm that one raging lunatic heterosexual can do.