For the record, I am ambivalent about gay marriage. As a libertarian, I think the government should get out of the marriage business altogether. Why should the government have ANY role in determining living arrangements between individuals? If people have religious beliefs about the nature of marriage, then have a nice church ceremony and be done with it. If there needs to be tax/benefits arrangements that involve the government, allow people to register as households in any combination they see fit, but the cleanest thing would be to treat every citizen as an individual and stop subsidizing (or penalizing) marriage/cohabitation.
That being said, given the fact that the government has played a role in defining marriage, and has accepted the traditional definition of marriage as it has stood for hundreds of years, I am strongly against unelected judges redefining the law. That is a task best left to elected legislatures. It is how our system of representative government was set up. It takes a little more time and patience to get something changed, but then once something is changed, it's harder for the opposition to complain that they got screwed.
And now for those topless photos of our most prominent gay marriage opponent:

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