It's not intellectual hubris. It's not intellectual at all, and it has nothing to do with beliefs. It's emotional, because love is emotional. When someone tells

It's not intellectual hubris. It's not intellectual at all, and it has nothing to do with beliefs. It's emotional, because love is emotional. When someone tells a gay person that they can't marry the person they love, they are telling them that their love is not the same as straight people's love, that it's lesser. It doesn't matter if that's not what they meant to say, or if they have statistics and graphs to make some point about the effects on greater society. The inevitable conclusion of any position other than full marriage equality is that same-sex love is something different. To those that feel it, the statement is an insult pointed directly at one of the strongest emotions that any human can feel. It hurts tremendously. Are you surprised by the way people react after someone insults one of the most precious and important parts of their lives?