12/3 "The Cootie Effect"

In my ongoing debates with people in the UB environment, online, and in other organizations I have taken rank with, there is a disgusting cop-out taking effect for those without any conventional arguments against gay marriage.

What is this cop-out? It's simply paraphrasing the following sentence.

"Because you support gay people, you must be one of them."

It's effective because there is nothing I can say without insulting gay people or dare I say "incriminating" myself. Being gay is a trait that nobody can see, and with the complex spectrum of sexuality in nature, it is one of the rudest ways to say "agree to disagree".

To me it sounds like "The only reason you believe in this is because it affects you directly, it's not because you have compassion for other people and what they may want, it's just because this is a right that you think YOU should have."

I've dubbed this "The Cootie Effect", because it is an infantile way of discriminating against allies for their beliefs. It's not fair.