Illinois Bishops

http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=63270
"They have endorsed a petition, organized by the Citizens Initiative on Marriage, in favor of adding a constitutional amendment regarding marriage in the form of a referendum to the November 2006 ballot. The initiative, sponsored by the Catholic Conference of Illinois, is aimed at gathering 285,000 signatures."

and finally this...

""The weakening of this basic institution has already exacted too high a social cost," the bishops stated in reference to the degeneration of marriage in Western society in the last five decades."

Man and woman marriage has been so decimated and abused, that the gay folks wonder what all the fuss is about.