The above two comments are what I resent most about the gay marriage debate. Those of us opposed to gay marriage are flippantly referred to being outside the group of "normal folks" and called "religious bigots."
In fact, we're the normal ones. California had a vote, and the gay marriage opponents were the majority. And we're not bigots. We don't hate gay people. We just think there is value in having marriages be only between opposite sex people.
We don't deserve to be flown to Iran or having you call us names.
Then you are unreasonably picky or massively ill-informed.
Even with proposition 8 in place, homosexual couples in domestic partnership are still effectively granted every benefit a heterosexual married couple has. The ONLY differences are the name of the institution and that domestic partnerships aren't recognized outside the state.
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The above two comments are what I resent most about the gay marriage debate. Those of us opposed to gay marriage are flippantly referred to being outside the group of "normal folks" and called "religious bigots." In fact, we're the normal ones. California had a vote, and the gay marriage opponents were the majority. And we're not bigots. We don't hate gay people. We just think there is value in having marriages be only between opposite sex people. We don't deserve to be flown to Iran or having you call us names.
Then you are unreasonably picky or massively ill-informed. Even with proposition 8 in place, homosexual couples in domestic partnership are still effectively granted every benefit a heterosexual married couple has. The ONLY differences are the name of the institution and that domestic partnerships aren't recognized outside the state.