Gay marriage is not a human right. The UN didn't even discuss LGBT rights at all until the 90s and while the UDHR was adopted in the 40s (and then additional tr

Gay marriage is not a human right. The UN didn't even discuss LGBT rights at all until the 90s and while the UDHR was adopted in the 40s (and then additional treaties in the 60s) countries only started to legalise gay marriage in the 2000s. In 2008 the great majority of the world including Western Europe with a couple of exceptions did not allow same-sex marriages. And in the same year, it seems that about half of California was against gay marriage. So not only was being against gay marriage (as Eich was) not an abominable opinion, it wasn't even weird - it was normal!