Originally posted by Emerald Aeris
Dingo, you're not making very good points. People are denied rights for other reasons that hate. I'm denied the right to punch you. They just believe it's better off. Hate, like I said, is too strong a word.

As for them wanting to preserve marriage, I'm sure they'll argue that just because it's bad doesn't mean we should let it become worse.

And I'm sure they wouldn't care because they'd still have the same views. Obviously they believe preserving marriage is more important than hurting the couple's feelings/angering people.
You keep saying people should refer to a dictionary, maybe you should do the same.

Hate: "b. To detest. 2. To feel dislike or distaste for."

They are detesting that homosexuals should have equal rights. And also, the dictionary isn't the end all, be all form of how a word should be used(I'm not accusing you of that, but how you've said people should refer to dictionaries is a bit clumsy, since words have connotative meanings).

Because what other reason can you give for denying homosexuals the same rights everyone else has?

Originally posted by Guu
Unfortunately, hate being irrational does not imply anything irrational is hateful.
That's not the context I meant it in. As you saw after "much like", that doesn't imply that everything irrational is hateful.