This is a question on the moral stance of this nation... there's no way this shouldn't be a referendum question... this is something that everyone should get a voice on. This will greatly effect this country in ways a lot of people don't understand or want to understand.
Also, reading some news stories, I think there's gonna be some stomping of rights in the name of defending rights... ie: demanding people to quit their jobs as marriage licensees because of their religious beliefs (discrimination based on religion)... which is frankly, more wrong than telling people that marriage is for a man and a woman only.
Plus, 11 US states had referendums on it, and they were soundly defeated, even the most liberal of democrat states shot it down... maybe everyone isn't in favor of it, just don't care to say anything. Out of everyone I have talked to about gay marriage, maybe 5 of 6 out of 30 are in favor it, these are men, women, conservative, liberal, religious and non-religious... pretty good sample, actually, though I'm not gonna try and tell you its a scientific survey.
A lot of people are simply too afraid to say they are opposed to it because they don't want to be declared intolerant, bigotted, ignorant, paranoid or anything else people in favor of it want to throw at them.
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