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Originally Posted by filtherton
Well, by implying that everyone is a bigot, you haven't really made much of a dent in the notion that the people who oppose gay marriage are bigots.
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I never said that they weren't bigotted. I just said that the people calling others bigots usually do so in a hypocritical fashion.
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Yeah, maybe, but when any minority groups starts demanding equal rights and there isn't really any solid reason to deny them these rights, that's not just a matter of appeasing some fringe groups. You can't appease everyone, but you should at the very least not be arbitrarily dismissive of the desires of people just because you don't like who they have sex with.
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I don't think people oppose the idea of homosexuality as much as they want to uphold the traditional meaning of marriage. According to the numerous polls I've seen, fewer people oppose homosexuality in general than do those who oppose gay marriage. In a nutshell, people are more open to the idea of homosexuality yet are reluctant to extend marriage to homosexuals; I'd fall into that category.
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Even if we did vote, it wouldn't matter because i'm pretty sure that any kind of referendum, unless it concerns a constitutional amendment, is superceded by the constitution itself.
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The Tenth Amendment states that any powers not deligated to the United States government by the Constitution are reserved for the states. Therefore, under my understanding of the previous sentence, the states should be allowed to decide for themselves whether or not to legalize gay marriage through a voting process. Didn't numerous states do so in 2001?