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I don't want to nitpick, but I don't see how gay marriage in this context is a natural right, since really it is just a government actively providing a service(marriage licensing). A natural right might be more like the right for two gay people to cohabit, or a religious marriage joining two gay people in marriage.

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The actual question on the Pew survey is "Homosexuality should be discouraged by society." agree/disagree. The fraction of people agreeing with this statement has fallen greatly in the last 25 years, mostly due to demographic replacement.

You can discourage something(which is a natural right of free speech), but still think people have the right to practice it - you might just think it is a bad idea for individual or social health(e.g. You can discourage people from becoming hermits, because a society of hermits isn't much of a society at all)

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