"So what is it when you're having sex with somebody of the same gender but fantasizing about the opposite gender, or vice-versa?"

Not taking a position on an issue.

WmTrevor, I would say those people are either in denial, or in deep conflict.
They are lying to themselves and to their current partner.

Josephus...sigh...I have answered your question so often on this forum, I am bored with it.
Marriage is a legal joining of two people who love each other.

It can't always have anything to do with sex or religion or children, because there are many marriages who persist despite not having sex, nor wanting or having children, and never having been involved with religion or gods at all.

Obviously, the majority of people in Ireland agree with me, and soon it will be the same in Australia, so you had best come to terms with it.
No one is asking you to marry any man...

Suse,

It was the majority of those in Ireland who voted, not the majority of the Irish people, there is a difference.

Remember when Margaret Thatcher became the British PM?
She got there on 46% of the votes of those that bothered to vote.

"So what is it when you're having sex with somebody of the same gender but fantasizing about the opposite gender, or vice-versa?"

Confusion?

Is Mise,

"Remember when Margaret Thatcher became the British PM?
She got there on 46% of the votes of those that bothered to vote."

And your point is?

The people who voted affected the outcome - golly gee! That's the way democratic elections and referendums are conducted in "most" democracies (compulsory voting being an unusual form). You appear to be pedantically trying to prove that Ireland really didn't vote in gay marriage in the referendum.

And as for Thatcher being elected with only 46% of the vote, so what? Cameron's Tories were re-elected recently with only 36.9% of the vote.

http://theconversation.com/voting-system-gives-tories-a-result-most-uk-voters-didnt-want-41595

"‘First past the post’ distorts multi-party contests'"

"The only voters whose ballots count for the election of an MP are those who support the candidate who gets the biggest share. This biggest share is usually well under 50%, because there are five or sometimes six parties getting significant support in the UK. There is no preference voting..."

People can only use the democratic system that they have access to - the result is "the voice of the people" no matter how much the system is distorted.

"The people who voted affected the outcome - golly gee! That's the way democratic elections and referendums are conducted in "most" democracies (compulsory voting being an unusual form). You appear to be pedantically trying to prove that Ireland really didn't vote in gay marriage in the referendum."

No, merely correcting an incorrect statement.