Reply #19: This all just goes to show

[Ratty]

Christian Conservatives aren't against gay marriage because they fear for the sanctity of traditional marriage, they simply hate gays. Pure and simple. I've never seen a single rational argument from them about how exactly gay marriage "threatens" traditional marriage. Usually there's one or two right wingers around who take the time to formulate some kind of marginally logical argument when these kinds of hot-button issues arise, but in the case of gay marriage I have never seen it. They just trot out the notion of the "sanctity" of marriage (never bothering to explain how it's constitutional to consider religious concepts when determining the rule of law, or even bothering to define just what sanctity is), and how traditional marriage would be threatened (again, with never a word of reasoning behind it).

In today's increasingly tolerant and accepting society, even they shy away from simply admitting they hate gays, but really there's no other reason for their position (and I usually try and maintain a balanced attitude toward these things).

As a gay columnist put it, straights have already screwed up marriage, it's hard to see how gays could make it any worse.