142 Clayton Cramer:
the bottom line is that all opposition to gay marriage is either (1) “it nauseates me so you can’t have it”, or (2) “some god i’ve never seen didn’t like it 2000 years ago, and my pastor/preist/rabbi whatever agrees now, and i think the US Constitution must be construed through their views, so end of story.”
i’m not gay and it does nauseate me, but i cannot think of nay principled basis to support opposition to it. Nor can i see any reason that i can marry and lesbian freinds of mine cannot. Marriage is no longer about kids; there is no requirement to have kids if you marry and lots of married couples don’t. The issues are fairness. Equal protection. Pursuit of happiness.
Jill above has it right; 20 years from now, this baseless oppposition to gay marriage will look like the old right not to sell your house to “anyone not of the caucasian race.”
