You're using a copout. You don't give a damn about the size of government on this issue, you give a damn about your personal religious view and seeing to it that gays don't have the same rights as you do.
It has nothing to do with my "religious views." Marriage is what it's been for the last 2,000 years. It's a union between a man and a woman. But gays can still do whatever they want to do in their own personal lives. I don't care if gays want to live together, sleep together, or even serve in the military. But it's not necessary at all for the government to actually recognize their relationship.