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Originally Posted by K-A
I really don't see all those examples you put out being an "issue" in our lifetime. Those people are fighting for the Laws to turn in their favor as well, as we speak, yet we hear nothing of it, and it's pushed so far back.
In America, it's all about having mass population on your side, kind of unfortunately in many cases, Gays are a large and continuously more and more influential group, this is why they can put up such a good fight to get the Laws to treat them equally, and why they can at least educate at least SOME people as to how, and "why" they are the the people that they are.
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In the 70s, nobody would have dreamed that gay marriage would even be a topic of discussion. Things change. Decisions made today can have an impact in 5 or 10 years down the road. Doesn't have to be a lifetime. The Constitutional grounds that some are arguing to allow gay marriage could also be the precedent to allow other types of marriage. There is no Constitutional right to marry, so advocates of Gay marriage argue on the right to privacy. I'd love to hear someone who believes this covers gay marriage explain how it wouldn't cover something like polygamy.
As for the "population on your side", I think it is quite obvious that the population is NOT on the side of gay marriage. Every single allowance of gay marriage in this country has been granted by the courts. Every single time the issue has been put to the voters, it has been rejected. That's not to say that the popular view on this won't change in the future, but all of the laws allowing gay marriage have been against the will of the people which is a shame.