I don't favour gay marriage—it's up to them—but I see no valid reason to oppose marriage equality.
Yours
Secular fanatic
Left-leaning intellectual
Out-of-touch progressive
Etc

Wow. That's a fairly aggressive stance. Gay marriage is an illustration of how democracy cannot ever succeed...

"Common governance, helpful in improving worldly conditions, is ultimately useless, insofar as what matters most requires something of our humanity, an inner metaphysical quality that refuses to be devolved to politician, priest or lawyer."

Hmmmmmm

I guess that only leaves theocracy.

And we all know how well that works, don't we.

Interesting points, progressives and respectable conservatives have a long tradition of deriving their moral authority from barbarians, seeking the consent of a Hollande or an Obama is in keeping with their historical affiliations with people like Mao, Stalin or Hitler. Time magazine had Adolf Hitler as it's person of the year, now it promotes "Gay" marriage, that's what we call an ideological continuum!

That's hilarious, Jay of Melbourne.

>>Time magazine had Adolf Hitler as it's person of the year, now it promotes "Gay" marriage, that's what we call an ideological continuum!<<

Time magazine's "Man of the Year, 1938" was not selected for being nice, but for having the most influence on the previous twelve months.

"...nothing so terrified the world as the ruthless, methodical, Nazi-directed events which during late summer and early autumn threatened a world war over Czechoslovakia. When without loss of blood he reduced Czechoslovakia to a German puppet state, forced a drastic revision of Europe's defensive alliances, and won a free hand for himself in Eastern Europe by getting a 'hands-off' promise from powerful Britain (and later France), Adolf Hitler without doubt became 1938's Man of the Year."

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,760539,00.html

So much for your "ideological continuum".

What is really amusing, though, is the blithe manner in which you take aim at your own foot, take a shot, then claim victory.

Classic.

Pericles,

He he, coming from someone like yourself who believes in tyranical democracy (stolen land) in Northern Ireland. He he. Wishy washy hypocrite.

You seem to be saying that legislation that promotes social advancement should be deleted and we should rely upon our own individual responsibilities to ensure community advancement.
By this logic slavery would still be in vogue, 5 year olds would be working down mines, we would be working 60 and 70 hour weeks and single women would not be allowed to get a loan.
This is one of the most ludicrous propositions ever put forward on OLO.