I tend to agree with Guest/ollaimh in his post. In my experience, those who truly are convinced of the rightness of their beliefs tend to be peaceful about it- they don't need others' affirmation and acquiescence. They largely avoid confrontation and conflict.


* The person secure in their marriage does not feel threatened by the existence of homosexual marriage.
* The person secure in their sexuality is not threatened by others' sexuality.

I'll bet that's true of a number of other controversies.