# Why this straight, Christian, married male supports gay marriage.

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 31, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-this-straight-christian-married-male-supports-gay-marriage/498230 "2009-05-31T03:20:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-this-straight-christian-married-male-supports-gay-marriage/498230/41 "2009-06-03T18:44:44Z")

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Look up the Treaty of Tripoli and you will see specifically that we ar not a “Christian” Nation.

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**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-this-straight-christian-married-male-supports-gay-marriage/498230/42 "2009-06-04T00:11:01Z")

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> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#):
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> Look up the Treaty of Tripoli and you will see specifically that we ar not a “Christian” Nation.

But look at the Constitution of 48 of the states and it seems we are. What were those founding fuckers smoking?

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