Originally posted by gorge camper: The only reason it's offensive to conservatives is because they are anti-gay.
What do you mean? That sentence literally makes no sense.
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They say they are anti gay marriage but come on they just don't want to give tax breaks to married gay couples. It would mean less money for bombs.
Some Republicans (and Democrats) are anti-gay marriage, but I don't think it has much to do with tax breaks. Rather, I think the bulk of those opposed to it are opposed on religious/moral grounds. I personally think the ban is blatently discriminatory and unconstitutional, but hey, that's for another thread.
I'm against gay marraige. I'm for Civil Unions. Why? Marraige is a religious ceremony, that happens to be afforded certain rights and priveledges under law. I believe in seperation of church and state. I don't see why the same rights and priveledges can't be granted to gay couples. Marraige is religious. Civil Unions aren't. That gets around the whole "belief" issue, and makes it a law/rights issue.
No matter what my beliefs are, there's going to be people and laws in this country that don't follow those beliefs. It's not my place to enforce my beliefs on others.
But when it comes to the law, it should be equally applied for everybody, all religion aside.
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