At what cost?

"A Cleveland judge's ruling Wednesday that Ohio's new definition of marriage trumped protections for unmarried, cohabiting victims of domestic violence has no impact in the Dayton area, although a similar case is pending before a judge here." So in order to "protect" us from gay people having a stable, traditional relationship, we've opened up a legal loophole for men to abuse their girlfriends? In order to tell people who they can and can't marry, we've made it necessary to find "a nonconflicting definition" of marriage? Even if you accept that we need to have governments dictate who is allowed to marry... somehow, I don't think it's worth it.