I've been wracking my brain trying to imagine an argument that might be made in the Supreme Court against legalizing gay marriage. Can anybody out there play devil's advocate and suggest one?

There are many emotional arguments, ones we all have heard, and some even seem convincing, but I assume that the court would confine itself to the legal, constitutional considerations. Various people find interpretations in their religion that object to it. People are afraid of the idea, worried about the possible social ramifications. There are those who, though sympathetic to the idea, feel that it is strategically too soon, but it looks like the issue is headed to our highest court anyway.

Quite recently there were passionate objections made against interracial marriages and to granting full civil rights to all of us, but surely we, and our Supreme Court, remember those battles and the justice of their outcomes and are ready to finally acknowledge the constitutional rights of all of us to marry who we choose, who we love and to whom we want to openly commit ourselves.

So please, if there are legitimate legal arguments for the status quo, let's hear them and discuss them.

John Barrow

Grass Valley