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I see gay marriage as an equal rights issue and all other viewpoints should not matter. Because of that, I think it's hypocritical for people to have gay friends yet be against gay marriage. CMV

I know "gay marriage" related topics are very common on CMV. And I'm not asking people to change my viewpoint to be anti-gay. But I believe there is 0 basis for being against gay marriages.

So I had an argument with my friends and I was telling them how it was hypocritical for people to have gay friends yet be against gay marriage. They retorted by saying that you can have differences with your friends and that anti-gay marriage proponents see gay marriage as less of an equal rights issue and more of a cultural issue. I don't think personally that differing with your gay friend on the issue of gay marriage is something that can just be buried for the sake of the friendship. I think it is a fundamental human right for someone to be married and be happy with another human being. You can't be friends with someone if you don't support them in having the same rights as you do. It's like how can a black man and a white man be friends if the white man supports having segregated bathrooms. Extreme analogy, yes, but I hope you get my point.
gpt
It's pretty easy to have friends with whom you disagree.  For example, consider any meat-is-murder vegan who is friends with an omnivore.  Would you call them a hypocrite on the same grounds?  It's certainly a rights issue, albeit not a human rights one.  What about an atheist and someone deeply religious?  Suppose the atheist thinks we should remove all the religious tax exemptions and accommodations for the religious?

People bury a lot of things for the sake of friendship, and that doesn't necessarily make them hypocrites.  It just means that they feel the good outweighs the bad, and that perhaps, in time, the other person might be persuaded to change their mind.