You might step on a nail and get lock jaw. The clerk who performs the ceremony might have a zit and it would look funny in your photos. Your shoe could come untied. It could make America a terrorist target. There might be an earthquake and tsunami.

You might have a deep and amazing emotional experience. You might touch the lives of thousands and thousands of gay youth. Your co-workers might finally understand just how important your "partner" is to you. Your mother might kvell with joy.

If you live in California and already have a domestic partnership, it's not that much more to upgrade to a marriage. Yes, it is harder to divorce than dissolve, but more marriages happening sooner is better. Voters will know that their vote on this amendment is *taking away* an existing marriage and I think that will have a stronger impact than if they were just denying unspecified "potential" marriages that have not happened yet.

Get married, and let people know that your marriage deserves protection, too.

It's a personal choice. Frankly, what bothers me about marriage are the divorce laws in this country.