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 Originally Posted by Micro2Macro
Serious question:
Can a person believe that a gay couple should have the right to live a free and happy life without being ridiculed by people for their choice, but also believe that marriage is specifically a traditional, sacred (contract? couldn't think of better word) between a man and a woman, and that to have any other marry is essentially breaking this sacred tradition?.....
....Without being condemned as a homophobic hater of gays or apologist or whatever the internet calls people who disagree these days.
Should that person not also have the right to not have the mob hurl things at them? The mob that hurls at the person who does not believe in gay marriage, is quite similar to those who hurl at people for being gay.
Agree/disagree?
You're right, there shouldn't be any threat of violence for their beliefs or statements.
But I personally don't see how someone could be against same-sex marriage without holding some kind of negative bias against gay couples. Especially since marriage gives so many additional rights to the couple, so it's much more of a legal mechanism than any specific religious one.
Plus, you might think it's a sacred tradition, but there are tons of straight marriages out there that probably do not fit the categories of sacred or traditional. If it's OK for straight people to marry for non-traditional and non-sacred reasons, why not gay couples? IMO, it's because of a bias against them.
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