To reiterate the point being made by Amos and Stim, perhaps others, have made, civil rights should not be voted on. Putting minority rights to a popular vote turns majority rules into mob rule. The statement that "All men are created equal" is quite literally, the the first and founding concept of American democracy, enshrined in the two foundational documents of our republic. Passing laws that infringe on that self-evident truth, including laws prohibiting gay marriage, is by nature, unconstitutional. I call it Un-American.