"Jesus would rather kill, not marry, gay people" - Franklin Graham

[KevinM1]

I don't have the time to read the thread from my last post and make a long reply, but I'll say this:

Living in New England all my life, it's just alien to me that same-sex marriage is still an issue with some people. I mean, for one, it's been a thing in Massachusetts for nearly 15 years, and in my home state for the last 8. Second, I've never really understood the mentality of "I find a personal decision between two people that has no negative affects on the community so abhorrent that I'm going to vote to prohibit anyone from engaging in it."

I mean, I'm a straight guy. As a straight guy, gay male sex is the opposite of appealing to me. But, I've never thought "I find it icky*, so I must stop others from doing it." I recognize that what people do in private isn't my fucking business (with the usual caveats - that it's consensual, between adults, and doesn't result in harm). And, more than that, I want people of all stripes to enjoy the same rights and privileges as I do.

*Icky, sinful, immoral, whatever... the point remains.