There’s a simple answer to the gay marriage question:
Take the State out of the marriage business entirely.
Let any group (spiritual or otherwise) award the status of marriage according to any standard it chooses, but separate this status from any civil considerations. The moral aspects of marriage should be a private concern.
Civil issues such as inheritance and benefits would be covered by some sort of certification of civil union, which would not involve any sort of moral judgement.
On this basis, the amendment should fail, not because gay marriage is or isn’t desirable, but because marriage should not be a government concern.
