“. . . And despite the cry of live and let live, the modus operandi appears to be, live like I say or feel the power of the state.”
Right-on-the-mark quote from a column worth reading, called What’s The Difference?
Main point: Same-sex marriage does make a difference to wider society, especially when the force of the state is behind it.

I pray that everyone who is evil enough to have the audacity to block same sex marriage simply because it makes them uncomfortable lives a long and difficult life. If you’re that insecure about your own beliefs and marriages that is not our problem. Mind your own families and stop being a biggot.