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re resp:159: It bugs me to see you stating that anyone who disagrees with you must not have any basis for their opinion at all. The other side does the same thing, you know. I don't agree with anti-gay marriage people, but I understand them to some extent. There are plenty of reasons why they feel that gay marriage would weaken heterosexual marriage. I'll explain some of it. Please understand that I don't agree with a lot of it. Government's interest in marriage and need to control it is partly due to concerns for children. Who takes care of the kids? This is important, but pretty much only for heterosexual marriages. There are employment benefits for married people. These benefits are getting quickly weaker, even now. If you don't think it would hurt married couples to have a lot of what are currently known as "domestic partnerships" declared "marriages", you just simply aren't paying attention to what the insurance companies are doing now. It is very important to a lot of people to oppose homosexuality in any way possible. Some people have religious reasons, some are just disinclined to accept things that are new to them or which they were told in childhood were wrong. During my time in the National Guard in the Upper Peninsula, I observed a great intolerance for ethnic minorities, but it was literally *nothing* compared to the intolerance for homosexuality. There was *hatred* for homosexuality among very much mainstream people in that area. The UP is not that much different from other rural areas. The issue is an emotional one for a lot of people there and in a lot of America.
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