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Mike,
Who decides what is the 'norm'? I would prefer that individuals decide what is the norm for themselves rather than the group decide what is the norm for everybody. I think that the country was founded on individual liberty, and that liberty is the most important thing that we have as Americans. Trying to impose your religious morals on somebody else seems un-American to me.

The 14th Amendment says that states cannot deny any person within it's jurisdiction equal protection of the laws. MA Constitution says that equality under the law will not be abridged or denied because of sex. The MA marriage law does not provide for any clause against same sex marriages.

You can call marriage a privilege or a right, but there are state and federal legal rights extended to people who are married that gay people do not have access to because some people feel the need to mind somebody elses business.

Conservatives like to say that the Conservative viewpoint is all about personal freedom and responsibility. That only seems to be true if it does not interfere with with the morals the right wingers are trying to cram down somebodies throat.

I'm sticking with Franklins viewpoint; Mind your own business.

Steve