" In other words, as is typical of our time, the challengers’ vision of marriage is not a self-sacrificing institution designed to provide an optimal setting for raising children and structuring society, but is a self-centered institution used to secure society’s approval of intimate relationships." I can't even begin to imagine how you come to that warped conclusion. Could it be - shockingly - that same sex couples want to raise children? Want to be in a loving, supportive relationship with the person that they love? Why is opposite sex marriage for the purpose of "being fruitful and multiplying" but same-sex is all about being selfish? Expand your worldview a bit and you might find that there are plenty of opposite sex couples who decide not to have children or, like my husband and I, cannot have children. We adopted as a way to form our family. My marriage is no less than anyone else's marriage simply because while our parts are "compatible" they don't work properly.