[Sailor Steve]

I see it as much simpler than that. No one is asking that "blue" be legally changed to "red", or that "coffee" be legally changed to "milk"

These people are asking to be allowed to marry. While others may not believe me at this point, personally I'm against it. That said, I have to ask myself why, and the only answer I can come up with is that it makes me nervous. I ask myself why that should be, and the answer is that I don't know.

So, bottom line: Why do I support this? For the simple reason that I cannot see any real harm it would do to make the change, and it would help a certain segment of society feel that they are more accepted.

When asked why they object to "the same thing with a different name", I have to ask: Why should they.

All the arguments made against it so far are vague, or compare it to some made-up alternative.

So I have one question for the opponents: Why are you against it? Is it really because it upsets tradition, or is that just a convenient argument? What real harm would it do you, or society in general?

I don't really have a side. I oppose the opposers for the simple reason that I don't buy their arguments. To me there seems to be something deeper going on.