I agree

that the states should be allowed to decide the legality or illegality of same-sex marriage (and not just "domestic partnership;" I mean full-fledged, equal before the law marriage). And that the federal government should not amend the constitution to prevent it. If it shakes out that the coasts have gay marriage and the middle doesn't, so be it. All the family-oriented same sex couples who would move here would be our gain, your loss.