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The point about not letting religious convictions influencing political decisions.
Many people are of the persuasion that the bible says this action is a sin, therefore it should be made illegal.
This is a violation of people's individual rights because nobody should be forced to obey Christian values.
Part of living in a free society is the fact that one group with a set of beliefs must learn to tolerate the behavior of another group with a different set of beliefs regardless of whether that behavior is in line with group # 1's set of beliefs.
I'm a Christian, but because of what I just mentioned above I could never support banning Gay marriage. In fact if it were banned, I would advocate Gays actively ignoring the bans.
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