If you just substitute terms, you see how ridiculous it all is

Today in a channel I frequent there was a discussion about anti-gay marriage. The channel is, in general, pro marriage equality. After learning that a new cow-orker (not in channel) of a channel denizen was a Christian (the term used was “obnoxious god botherer”) who wrote an anti gay marriage post, things got interesting:

bn: anti-gay marriage?
bn: where are your parentheses
f: I'm anti cereal for breakfast
S: (anti (gay marriage)) I think
f doesn't affect me in any way
f: but F.YOU if you dare to eat cereal
S: I'll offer a compromise
S: we won't call it breakfast
S: we'll call it 'morning meal'
f: you're DEVALUING my traditional bacon and eggs on which this country has been built
S: so you see no one will eat cereal for breakfast
f: your cereal lifestyle will cause death
S: I think I'll have some cereal for my morning meal
f: everybody born in 1856 who ate cereal is *dead* now
s: and it encourages bacon & egg eaters to try cereal!
f: s: won't somebody think of the pig farmers!
S: f: is it true that those who eat cereal for morning meal live 20 year less than the bacon & eggs eaters?
S: now I look at it - that seems unlikely
f: waitresses in cafes will be forced to serve up cereal even if they find it nauseating
f: S: I can fund a study to that effect
z: but imagine how miserable those 20 years would be, without bacon!
f: and toast where you cut out a hole with a drinking glass and fry an egg in the gap
z: if you don't eat bacon you're messing with $deity's plan for your life expectancy?