That's not an answer, that's a dodge.
No, what you're doing is dodging.
See how this works? You're begging the question, and then getting upset when I don't accept your premises.
A Christian conservative expressing a well-reasoned argument against gay marriage is shouted down as bigoted, discriminatory, prejudicial, homophobic, "disturbing."
"Quit picking on me."
Why isn't it equally "disturbing" when a leftwinger discriminates against, or insults, shouts down, or exhibits brazen prejudice against Christians?
"Quit picking on me."
What happens to public figures who utter a politically incorrect remark on TV or the radio? You have to be politically correct every moment of you social life, or else!
"Quit picking on me."
The problem continues to be that you're making, out of whole cloth, a feeling of being put upon, and then demanding an answer as to why this oppression is acceptable. "Have you stopped beating your wife yet?" - do you understand the problem with this kind of question?
But, again, I think it's wonderfully amusing that "opposition to same-sex marriage" is reasonable in your mind - but "opposition to opposition to same-sex marriage" is bigotry and discrimination of the highest order. You can't have it both ways, dude.
I rather enjoy reasonable debates with reasonable people who have differing viewpoints. That's one of the reasons I like APS so much. I've made it clear all through this thread that mere "opposition to opposition to gay marriage" isn't what I have a problem with. Please stop hiding behind that as an excuse not to answer.
My problem is that the left personally attacks anyone who opposes gay marriage, accusing them of bigotry, discrimination, homophobia, prejucide, or whatever other ugliness they feel like hurling at us. Worse, their attacks are generally held to be right and proper. Occasionally Christians attack gays, but when we do it it's always a great travesty and injustice.
By the standards of the left, Christians ought to be openly accepted in the spirit of diversity and tolerance. Obviously we aren't accepted or tolerated. The left expects (demands, threatens, attacks) us to accept and tolerate the diversity of homosexuality, yet we never receive any tolerance or acceptance from them.
Why is it always a one-way street? Why are we held to a double standard?