Reply #7: I am a hetero atheist [View All]

and to be honest, the thought of male homosexual sex is reasonably repulsive to me. So I don't think about it. What other people do in private is their own business, and I expect the same courtesy. I may be a little uncomfortable around gay males, but that's my flaw, not theirs.
That establishes my own prejudices.
Marriage is a legal property agreement. As pointed out, the wife used to become the property of the husband, now its more akin to a company partnership.
One argument I've heard against gays raising children (and marriage is, in my opinion, an excellent vehicle for raising children) is that the children will be more likely to be gay. This suffers two problems.
1) It is unproven (although does seem likely)
2) AND THAT WOULD BE A BAD THING?! The very raising of this argument (which we have surely all heard) exposes the secret homophobic agenda of the speaker. "We have to put up with those already here, but avoid if possible creating any more of them"