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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
I totally disagree with your whole premise. I think that the vast majority of people have no problem with a person being gay. But by the same token, the vast majority of people are not in favor of gay marriage. Just because a person is not in favor of gay marriage, that does not make the person a bigot. I don't think that most people care about what other people are doing in the bedroom. But that is a different issue than marriage.
Just because there are certain laws, that does not mean that the government is telling you what to do in your bedroom. I am not allowed to have 5 wives. You may think that this means that the government is sticking their head in my bedroom. I don't see it that way. The government is not telling me that I can't sleep with 5 women. They are only telling me that I can't be married to 5 different women. There is a big difference.
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no, there are plenty of people who aren't anti-gay, but are against gay marriage.
but in the case of civil laws...how can one person have a right to declare their mate, but not another? i think that's the heart of it all. this hasn't got anything to do with heaven or hell, but with next of kin, with legal issues, with who an adult wants to claim as their 'joint partner' on tax forms.