I'm a libertarian who firmly believes that as long as the parties are all consenting adults, the state has no business determining what is or is not a valid domestic arrangement. The sexes and number of the partners is irrelevant. Period. That said, the California Supreme Court's decision was probably the right one. Mayor Newsome was in violation of the law, and had no right to act unilaterally and illegally in his capacity as mayor.

In addition, unless you're willing to call the vast majority of your fellow citizens members of the "Religious Reich," you might want to rethink your assessment of the California Supremes as having "caved." I think the majority is often wrong, and they're wrong on this issue, but a large majority of Americans (including the man you want to be president) think gay marriage is simply wrong. Is John Kerry part of the Religious Reich's vanguard?