"Ask any attorney who works on the issue of getting equal rights for same sex couples. It costs a lot more, takes a lot more time and falls far short of the 'rights' opposite gender people get by just being straight and excercising them."

A valid point was raised - Why is the government able to dictate the terms of a contract between two individuals?

You want to make homosexual marriage legal, the best way to do that is to rid government from a process it should not even be involved in.

"You question Cheney (and other quasi humans) but not the right of people to have access to health"

No one has a right to healthcare, it'd be nice if everyone could have it, but...

"Are you really suggesting that I call my insurance company and negotiate better coverage and a better rate? That's pretty funny."

It wouldn't be nearly so funny if government involvement hadn't ruined any chance of a decent healthcare system, instead we have a corrupt, inefficient, quasi-public system that eats up more and more money.