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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
I guess I think it's pretty important to respect the viewpoint of people on the other side of an issue, but at some point if people can't explain their views in any logical way, you have to start dismissing it as prejudice.
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I do think that some people are prejudiced against gays and that forms the basis for their objections to gay marriage.
However, you can say the same thing about people who cannot explain their objections to polygamy. I know your position is that most polygamous unions are abusive toward women. But so are some heterosexual marriages and some homosexual unions. The polygamists don't agree that their unions are abusive. And the sad fact is that up until recent times, many heterosexual marriages kept women subjugated and powerless and even physically abused.
You have to articulate a sound basis in the law for allowing one and not allowing the other or the same thing you are saying about those opposing gay marriage can be said about you regarding polygamy - you are just prejudiced against the religions that practice it.
