I think a lot of people simply don't care that gays can marry, but don't like the way it happened.
SSM was rammed down people's throats at bureaucratic lightspeed, and it was done in a very thoughtless way that ended up offending a lot of people with religious beliefs that state that marriage is a religious tradition between a man and a woman. What happened was one lobby was more successful than the other, and they really got their way. That, and the ruling Liberals thought it would be a wise way to gather votes in Vancouver and Toronto.
What should have been done was either simply grant civil unions to gays like in the UK, or to redefine marriage as a religious activity outside of the government's discretion and replace marriages for all people, straight and gay, with civil unions. If we want a secular government, we better act like one, and get rid of religious traditions like marriage.
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