Originally Posted by Manx

I honestly do not understand how you can believe the difference is not obvious.

Gay marriage - if it is legal, you don't HAVE to marry a gay person. If it is illegal, a gay person CANNOT marry another gay person.

One is a limitation of freedom - the illegality of gay marrige, which only produces a negative affect for gay people. The other is an acceptance of freedom - the legallity of gay marriage, which only produces a positive affect for gay people. There is no positive aspect of the former other than the excersize of control (ego boosting) for those who would enforce their personal moral judgement on others and there is no negative of the latter at all.

You should be allowed to not marry a gay person - but you should not be allowed to prevent a gay person from marrying another gay person. There is no rationality to it beyond a personal moral choice being applied to everyone.

I don't like cauliflower - but I certainly would not require everyone else to refrain from eating it.