[nsmnsf]

This is not "raising taxes". This is human rights.

[debacle]

In what country or under what convention, apart from the LGBT agenda, is "marriage" classified a basic human right?

Edit: I stand corrected, and learned something today.

[tbatterii]

I was curious myself, and found this. http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/

Article 16.

(1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution. (2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses. (3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.

It seems the UN is against gay marriage so that's where the next witch hunt should go

[molecule]

UN Human-Rights Declaration, Article 16

http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#a16

[djcapelis]

Specifically in the US?

Chief Justice Earl Warren writing for the majority in Loving v. Virginia:

"Marriage is one of the 'basic civil rights of man,' fundamental to our very existence and survival"

And that's how they overturned the laws against interracial marriage.

[robin_reala]

All of Europe (under the ECHR)[1]. Worth pointing out though that this doesn’t cover gay marriage yet.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Convention_on_Human_R...

[chrisoverzero]

Not to appear to be piling on, but no one[0] has yet mentioned that this is the case in the United States, as well:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._Virginia#Decision

[0]: OK, someone did while I was getting that citation. The link's still valuable, though.

[icebraining]

Even if it wasn't, and it is, equality of opportunities is definitively a right.

[humanrebar]

Same goes for the abortion debate, but you can't blacklist people for disagreeing with you on abortion.

[dec0dedab0de]

Its not fair to compare this with abortion. If you cut out the hyperbole and willful ignorance, both sides of the abortion debate still have compelling arguments.

[yarrel]

It's a polarizing and emotive issue that social conservatives lose their minds over. So it's a fair comparison on that basis.

[mrottenkolber]

You should though.