The importance for our society to define marriage as one man one woman is incalculable. The failure to pass this amendment opens the door to all sorts of other "unions" that society has always considered as harmful to the group as a whole. Once you open the door, you cannot stop any of them. I have no problem with contracts and power of attorney between whomever, but marriage must be reserved for one man- one woman.
Copying & pasting my response to you from another thread:
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I have to respectfully disagree back. The whole "If you open the door" argument is not feasible, in my opinion. Marginalizing gay marriage out of fear that suddenly sisters and brothers will be marrying is just that: fear.
That was probably the argument in keeping interracial marriages illegal also. All kinds of chaos would happen when you allow blacks & whites to marry. Decades later, is it such a big deal at all? Nope, except for those who still have the tendency to have racist thoughts and values. IMO, the same thing will happen if the ban on gay marriage is removed. Gay marriage will be a non-issue, except to those still harbouring homophobic values.