# What motivates people to vote other people's rights away **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 4, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-people-to-vote-other-peoples-rights-away/516261 "2009-11-04T05:59:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 511
**Author:** ![raindog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-people-to-vote-other-peoples-rights-away/516261/511 "2009-11-10T01:30:00Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I don’t think that it’s particularly absurd to suggest that someone who is arguing in favor of unequal treatment between two groups at a governmental level, that they’re exhibiting some degree of prejudice towards that group. And, perhaps unfortunately, the term for prejudice towards homosexuals is “homophobia.” So, I’m afraid that as long as you are arguing that marriage should be reserved as the exclusive privilege of heterosexuals, you are indeed saying something homophobic. This is such a tired mantra. While some objections to homosexuals may be a product of “homophobia”, this is far from universally true, and to state it in the terms you have is either severely misguided or disingenuous. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-people-to-vote-other-peoples-rights-away/516261)._