[MadPoet]

Originally Posted by Khadra

The difference is that the religious people are infringing their beliefs on the rest of society. Gay people are not infringing their beliefs on anyone. Legalizing gay marriage has NO impact on the church. Keeping it illegal hurts the gay people though.

The government does not represent any religion and cannot discriminate based on religious values. Prohibiting same-sex couples the same rights as straight couples IS discrimination. So, unless you're okay with being paid less than men for doing the same job, you can't think giving straight people more rights than gay people is right.

Your comparison to receiving a lower pay than an equal in rank worker is invalid. Why? Because it is stated in the constitution that woman have equal rights to men. Show me which amendment of the constitution tells you that gays have the right to marry? Let me think. There's an amendment that abolishes slavery. An amendment for the rights of Woman. But still, I do not recall there being a right for gays. Therefore, and I'm not saying it's right, BUT anyone who is against gay marriage STILL has the RIGHT to fight to abolish gay marriage.