Gay marriage doesn't really effect anyone else. Its not something that will impinge of you personally, so what other reason than homophobia could there be for banning it? A hysterical and unreasonable reaction to something outside your ken.

Having said that. in some sleeve notes I referred to J Edgar Hoover as a cross dressing homosexual. This gay friend said to me, you've used the word homosexual - I don't like that. Not a nice word....

I said, well actually he wasn't all that nice a person....