Even incredibly pro-gay people were against it. My mom, while conservative, is very pro-gay, just because she grew up with a gay best friend, and now, in her 60s, has a fair amount of gay friends (they're all around her age, and also conservative). She also has a gay son (my brother) and is still against gay marriage. Marriage is between a man and a woman -- simple, and it doesn't mean you're intolerant of gay people, as my example w/ my mother shows. Additionally, even my brother is against it, and has no plans of marrying his significant other.
However, I will add this: I'm also against government getting involved in marriage at all... but they have. Because of that, married couples are extended certain benefits (typically relating to taxes, owning property, etc). And because of that, I do at least think something should be done to at least afford gay couples the same benefits... a kind of civil union, maybe (the kind Trump spoke about and publicly supported in an interview sometime around 2000). Doesn't require same-sex marriage, but at least something that accounts for the fact that a gay couple is living and operating together the same way a hetero married couple is and thus should at least not be denied similar benefits w/ taxes, etc
I'm good with that. I will add that what constitutes a relationship between consenting adults, and two people who are looking to commit to each other enough to start a family are different avenues entirely. There should be a legal course for each.
Even incredibly pro-gay people were against it. My mom, while conservative, is very pro-gay, just because she grew up with a gay best friend, and now, in her 60s, has a fair amount of gay friends (they're all around her age, and also conservative). She also has a gay son (my brother) and is still against gay marriage. Marriage is between a man and a woman -- simple, and it doesn't mean you're intolerant of gay people, as my example w/ my mother shows. Additionally, even my brother is against it, and has no plans of marrying his significant other.
However, I will add this: I'm also against government getting involved in marriage at all... but they have. Because of that, married couples are extended certain benefits (typically relating to taxes, owning property, etc). And because of that, I do at least think something should be done to at least afford gay couples the same benefits... a kind of civil union, maybe (the kind Trump spoke about and publicly supported in an interview sometime around 2000). Doesn't require same-sex marriage, but at least something that accounts for the fact that a gay couple is living and operating together the same way a hetero married couple is and thus should at least not be denied similar benefits w/ taxes, etc
I'm good with that. I will add that what constitutes a relationship between consenting adults, and two people who are looking to commit to each other enough to start a family are different avenues entirely. There should be a legal course for each.