filtherton

I think you'll find that it's rare that anyone will admit to being against gay marriage itself, because it is a position that's impossible to defend without implicitly coming out as a bigot. Since most bigots are also cowards, many of them tend to cling to a rather long list of convenient, if skin deep, reasons for being against gay marriage.

For instance,

-God doesn't like it
-Then puppies will want to marry Italians
-Then zombies will want to marry vampires
-Marriage is only for procreation
-Gays can't raise kids
-Blllaaaaaargh State's Rights
-Gays are unnatural

These shallow lines of reasoning really only serve the purpose of helping said bigots deflect any sort of encroaching notions of how little they would actually be affected by the widespread ability of gays to marry each other.