Typical Views on Gay Marriage

The basic view is this: Democrats = Pro Gay Marriage and Republicans = Anti Gay Marriage
I side with Republicans on many things, but I blatantly do not understand the opposition to gay marriage. Maybe this has to do with me being in a newer generation that

are more tolerant on the issue than are older generations.

 I believe that gay marriage is just another civil rights movement, where people should simply have the right. I side with the liberal idea that marriage should not be regulated and should be free. We are definitely moving towards this space as a country. Here is another part from the Fox News article:

With congressional elections next year, Republicans, Democrats and nonpartisan analysts say the changes benefit Democrats, whose bedrock liberals favor gay unions, and disadvantage Republicans, whose conservative base insists that marriage be solely between a man and a woman.

'This is not a sea change. This is a tide that is slowly rising in favor of gay marriage,' creating a favorable political situation for Democrats and ever-more difficulty for Republicans, said David McCuan, a political scientist at Sonoma State University in California.

Democrats have a broader base filled with more accepting younger voters, as well as flexibility on the issue. Hard-core liberals support gay marriage, while others, including President Barack Obama, take a more moderate position of civil unions and defer to states on gay marriage.

 The democrats can be seen as "using" this position on gay marriage to get the support of the newer generations. I have no strong argument against gay marriage, and don't think I could ever muster one up. The arguments for it are strong and concrete.