Your argument that we must make the effort to tolerate opposing views in order to cooperate on other issues isn't helped by stating as a side-note that this requires no effort for you personally because you're not actually opposed to that view.
Anyway, back on the political question, on one side you have real people being affected and on the other you have vague and abstract claims of tradition. This sure makes it feel wrong to those people affected.
Edit: Perhaps the real problem is with the framing of the question. Some people just want the right to a legally recognized partnership. Some people see marriage as having religious implications. In any case it's a complicated issue that we're not going to solve here.
Anyway, back on the political question, on one side you have real people being affected and on the other you have vague and abstract claims of tradition. This sure makes it feel wrong to those people affected.
Edit: Perhaps the real problem is with the framing of the question. Some people just want the right to a legally recognized partnership. Some people see marriage as having religious implications. In any case it's a complicated issue that we're not going to solve here.
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