What is at stake for me, as a citizen, is the diminishment of the rights of all citizens to the protection of the state and the preservation of the principles of the Constitution itself. Gays happen to be the oppressed minority du jour, but it could as easily be you or any of us. Like to own a gun? You should have voted against Prop 8. Think your religious freedom is important? Should have voted against it. Like free speech? Get over it, this is the camel's nose under the tent. People seem to miss the bigger picture here - this isn't about "gay" rights, this is about all Americans' rights to live in a country governed not by the whims of the populace or the wording of a legal provision, but fundamental constitutional protections and rational legislation. If this proposition stands, it is the start (strike that, we already have the start in DoMA, and 39 States that have anti-gay legislation in place) of a significant diminishment of the entire Constitution itself. Like the Bill of Rights? Well, just remember how they used to be respected, revered, and followed.
