IS THIS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY?: Barry Deutsch

...At the most literal level, of course, SSM is about same-sex relationships. I mean, duh. You might as well ask if a traffic light ordinance has anything to do with traffic.

But of course, Eve isn't talking about the most literal level. Rather, she's asking whether or not opposition to gay marriage is necessarily motivated by anti-gay bigotry.

My answer is, who cares? I think a marriage law that discriminates on the basis of sex (or sexual preference) is bigotry; whether or not the people who support such a law have bigotry in their hearts is irrelevant. I'm against bigotry in people's policies; I don't care what's in their hearts.

By asking this question, Eve is encouraging ad hominem debate. Isn't that something we'd be better off trying to avoid?

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[Eve replies briefly: Well, I've gotten quite a few emails (to be posted momentarily) that aren't ad hominem at all. Which is what I was hoping for--that MD readers could address what is probably the hottest of the hot-button aspects of SSM without hissing and scratching at one another. So far, y'all are coming through for me. So I disagree that I'm asking for ad hominem.]
posted by Eve at 4:14 PM VOTE

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