"Knowing that life seems to tilt the playing field on which we all live, towards that of unhappiness and hate... this is what your heart tells you to do? You want to protect marriage? You wish to honor the institution of family that marriage represents? Then spread happiness—this tiny, symbolic, semantic grain of happiness—share it with all those who seek it. You do not have to share that love or applaud it, but whatever you do, don't extinguish it. For the love you have for your partner is the same as they have for their own. We ought to treat others as we would have them treat us, even if they are different-seeming, because in this world of unfairness, we must always remember that the other guy counts, too."