Marriage isn't the only thing at stake here. If the California Constitution can be amended to take the right to marry away from gay people, then any fundamental right could be snatched away from any group that's outnumbered at the polling places. As one of the signs seen at the massive protests that have taken place around the country in the wake of Proposition 8 says, "You may not be gay - but you might be next." That's what we'll be telling the California Supreme Court when arguments are held next March in our case, Strauss et al v. Horton et al. It's difficult for me to think of a greater threat to the principles of individual freedom for which the ACLU stands.