Gay Marriage ammendments work for the right.

Well the question must be decided by someone, and the legislatures are too scared to be accountable. We could just pass a law, but legislatures are afraid of the backlash. They don't really want new definitions of marriage, but they want to be able to say that it is the will of the people.

The fact is that the current definition IS the will of the people.

If it was not true the issue would energize people to go vote for the new definitions. The people don't really want new definitions. While those who suport new definitions are not fired up, those who see a growing trend of redefining 'normal' are fired up. They vote.

Every time it appears on a ballot (outside of San Francisco) it will lose, and the GOP'ers (and anyone else) supporting it will win.