"As long the solution demands the religious interpretation presented by the homosexual community is accepted by those who's religion disagrees; this battle will be waged."

This is a plainly and classically rightist characterization of the issue, and it does not match contemporary reality. The community I belong to is not "homosexual"; it is New York City. I live here with my spouse that I married this past May. We say "married" because we think it's the most accurate term, but it often leads to people asking if we are legally married, somehow. There is your clue: marriage is a legal institution. The gays are not trying to press any "religious interpretation" on others. (Give me a break.) We are just trying to get equal protection under the law . We are just trying not be put in separate lines when we vote, when we go through US customs, when we act out the same life rituals that legally married couples do. We would like to know that, when some bureaucrat asks if we are "family", it is always safe to answer yes. We are just trying to not have it rubbed in our faces daily that we are different and that our bond is less deserving of society's recognition. This is not about your religion: Get off that cross, it's insulting to everyone. This is about my rights under our government.

There is no liberal case for opposition to gay marriage. There is only cowardice, or bigotry. Obama suffers from the former, and I don't blame him for it, but I do blame the Californians that embraced the latter in the privacy of a voting booth this week.