Reply #4: Why should they care?

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Same sex couples are going to be together anyway, so why should bigots care whether they can marry or not? As a heterosexual woman, the issue of same sex marriage is quite simply one of all citizens enjoying equal rights. Nobody should be able to deny others the same rights they enjoy, just because they don't approve of it. Religion shouldn't enter into it at all. We have no national religion, so those arguments should carry no weight at all.

People who feel strongly that same sex marriage is wrong are perfectly free to exercise their right not to enter into a same sex marriage. On the other hand, people who are adult, and in love, and want to have a legally recognized marriage, should be able to. It seems simple to me, but then I'm not a bigot.