NY Court reject same-sex wedding licenses

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

So again I'd ask (the court, not you in particular, Alex) what the difference would be should same sex marriage be allowed?

Presumably the argument would be that even if non-optimal conditions are allowed to exist (such as divorce by parents and same-sex adoption) the state could still make a rational argument for encouraging the optimal over sub-optimal.