Actually, I think it's more accurate to say people don't care. Straight people who don't give a damn about gay marriage one way or the other would be happy to allow them to get married, but can't be bothered to get off our asses and vote (we don't have a horse in this race, after all). Meanwhile, the religious whackjobs crusading against faggotry represent a large enough voting block that the Republicans keep trying to pander to them.

I don't think the majority of gay marriage opposition is rooted in religion at all. I think it's just that the vast majority of people find homosexuality disgusting. They don't care if you're gay, but don't legitimize it because then you have to keep it where they don't have to see it or deal with it. They don't want to get up every day and have to socialize with the gay couple next door while hiding their disgust. The racism of the 50s was the same thing, people just didn't want their communities polluted with something so.....different.

Actually, I think it's more accurate to say people don't care. Straight people who don't give a damn about gay marriage one way or the other would be happy to allow them to get married, but can't be bothered to get off our asses and vote (we don't have a horse in this race, after all). Meanwhile, the religious whackjobs crusading against faggotry represent a large enough voting block that the Republicans keep trying to pander to them.

November 2008. California (liberal state). Amendment banning gay marriage passed. Voter turnout: 13.7 million voters, 79.4% of the registered voter population.

The people do not want gay marriage.

November 2008. California (liberal state). Amendment banning gay marriage passed. Voter turnout: 13.7 million voters, 79.4% of the registered voter population.

Thankfully, 66% of people under 30 were shown to vote in favor of gay marriage. That's a heartening statistic that makes me optimistic for our future.

It's a little disingenuous to correlate the high voter turnout specifically with gay marriage, when there was another big vote going on at the same time. Polling at the time showed that 70% of black voters were voting for Prop 8, while whites and latinos were pretty much evenly split.

Thankfully, 66% of people under 30 were shown to vote in favor of gay marriage. That's a heartening statistic that makes me optimistic for our future.

At a gut level I think every gay pride parade makes more people opposed to Gay marriage. Think there was even an onion article years ago echoing it.

Yeah. Some gay dude in my Physics class brought in pictures of the gay pride parade he went to and was showing them in class. I was absolutely disgusted.

Yeah. Some gay dude in my Physics class brought in pictures of the gay pride parade he went to and was showing them in class. I was absolutely disgusted.

While you may find this topic unimportant, there are obviously man of us who do find it important. If you don't want to play, then go find another thread to be superior in.

I can not say I came by the opinion myself, it was my cousin who is gay and his love (who's family does not let him even mention he is gay) brought up the topic at Thanksgiving. He hated being portrayed that way. He is a quite, professional, non flamboyant man.

The issue ceases to be important when it becomes nothing more than soapbox for you to spout your anti-religious pablum. You're less concerned with equality, egalitarianism, and rights than you are insulting anyone and everyone who might have faith in something because you view that as a non-essential and ignorant world view. And, honestly, that's too bad.

I think it's this mixed with a healthy dose of religion.