Quote Originally Posted by walkingpneumonia View Post
If you turn your statement around what you are in effect saying is that Gay people want to use the state to coerce everyone else to accept their definition of marriage.
Please. The goal is equal treatment under the law. I believe I read that guarantee somewhere before.

Quote Originally Posted by walkingpneumonia View Post
It is not about equality under the law but about using the law as a means to force people to think and act a certain way. The fact that the state can use its power to force people to accept something that many of them consider to be morally wrong at the behest of a relatively small but vocal minority is kind of scary.
Precisely the same argument made during segregation for but one difference. Th majority of Americans are ok with gay marriage.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/163730/ba...ge-states.aspx