Here you argue the letter of the law and not the intent, yes originaly America was founded on the right of white men to not be shakled by a government or a particular brand of christianity but America has evolved somewhat. The rights of the one must be the rights of the many.

The rights that I have with my wife as a married couple must be given to gays that wish to enter into that legal status. Not allowing them to is unconstitutional.

The Equal Protection Clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, provides that "no state shall ... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.