The legislating of morality IS what this is about and a lot of conservatives feel that marriage should be traditional..between a man and a woman...well, like Karen said, how sacred is it really when 50% of marriages end in divorce? Most committed gay couples I know are a lot happier than some heterosexual couples. Now, I realize that is a severe overgeneralization, but, I think you get what I'm saying. I would rather see a kid raised by a gay couple that was committed and loving than in a home with heterosexual parents who scream at each other or worse...obviously, in our society, it would be preferable to have kids raised by a committed heterosexual couple because of the harrassment the kids face, but....