Um, which of those are you proposing? That we leave marriage as mixed-only, or that we end discrimination against gay couples? They’re mutually exclusive.
I think that’s debateable… why are they mutually exclusive?
You’re serious? Okay. How is denying same-sex couples an equal right to marry not discriminatory?
Because I don’t see marriage as a “right”. If it is, who does it apply to… any two human beings without regard to any other factors at all?
And if it is so clear… why did it take so long for everybody to figure it out?
The right in question is equal protection.
Holy smokes… you mean this whole thing has been screwed up since 1868???
It wouldn’t be without precedent.
Much earlier than that as a principle, really - but it’s been codified at the US federal level for that long, yes.