The problem here is that marriage is a special right that certain heterosexuals believe only they should have access too. Many of them don't recognize marriage as a special right, so when others want to have access to that special right they mistakenly believe that these others want special rights, when all the others want is the same rights as the heterosexuals.
Then you throw in flawed arguments based on selective definitions of what it means for something to be natural.
Then you throw in a selective definition of what it means for marriage to be a religious institution.
Then you throw in people who "aren't bigots" but simply seek to deny certain rights to certain people based on vague emotional notions of what is and is not an acceptable kind of interpersonal relationship.
It's really just that simple.
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