This is such a bogus argument on several levels. Namely:

1) Single employees get married, thus costing you more.

2) Most employer based insurance now does not cover the cost of spouses. The employee pays a huge premium over single employees to have coverage for spouses.

3) If gays and lesbians really make up the very small percentage of the population conservatives claim (as little as 1% by their claims) the effect of gay marriage will be extremely negligible. Is this a tacit admission that those lowball numbers are bogus?

I agree with the limited government principle wholeheartedly, but trust me- the belief in “limited government” got thrown out by the GOP (“God’s Own Party” as I now call them) a long time ago. Don’t be fooled by the politicians who are oh-so-conveniently remembering what it means just because there’s a Democrat in the White House all of a sudden (and who will conveniently forget again if/when they win the WH back).

I would much rather someone tell me that they oppose letting me marry because they mistakenly believe that CIVIL marriage is a matter of religious belief than to hear someone say that I, a tax paying, wage earning citizen should not be eligible to receive some of the benefits that my work and taxes paid for because doing so might cost those who already have access to ALL the benefits another dime or two. Especially when he is trying to cut costs by denying 1% – 2% of the population (the likely percentage of the general population that is gay and interested in marrying) access to the benefits that they pay equally to fund while not even considering cutting costs by addressing the segment of the population who account for 99.9% of the actual current costs of these benefits.

I much prefer the old, cynical, “for the Bible tells me so” argument.