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I can't make a much more clear argument that this...
Marriage is a law.
Text of Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
It should be pretty clear that same sex marriage bans deny me a right that every woman has, and that is the right to marry a man. Before any state can impose such a law on me, and discriminate solely on the basis of my sex, it must give me due process of law.
And that means that those bans, which discriminate against me on the basis of my sex must meet the second level of scrutiny and serve some important state interest. To date, nobody has provided a reasonable state interest that is served by denying me equal protection of marriage.
Women do not have the right to marry men. Men do not have the right to marry women.
Everyone, even gays, have the right to marry someone of the opposite sex who is also otherwise qualified.
The fact that gays generally don't want to exorcize that right is immaterial.
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