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I realize I'm addressing this a bit late, but this is definitely a good read of how the Iowa Supreme Court made a fair, level-headed, and well thought out decision in regards to their constitutional definition of marriage:

Iowa's Gay Marriage Decision: What it Says and What it Means

I highly recommend you read how this decision "so clearly, cogently, and conscientiously dismantles and destroys each and every one of the arguments that the anti-gay forces have made — and continue to make — against sex same marriage."

Found on AOL news blog;

A truck driver for the Niagara Falls Public Works Department told a judge today that putting up a racially motivated "whites only" sign on a water fountain last summer was "the stupidest thing I have ever done in my life."

James R. Curtis was then sentenced to three years of probation, 50 hours of community service and mandatory cultural diversity training. City Judge Mark A. Violante also ordered Curtis to submit to random alcohol and drug testing, and pay a $200 surcharge.

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and nonbelievers.

President Barack Obama, Inaugural Speech Jan. 20, 2009

Okay. I didn't want to deal with hate mail, so I posted this anonymously over on Jeff's Gameblog as a comment to his "Political Meme."

Let me put this into gamer context:

REAL LIFE RPG (TM)

Character Creation:

In the Real Life RPG(TM), you roll your character's physical traits and choose the attitudinal ones.

PHYSICAL TRAITS
Attributes
There are six attributes in the RL-RPG: Strength, Dexterity, Health, Willpower, Intelligence, and Perception.

Roll 3d6 for each and assign as desired.

Race (1)
Roll percentage and consult table:
1-68 White
69-83 Hispanic
84-95 African American
96-100 Asian American

Gender (2)

Copy this sentence into your LiveJournal/blog/whatever if you're in a heterosexual marriage, and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.

From Jeff's Gameblog.

I almost commented on that blog, but I just started reading it -- I've never conversed with these folks before.

Here's the response I would have added:

If you think that marriage is purely a religious affair, then it should be removed from State recognition completely.

If the State recognizes it as a "legal" arrangement, then it should in no way discriminate against participating citizens.