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In case you have been: living in a bubble and have not turned on a radio, TV, computer, read a newspaper, an online news source, or a blog today, you may not have heard about the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling that same-sex couples are legally entitled to marry under the Mass. Constitution. Almost every other blog today has brought this story up. I am also bringing it up, but not to argue the pros and cons of this ruling. Honestly, my opinion doesn't really matter here.

What I do want to discuss is something that has been bothering me all day (and for a while now). Like I said before, I have been reading different blogs and message boards about the above topic throughout the day. Obviously many people have many different opinions on this subject. Usually "liberal" minded people consider themselves open and tolerant to other's beliefs and opinions- rather you would hope they would. However, I have found that most of the opinions I have read from "liberal-minded" people have been closed minded and intolerant. I do NOT condone unnecessarily crude or offensive comments about homosexuality- everyone deserves common curtesy and understanding no matter what your beliefs, sexual orientation, political philosophy, race or religion are. However, in many cases when people simply stated either their religious beliefs, questioned homosexuality, or tried to open up a dialogue about the pros and cons of same-sex marriage in many cases, they were immediately called out as "gay bashers", "shallow", and "part of the right-wing conservative conspiracy." In my opinion- that is almost as bad as the people who hear the word "gay" and immediately come back with a slew of horrible invectives for homosexuality. I read most of the preceding comments and they usually did not take the tone of bashing homosexuality at all; they were for the most part just engaging in honest dialogue. It seems like a double standard to me.

For the record- since this has been disturbing me I gave myself the "Where do you fall on the liberal - conservative political spectrum?" Quiz. I didn't like all of the choices for questions but I tried my best to answer honestly and here is where I fell:

CONSERVATIVE: You believe that society needs improvement, and that more people sharing constructive norms and values is the key to this improvement. You admirably manage to hold this view without becoming a fanatic , which ironically makes you far better suited to bringing people together and finding that necessary common ground than your Far-right conservative cousins.

My biggest question is, who are these cousins andwhy haven't I met them yet?