Is there a non-bigoted reason to be anti-same-sex-marriage?

[kevlaw]

@DMC

If your posts are an attempt to play some sort of devil’s advocate in this debate, you’ve done a shitty job of it.

I made it quite clear in the thread that the OP quoted, before this debate even began, that I am in favour of same-sex marriage.

@kevlaw

I understand the arguments against SSM because I have spent time in other forums where people make sincere arguments against it. I don’t agree with those arguments but I understand them. I think it’s important to understand those arguments because the majority of the population subscribes to them and we need to engage them. If we dismiss them with a wave of the hand and a you are all just bigots and homophobes, we will never persuade them that they are wrong.

However, the topic of this discussion is not

Is kevlaw in favour of same-sex marriage?

It is

Is there a non-bigoted reason to be anti-same-sex marriage?.

I sincerely believe that there are non-bigoted reasons to oppose SSM. No Devil’s Advocacy required. That you don’t agree with these arguments does not make them bigoted.