california state senator william “pete” knight, author of the (passed) state proposition recognizing only marriage between a man and a woman, and whose son got civil unionized in vermont, on gay marriage: This is the biggest public policy issue since slavery, Knight said, his voice rising. I don't believe that the judges or the Legislature ought to be making that decision. It ought to be the people of the country deciding.

the more i think about it, the more astounding it is to me that someone opposed to gay marriage would even invite that comparison.