Why do you put tradition , in quotation mark ? literally the entire rest of that paragraph explained why i put it in quotation marks and why your understanding of the traditions of marriage are not historically accurate . Do you no what institution was the first to be opposed to that ? The fucking church . well then it ' s a good fucking thing the USA isn ' t a theocracy . a structure that give the children a healthy way to grow up and to become an adult . i ' d suggest you read up on the APA ' s most recent findings on what kind of family structures actually result in happy , welladjusted kids . hint 2 GAY MARRIED PARENTS ARE BETTER THAN ONE SINGLE PARENT it made sense in a country like Belgium that is quite new , small , and historically cosmopolitanokay , back up , is marriage about traditions and family systems and the church and societal structure , or is marriage about how new and trendy your country is ? Plenary adoption and Surrogacy were some of them for example . why would either of those things affect gay marriage ? if france , or the US for that matter , is opposed to forms of adoption that terminate the birth parents ' rights which we do have here as well but we just call it TPR , what does it matter who ' s marrying who ? what , is it somehow ethical or safe to be a surrogate for heterosexual married couples but not for homosexual married couples ? Some were also Gay people who didn ' t like the name marriage because it had a religious connotation . well that ' s great , they don ' t have to get married . plenty of straight people don ' t like the associations and implications of marriage , they don ' t go taking rights away from other people who want those things because of it . Not supporting it doesn ' t make you . someone that think that gay people don ' t deserve the same right than other people . it really quite literally does . if you do not support legal gay marriage , you think gay people don ' t deserve the same rights as everyone else . that ' d be like somebody saying hey i think abortion should be illegal , but i ' m prochoice ! no , you ' re absolutely not . you are protakingthatchoiceaway . being against legalizing gay marriage is being p r otakingrightsawayfromgays .