I listened to quite a bit of the debate using cspan and heard Republican after Republican use phrases like "the death knell of society" and "the end of civilization as we know it." My favorite of all was "marriage is under attack."

Huh??

It's under attack?

Because...wait...gay couples want to be married. Yup. Oh sure, they definitely hate marriage, yessirree.

I agree--it's "a" foundation, but not THE foundation. Family can be defined so many different ways (speaking as someone who is unmarried and unlikely to change that any time soon, and who considers many people I am not blood or legally related to as "family").