Very well. Are you aware that what I said above was what the law was? And that is what Mike Pence wants it to be? They want government to be involved in the marriage and relationships of people, preventing them from being in a relationship with someone of their own gender. I understand it is not a large issue with you, but can you understand how it can be a large issue for someone else? Particularly someone who is gay or has gay loved ones?
EDIT: Also, this is something I don't think a lot of conservatives get. As a liberal, my view about government is that it exists solely to be a protector and benefactor of the people. Very, very similar to what you said you view as the role of government. Our differences lay with how best to go about this. I understand how government providing healthcare can benefit its citizens more than simply not instituting laws about healthcare can. Using this example, the government regulates the industry simply to protect its citizens. And because this regulation does(n't) increase cost, a subsidy for the people would benefit them (the regulations actually don't increase cost. That is a fallacy. The regulations actually have reduced cost, because without regulations we could and in fact have in the past had cartels and monopolies which artificially raised prices on things). So it's still under the 'protection' mission that these things come about. Same thing with the social safety nets, like Social Security and Medicaid/Medicare. Those are protecting the citizens. Things like police and fire obviously protect. Military too. But so does the mass transit systems that a lot of cities have produced (more efficiently in other places like Europe, but still in the US). Those things protect because it makes lives easier for the people using them, making it easier for organizations like police to move about (if there are fewer cars, that means it's easier to drive). Even such frivolities like public parks protect. They protect the mind, making people happier, and making it so QOL is better. But the more important aspect of things that improve quality of life are that they generate revenue. A happier populous is a more productive populous. A more educated populous (free/subsidized education) is a more productive populous. This generates the excess revenue used to fund those other, more concrete protection thing. If it wasn't for our public education system, we would not be as successful of a country as we are now.