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Originally Posted by Telluride
People generally don't demand discrimination against a group of people unless they have a problem with that group of people.
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You'd think that would be generally true, but in my experience it frequently isn't. There aren't any
good reasons to support such discrimination, but there are non-bigoted reasons. If I accepted the idea that gay marriage destabilizes the institution, or that a lower childbirth rate could result, I could support the discrimination without the aid of any animosity toward the group.
Why would I accept such an idea, if not for pre-existing bigotry? Well, there's groupthink, casual/lazy examination of the evidence, and getting my information from people with an ideological axe to grind. Any of those can result in my acceptance of a position that, in reality, isn't very sound. And the alleged prerequisite of bigotry can be bypassed entirely.
Of course, there are people who claim to "hate the sin, not the sinner", yet show at least a little disdain for the noticeable ones that pass their way. And even the ones who show friendliness outwardly might have a prejudice they hide within. But I prefer to take an innocent until proven guilty stance with this stuff.