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Originally Posted by GirlySports
One thing that gets lost in all of this is the actual number of homosexuals is realistically 1% (or less) of the population in Canada and the United States
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"What gets lost in the black fight for civil rights as that they almost all had arms and legs."
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
If they realistically stated "Look, we're less than 1% of the population" there would likely be far less opposition to same-sex marriage as it would seem far less threatening.
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I don't buy that for a second. We've already seen it many times in this type of threads about "Why are we wasting so much of our time on such a small population? Shouldn't our politicians be worried about bigger issues?" It's a very common theme with conservative groups in the United States. "Why are we wasting time and resources of government on such a tiny percentage of the population when so many people are struggling to put food on the table?" As for the threat to traditional marriage, those against gay marriage would see 1 single gay couple married as an affront to the institution, so the numbers really don't matter. They would be opposed to gay marriage if it was 10%, 1% or "2 people on the entire planet".