It's coming into law soon in the UK and I believe in the USA as well. Is this the right step or a step too far. I would be really interested in hearing the views on this as well.
Canada's been there for a while now. I supported it from the get-go on both civil rights and religious grounds (I'm a UU and we were among the groups fighting for same-sex marriage here). The sky has not fallen in and we have a lot of married couples that we otherwise would not have had, so all went well. In our case, it started with the courts in various provinces ruling that it was a right that could not be denied to same-sex couples and the federal government finally (in 2005) updated the marriage act to make it official across the country.
As far as the US goes, they are going state-by-state so it could still be a while before the whole country has it.
The elder ex-President George H. Bush attended a gay wedding and signed the document as a witness just a few days ago. I'm all for gays getting married. Why not? Best wishes for happiness!
The city of Atlanta voted for it, but its just a token, not legally bonding, as the state of Georgia has to pass such legislation. Right now a statewide referendum would be close, very close as polls have put it at close to a 50-50 for and against with Georgia voters. In time that percentage should change in favor of gay marriage, probably not long. There are 50 states in the USA, a few already have legalized gay marriage. Such a thing is usually a state-by-state issue in our system.
Just a word of caution though. The divorce lawyers also support gay marriage, but maybe not for the same reasons the rest of us do.
"Let people live and love." That's what I say. Love doesn't discriminate, so why are people trying to over who can get married or not?