Some seem to suggest that only Republicans are against gay marriage, surely this is not true?
540693
No, it is not true.  There are people from both parties that do not believe in the gay life style.  However, there are more Republicans who do not believe in it, because Republicans tend to be more conservative and traditional in what they believe.
170197
No.  If pseudo-religious zealots so disapprove of gay marriage then they should probably abstain from marrying people of their same genders.  That's all the power they should have under the law or otherwise--the power to manage their own behavior and the behavior of the minor children.  Any further commitment by the federal government is an  unconstitutional involvement in organized religion.\n\nAnd by the way, I happen to be a straight man who believes in protecting privacy from religious posers.
602451
Interesting point.  The 9th was put forth to clarify that "the enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."  \n\nSo in this case, saying the Constitution doesn't say anything about gay marriage is a moot point.  \n\nThe 14th says, in part, "No State shall...deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."\n\nSo it could be interpreted that "equal protection" would apply to those legal rights regarding heterosexual marriage as being equally applied to gay marriage. \n\nI'm not a legal scholar (obviously), but I see your point.
298235
No.  The federal government is currently run by morons who are afraid to legitimize gay marriage because they are under the dilusion that it might somehow impact the Church (even though the religious and legal institutions of marriage are totally and completely separate and any Chuch can refuse to marry anyone they want for any reason they want).  Same-sex partnerships essentially have no legal status in the US, so their existence is virtually irrelevent to the immigration process.  It's not fair but that's the way it is.
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Because the GOP has been more successful than the Democrats at using social issues to attract people - most who wouldn't benefit from Republican economic policies. \n\nPeople do vote against their economic self-interest, if they have a compelling enough reason. Last election cycle, the GOP made it imperative to include a gay marriage initiative on most ballots. This was their main focus, and it caused people who hated gay marriage to vote, often for the Republican party. \n\nAnother example was under the first Bush, who made flag-burning a political issue - it was an unsuccessful attempt to turn out morally conscious people to vote for the GOP, even if under close inspection, their economic policies would not have directly benefited them as much as rich voters.
1118633
brothers and sisters aren't allowed to get married because (even though we liberal don't like to admit it ) prejudice.  That's the way its been.  If you are gay and want gay marriage to happen, don't point that out.  The public is leaning to supporting gay marriage,  but not incest, because incest is more of a choice
700329
Why do Republicans push for discrimination at the national level? Republicans fought against rights for women and blacks. Now gays. Why do Republicans fear gays?
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I think it is because Gay people have their own preferences just like straight people do....just because someone is gay doesnt mean they have to jump the bandwagon and become a Dem....Im Dem and I wouldnt want them to join the Dem party just because Dems are in support of gay rights and Reps are not......maybe the other issues Reps bring to the table outweighs that one issue of gay rights.....however, I do see where you're coming from though......you'd think they would favor the party that makes things easier for them...go figure
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Alas, we do not have laws banning gay marriage. Yet. With any luck, that will remain true. \n\nI would say that for the most part being against gay marriage is a matter of fearing what you don't understand, and/or being uninformed.
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I think the ones that bark about it the most are the ones that are the most curious.  Heck, the republican party is seeing so much grief about it with their people.  If they don't like gays and lesbians so much, heck why do they have a VP with a lesbian daughter?  Well damn, that will make u scratch ur head.
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I dont think he hates gay people. He is republican what do you expect. He isnt as opened minded as others. He is also a southern boy, some good southern raisin will teach you to not be open minded about stuff like that.
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Well, thanks for the references to Rush and Drudge and Fox. Now I realize that it's really a lie that people of color tend to support democrats more than republicans. \nSo, you must be mistaken in your assumption. There really are lots of people of color at the conventions (well, maybe not as delegates, but they're around). You certainly can't believe your eyes, and you can't believe the polls.\nSo thanks, Rush and Sean and partners for setting me straight. It's really the Democrats who are bigoted, racist, and homophobic. The Republicans don't care if you are black, hispanic, gay, lesbian, atheist, muslim, rich, or poor. They welcome everyone to their fold!\nAnd to think I used to believe that Republican policies were hazardous to gays, non-Christians, minorities, and the poor. They really do want gays to marry each other, non-Christians to have as many rights as Christians, taxes that favor the poor, etc.
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this is yet another pitiful attempt by the republican party to earn favor with gay men. who reads GQ? a few clueless straight guys and a bunch of homosexuals. this should make you laugh! the republican  party is littered with a bunch of latent homosexuals tiring to curry support after that whole gay marriage thing. \nhave the republicans really dropped so low that they must issue an article of such stupidity? that like the catholic priest stating they don't prefer altar boys!\ni guess that the GOP has new meaning.\nGROSS OLD PERVERTS!!!!!!!!
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I know that my last neighbor, who is gay and living with his boyfriend, voted for Bush. When I asked him why he would since Bush is against gay rights, he said he agreed with most of what Bush stood for except for the anti-gay tendencies. He went on to say that he wasn't concerned about getting married and since Bush wasn't pro-gay-discrimination (in an active sense), he didn't feel Bush's views on gays impacted his life. So he voted for him.\n\nThat's a Republican for you, though, huh? :)
735386
I think its kind of a well know fact, the FAR RIGHT go for the boys and the liberals get caught with the woman, been that way 95% of the time, just kind of funny you asking this after all the gay republicans are getting caught
664903
The ones that say they are ultra Conservative would be Amish, so that's a lot of crap isn't it. I am a Democrat and I wont vote for a Republican unless for a local position as mayor or police chief. Otherwise no way. I have no positions on gays because i am not gay. I guess they have a right to fight for their own freedoms too.
881940
Yes.  They are TRAITORS to the gay cause and gay Americans.  No self-respecting gay person could ever work or vote for the Republican Party.