Interesting discussion.

But does anybody really understand the true significance of the lift on the ban on gay marriages? It has nothing to do with carnal behavior or holding yourself out as married couples.

Here are a few reasons, good or bad.

Its all about the flow of civil effects... the legal benefits of being married...what the law already affords to heterosexual married couples will now apply to married gay couples. For instance: death and heirship laws, tax laws, child custody, health benefits, guardianship, parental rights, community property, adoption, life insurance benefits, etc, etc...