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As Page notes, the state stepping in to maintain traditional gener roles is seriously creepy. So creepy in fact, I resisted getting married to my partner (male) for 22 years. After Massachusetts legalized gay marriage, I no longer had any objections. We got married. I was in a tulle veil and he was in a tux. Our marriage license says "Appicant A" and "Appicant B", IT IS PERFECT!
If people need the state to tell them that they get to be a bride and groom, then I have to wonder if they are actually mature enough to get married. I mean come on people, grow up.
At any rate, this all feels to me like a last gasp of desperation on the part of the anti-gay marriage folks. Their arguements are foolish and make them seem like children who need a parent, a Daddy (read the State) to give them the okay to be a bride or a groom.
Frankly, I think the solution is to take all the States out of the business of marriage altogether. The State should only be able to certify civil unions (gay or straight)and it should be left to the various religious institutions to confer marriage. I believe we will eventually get there, we just have some ugly mud to trudge through until we get there.
