Illinois Prosecutors Won't Defend Gay Marriage Ban

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I am a religious man. I use faith in a very deep and direct way throughout my day and life. I am married to a woman. She is great. If someone were to come to me and say "Sir the law has changed. this woman is no longer your wife but is now your partner, you are no longer married but instead part of a domestic partnership" I would say "Sir.... you need to shut the fuck up" The word marriage implies something, it isn't necessarily legal. It is something very symbolic that I a religious man and others who are not religious have the privilege of being apart of. Though I am religious it is obvious that marriage has so many more meanings to different cultures and people around the world. There are plenty of non-religious people whos marriage means as much to them as mine to me. She will always be my wife, I will always be her husband and we will always be married. Now, the idea of a man marrying a man, or a woman marrying a woman does not at all take away from the phantom "institute of marriage" I hear so much about. ( What a stupid phrase ) If anything, the diversity of culture adds to it. The marriage is about proclaiming a commitment to yourself and those around you and then honoring that commitment. To say a domestic partnership is the same is rather insulting. I wouldn't accept it, and I would expect no same sex couple to accept it. I do not applaud any law enforcer for refusing to defend a ban. That should be par for the course. I am not going to give praise to someone for doing what they aught to be doing, or in this case not doing. I would however applaud her and other lawmakers and enforcers lobbying to change the laws. You don't have to be atheist or non religious to support gay marriage. You just have to be a good person.  

explain that not doing so sets up a scenario where a judge could quickly strike down the marriage statute. and the problem there would be? If not defending the law would get it thrown out, then I don't see a problem.

If you ask a gay person if they would accept equal rights while calling it a domestic partnership, they decline to answer... This is really about spitting in the face of religious peoples, I'm not religious but I'll stand with them and spit right back.. This isn't about equal rights, this is about flaunting your gayness in other people's faces.