I would offer one last word of caution to supporters of same sex marriage. You (we) rightly mock religious conservatives who regard preventing gay marriage as the foremost moral issue of our day and think whether you favor or oppose it is a reasonable surrogate for general morality.
Don't fall into the same trap yourself. Do not judge how good, worthy or generous a person is based on whether they support or oppose same sex marriage. There are a lot of other things out there to measure people by. And don't treat opposition as outside all reasonable bounds. It is, after all, a major break with tradition, and as such, unsettling. People do not always have a rational explanation for their attachment to tradition. The sense of attachment is reason enough.
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