re: #47 wrenchwench

I keep seeing the statement that one can oppose gay marriage and not be a bigot. I suppose that could be true, although I might be able to make an argument against it, but it is certainly true that you can be opposed to gay marriage and truly be a bigot.

People forget how far we’ve come in a fairly short time. There’s a much wider acceptance now of a whole range of gay rights. Although the hard-core haters (such as all those organizations listed by the SPLC) wish we’d criminalize and pathologize gay sex again, they know it’s unlikely.

The marriage issue has become some kind of a last stand for many people. Given the intense emotions it stirs, I’m reluctant to point and scream ‘bigot’ at anyone opposing it in good faith, but I will argue with them for as long as they’ll hold still, because I believe it’s incredibly important.

But while not everyone opposed to same-sex marriage is a bigot, I would agree that all anti-gay bigots are probably opposed to same-sex marriage.

I do see this rising meme you’re referring to. A lot.