Does being adamantly opposed to same-sex marriage make someone a bigot?

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60. I don't think it's rational.

I'm guessing that with my sister, she thinks that a gay couple will not be able to teach how to deal with the opposite gender or nuances of a gender that they are not. I know a lesbian couple with sons went out of their way to introduce other men into their sons' lives.

Often with single parents, moms try to get the dads active in a son's life because they are concerned about aspects of manhood that they cannot teach. Similarly, some dads are squeamish about the aspects of womanhood that their daughters experience and try to find a woman for the daughters to talk to.

So, there it is. It's not disgust or sin. It's a hope that a child has a strong sense of gender identity, and a belief that living in a house with someone of that gender makes a difference.

I also believe that an opposite, two parent home has lots of merits, if the couple is loving toward each other and the children, and not "dysfunctional". But who is that lucky these days! So, I accept that there are many different ways to raise children. All I ask is that they are loved, protected from harm and taught a strong set of ethics that they will follow in their daily lives.