I've been saying this for a long time - about as long as Drew and I have been married. What was once a protection for women and children, has now become obsolete and unecessary. Anyone who wants to get married should, and I understand it's a sore point for many gay couples. However, if you ask me, (if it wasn't for our families) we would have been just as happy living together forever and NOT paying the government more money for the "priviledge" of being married. Sometimes I think that gay couples are fighting the wrong battle. We should all want to get government's fingers out of the marriage pie. (That sounds really gross, sorry! :P )