When a married couple files a married tax return, they do so because there is
a law which allows them to do so. They could not possibly file a married tax return if there was no law which
created the married tax return.
When two
gay people get married, they are not allowed to file a married tax return. For some reason, it scares the living bejeesus out of some people if they were to file a married tax return.
This means they do not have "equal protection of the laws".
Let's go to Section 1 of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution. I know some of you are probably surprised there are more than 10 Amendments, but it is true! There are!
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
So once a law is created, everyone is protected by it. You cannot keep someone away from that protection without a good reason. You must have a
rational reason for denying that protection to them.
"I hate fags" is not a rational reason to prevent two people from entering into a matrimonial contract and filing a joint tax return.
All of the above was established in precedent by
Loving v. Virginia. Read it. Learn it. Because when gay marriage finally comes before the Supreme Court, it will be cited as the precedent for legalizing gay marriage all the way up to the federal level. This will result in the interesting paradox of some ignorant blacks screaming about using the struggle for black equality to achieve gay equality.
I would hope the people on the opposing legal team would bring up the incest and bestiality red herring when that day comes in court, just for the yucks it would bring, but they could not be lawyers if they were that profoundly stupid.