[csb (Craig)]

Further, you possibly equate being against SSM with bigotry.

Being against SSM (having a view that SSM is wrong) does not mean the person is against homosexual people or lifestyles. It is having the view that marriage is a union between a man and a woman. Often this view is based on religious beliefs - this demonstrates that the person is using evidence, the writings and tenets of their religion, to conclude that SSM is wrong. I am not sure how those people that don't adhere to a religious belief conclude that SSM is wrong.

Many people are anti-religion and don't see it as legitimate source. To some extent this view is correct. A religious source is only acceptable evidence if you happen to believe in that religion.

So being against SSM is actually a thought through process for many who have looked at the evidence and concluded that it is wrong.

Note: I have not been using my religious beliefs in this debate to state SSM is wrong but I do have that view due to my beliefs. It is not possible for me to actually reason using a source that many people here do not believe.