No. Simply no.
“Many people who were formerly in the gay lifestyle and then came out could attest to the fact that gay relationships, no matter how much we wish to respect them, differ substantially from a heterosexual bond and will never be able to replace male-female unions.”
So first of all, no one “comes out” of a gay “lifestyle” because there is no such thing. Being gay is not a choice. You are obviously talking about self-hating gay people who are telling everyone who will listen how much they love the opposite sex now after their conversion therapy or whatever, until they finally break and or are caught in the act with some same sex escort.
Secondly, I have friends. I have had relationships. Both with people of the same sex. And believe me, it is not the same. For the same reason it isn’t in heterosexual relationships by the way. Contrary to homophobic opinion we do love each other just as much as hetero couples. And even if it were just lust, I usually don’t have sex with my friends. So either way, there are stark differences. Additionally I feel fully satisfied with a homosexual relationship, and feel nothing beyond the platonic for women.
Now to the whole “marriage is only any relationship that creates children”. Tough luck, that would exclude everyone who doesn’t want to have children or CAN’T have children too, no matter whether they are heterosexual. Marriage should not be about children anyway, but about taking responsibility for each other to a degree that it is recognized by the state.
“Through sophistry, the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment meant that same-sex couples had equal rights to children but that the children obtained in fulfillment of this right did not have equal rights to a mother and father.”
There is no “right” to a mother and father for children. What, you want single-mothers forcibly married to guys by the state? Will you force heterosexual couples to adopt? No, the only reason you are saying this is to exclude homosexual couples. Study upon study has shown that children adopted (or born to through insemination or surrogacy) by homosexuals are not worse off at all. Your arguments fail hard and that’s why you lost the battle fortunately. Hopefully it will remain this way.