Prop 8 in Washington?

I haven't finished going through the 9th Circuit decision invalidating Proposition 8, the anti- gay marriage initiative, but one thing jumped out at me:

A big part of the decision was that California already had an "everything but marriage" law, so any argument that gay unions were somehow bad for society was moot- since California had already legalized gay unions, the only issue was whether calling them "marriages" rather than "civil unions" was a problem. All the usual arguments that gay marriage should be unrecognized because marriage is about procreation, not good for kids, or whatever other strained nonsense the opponents put out are irrelevant- all that's legal, so the only issue is the label. The 9th Circuit apparently decided that there was no good argument that referring to gay unions as "marriages" rather than "civil unions" would hurt society.

Now, Washington State is about to legalize gay marriage through the Legislature, and there's already plans afoot to run a referendum to challenge that law. We've had an "everything but marriage" law on the books for several years. I think we're in the same position as California, and the logic is the same- and as a result the referendum will meet the same fate as Prop 8.

By the way, I've been married for 22 years, and I have absolutely no fear that my wife will leave me to become a lesbian if gay marriage is legalized. Whose marriage, exactly, is threatened by gay marriage? If it's yours, you have some fundamental problems that aren't going to be solved in the Legislature.