Moreover, I happen to have worked in the field of social science research, and have a graduate level degree that required me to learn a great deal about it. Social science research is inadequate to the task of proving or disproving what effect same sex marriage has on society, and certainly not enough time has elapsed in any country to have relevant long-term data on the question anyway. For what it’s worth, however (and I don’t think any of the evidence pro or con is worth much), there is evidence (not introduced at trial, as far as I know) that gay marriage does have a negative effect on the institution of marriage in general (see this).

Furthermore, I’m not even against gay marriage. I am for the right of each state to regulate it as it sees fit, and I’ve stated that in other posts on the subject.

Imagine.

I’m afraid to ask, but is that…uh…”wife-wife” or “sorta wife, by some people’s reckoning?”

expat, precisely. Think Hollywood scum celebrities adopting Third World kids as fashion accessories for their kennels households.

You can imagine the phone conversation:

“Whaddya got there, Third World government official? Ah, gimme a baker’s dozen. Assorted, of course. Yes, please, priority shipping, care of my agent. I need ’em by the time of my press conference.”