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Can a person be against Gay Marriage and not be a bigot?

Can a person be anti Gay marriage and not be a bigot?


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I am asking the people who are pro gay marriage this question..........
 
I am against the government paying anyone for getting married period. No benefit whatsoever.
 
The easy is 'yes', although their attitudes may be in the same family tree as bigotry.
 
I am against the government paying anyone for getting married period. No benefit whatsoever.

And here I've been paying big-bro all these years :doh
 
Being against gay marriage does not make one a bigot.

Being intolerant of those who are against gay marriage, on the other hand, does make one a bigot.
 
Why is it that some people feel entitled to certain rights and privileges while feeling justified in denying those same right/privileges to others?
 
All they have to do is present a valid logical reason based upon fact to justify their opposition.

No one opposed to same-sex marriage has done that to date.
 
Gay marriage opponents could very good arguements against gay marriage.Unfortuntly they cant make them without out undermining straight marriage,which is what they are trying to accuse gay marriage of.So maybe gay marriage does undermine marriage by drawing attention to it.
 
Yes, a person can. I just haven't seen it yet.
 
Why is it that some people feel entitled to certain rights and privileges while feeling justified in denying those same right/privileges to others?

Is that all you do now a day is hijack threads?
 
Is that all you do now a day is hijack threads?

Don't flatter yourself Navy....you should be able to figure it out through my answer.

Why would anyone in this country feel that THEY are entitled to certain rights and privleges while denying those same rights and privleges to another human being?

I believe that everyone is entitled to the same rights and privileges that I am. If I felt otherwise....I would be selfish and bigoted.
 
Don't flatter yourself Navy....you should be able to figure it out through my answer.

Why would anyone in this country feel that THEY are entitled to certain rights and privleges while denying those same rights and privleges to another human being?

I believe that everyone is entitled to the same rights and privileges that I am. If I felt otherwise....I would be selfish and bigoted.

Thankfully the people that are responding to the poll don't seem to agree with you my left wing friend........Kind of restores my faith in human nature..........
 
I believe that everyone is entitled to the same rights and privileges that I am. If I felt otherwise....I would be selfish and bigoted.
Then the vast majority of Americans are (by your definition) bigoted. The big question is why people should care. It's kind of stupid way to think of bigotry.
 
Then the vast majority of Americans are (by your definition) bigoted. The big question is why people should care. It's kind of stupid way to think of bigotry.

Forget the vast majority of Americans... if opposing gay marriage=bigoted, almost every human being in history was bigoted.

Gay marriage wasn't even an issue until very recently. I somehow doubt that everyone who existed before the mere possibility of allowing gays to marry came up were bigots.
 
Call me whatever you like: Gay marriage is an absurd invention of the extreme left.

Although conservatives are staunchly opposed to homosexuality on the grounds of it being irrefutably immoral, conservatives are not "anti-gay." Conservatives believe that gays should not be discrimnated against, and should be allowed the basic rights afforded to normal people, but the idea that a man and a man can be called a "married couple" is so preposterous that one has to wonder at how insane liberal policy in American can go. Next, I suppose liberals are going to be storming the streets for the right of animals to marry...:doh
 
Forget the vast majority of Americans... if opposing gay marriage=bigoted, almost every human being in history was bigoted.

Gay marriage wasn't even an issue until very recently. I somehow doubt that everyone who existed before the mere possibility of allowing gays to marry came up were bigots.

Why not? If an entire society supports prison or death for homosexuals, the entire society is bigoted, easy as that.
 
Call me whatever you like: Gay marriage is an absurd invention of the extreme left.

Although conservatives are staunchly opposed to homosexuality on the grounds of it being irrefutably immoral, conservatives are not "anti-gay." Conservatives believe that gays should not be discrimnated against, and should be allowed the basic rights afforded to normal people, but the idea that a man and a man can be called a "married couple" is so preposterous that one has to wonder at how insane liberal policy in American can go. Next, I suppose liberals are going to be storming the streets for the right of animals to marry...:doh

Irrefutably immoral eh? Show that this can be derived from objective morality (no Bible quotes, if that is what you are into). What is being debated here is a legal practice not a religious practice. Religions can decide who they do or do not decide to marry, but in the eyes of the state all ought to have the basic rights afforded to 'normal' people, no? What makes marriage an exceptional right in this era?

I am sure if animals had an interest in marriage, there would be people fighting for it:lol:.
 
I am asking the people who are pro gay marriage this question..........

Yup, absolutely can. Someone who is against ANY government intervention to marriage is not a bigot. Someone who believes that the word marriage should be relegated to religion, and the term civil union should be used for ALL kinds of "marriages"...hetero- or homo-...is not a bigot. These are just two examples that I can think of.
 
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Yes, you can be against it and not be a bigot. I've seen people use some very persuasive arguments against it.
 
Why is it that some people feel entitled to certain rights and privileges while feeling justified in denying those same right/privileges to others?
Like who? Children? Should a forty year old man and a nine year old girl be allowed to be married?

Should a nymph and an comma patient get married?

Should a man and his chihuahua dog be given the same rights as a heterosexual couple?

Do not all civilized people believe that certain rights are for certain people under certain circumstances?
 
Like who? Children? Should a forty year old man and a nine year old girl be allowed to be married?

Should a nymph and an comma patient get married?

Should a man and his chihuahua dog be given the same rights as a heterosexual couple?

Do not all civilized people believe that certain rights are for certain people under certain circumstances?

Stop. Your argument is ridiculous and does not help. A 9 year old cannot consent to marriage. A coma patient cannot consent to marriage. A chihuahua cannot consent to marriage. You are choosing irrelevant examples that do NOT fit the circumstances.
 
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