NTodd gets to the heart of the matter, and cites George Fox in the process:

Marriage between consenting adults is a fundamental right. Engaging in private sexuality between consenting adults is a fundamental right. So long as we confer legal benefits to state-recognized coupling–the justification of which is a whole other issue–we must protect them for LGBT persons as much as we do heteros, per the 14th Amendment.

Anything less is state-sanctioned bigotry and discrimination, and beneath the dignity of America, her people and ideals. We’ve fallen many times, we work toward the restoration…

Amen to that, Friend.