Not Believing in Same-Sex Marriages does not a Bigot Make

   Do we discriminate when we do not allow of same sex to marry each other? Here's why we don't. Is this a form of prejudice? Here's why it isn't.
   Not allowing same-sex couples to marry is not to be classed with discrimination against blacks or against Jews or against women. Discrimination against blacks put them down simply because they are blacks. Discrimination against Jews puts them down just because they are Jews. Discrimination against women puts them down simply because they are women.
   Those who oppose same-sex marriage do it because they read the Bible and see God saying homosexual relationships are wrong. They do not oppose the marriages simply as a way of putting another person down. They dutifully oppose the marriages because they believe God says same-sex relations are wrong.
   Here is a comparable form of :discrimination. Tell me if the people who practice this form of discrimination are to be classed with racists. Let's say a person picks up the Bible and reads a couple verses in Proverbs and conclude that drinking is a sin. "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise," says Proverb 20:1. "Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine," says Proverb 23:29.
   So, the reader concludes too much alcohol is a sin. So it is with same-sex relations. Some pick up the Bible, read it, and conclude such relationships are wrong.