# What motivates people to vote other people's rights away

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**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")\
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**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, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-people-to-vote-other-peoples-rights-away/516261/541 "2009-11-10T18:37:11Z")

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> [@Whack-a-Mole](#):
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> There is a separation between church and state on this.
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> The pro-SSM crowd is in no way demanding that a given church or mosque or whatever _must_ perform a SSM. It is entirely up to an individual church/whatever to make their own decision on that. If a SS-couple’s church does not perform SSM they can work to change their church’s policy, find another church or go see a judge.
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> SSM is all about how the government treats SS-couples to make them on par with hetero-couples in a legal sense and all the benefits and responsibilities that entails. Period.
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> Religion has nothing to do with it.
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> Indeed it is the separation of church and state that argues most strongly for SSM and to not let religious dogma decide the issue.

A compelling argument to be sure.

But that doesn’t reduce those who feel otherwise as “homophobes”. (although clearly some are)

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