Marrige, same sex only?

[voxelectronica]

But it is the job of the government to protect the minority from the votes of the majority.

No it isn't. That's the job of the Constitution, marriage isn't mentioned in the constitution.

The American Constitution was based on the idea that the dirty masses were not quite smart enough to be really in charge of decision making.

No the constitution was there to make certain rights unalienable. Marriage wasn't one of those rights.

But 2 people regardless of gender to form a union with legal rights is not one of them and the government other than recognizing that a union has occurred between 2, or if you want more should have no say.

This is the problem I have with gay marriage proponents. You agree that the government should not be involved then argue the case that they should. You agreed that the government has no place in marriage and are then go to argue that it's the governments job to protect it.

Well it isn't. The government is not there to protect anyone. There was a time when the police were privatized.