Who is against gay marriage if u are the tell why if u r not then tell me why...?
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I have no problem with gay marriage.  Some people feel it is a sacred institution. I feel it is far from that.\n\nFirst, we must remember that marriage is not a holy ceremony.  It is a civil ceremony. It is a contract. It was added to the church after it had been in place. That is why you do not have to at church to marry. People who are religious who want to have it there can.\n\nSecond, the divorce rate is so high I feel people do not take it as seriously as they should.  If two people that they want to share their lives together, they should be allowed to do it. I bet the divorce rate would go down if gay marriage was allowed.\n\n  \nAnother argument I have heard is that once we change this then people who want to marry multiple people will have a better chance of getting that passed.  The law would not be changed so much that the jump to polygamy would be made possible.  It would still be with two people who love each other.\n\nSo to recap marriage is not a religious ceremony.  Marriage is already flawed, as people get divorced about half the time.  We will not have to worry about people pushing polygamy, as it would be an illogical argument.
550952
who cares i try not to judge others and church is all about money.  as for same sex marriages why did the pres. ban that because he is a babling idoit i say if you love some one and want to make that decision you should be able to. i thought this was a free country
673216
How can gay marriage affect heterosexual marriage? People against gay marriage are just dumb and a little hypocritical. In my opinion, EVERYONE is entitled to life, liberty and the PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
667906
Gay marriages should not be allowed
199651
Sorry this is a long one, but ignorant people make me so I think that most people are accepting of homosexuals today, but they aren't gung ho about accepting it.  I accept homosexuals for who they are and think they should have the right to marry.  I have gay friends and see no problem with their lifestyle.  However I'm not about to go protest in favor of it.  Not because I'd be embarrassed, but because I'm way too lazy to protest for anything.  Whereas we've all seen the bible thumping lunatics in the streets screaming to keep certain rights away from people they don't agree with.  They're too stupid to realize gay people are born that way, because if they admitted it they'd have to admit the bible is wrong, and at that point their whole foundation of life would crumble.  They're idiots who base their lives off of a fictional book(the bible).  If there was ever a proposition or something that I a voter could vote on directly, you'd have my vote.  People in love should be able to marry regardless of who they're in love with.  This is one straight man who is giving you his vote.
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I agree with you 100%.  I think there are many reasons why people are threatened by homosexuals.  Many people hate anything that they don't understand.  And then there are others who want to force their religions down people's throats.  Several people still hang on to stereotypes such as homosexuality being a disease/disorder.  And there are many who simply hate everyone who's different from them.\n\nOh, and before some idiot responds by saying that marriage is a religious institution and therefore homosexuals should not be allowed to marry, I'm going to address the issue...  If your opinion is that homosexuals should not marry simply because marriage is a religious institution then why are people permitted to marry without the permission of the church?  Why do people get their marriage licenses from the government rather than the church?  Why are people permitted to have civil ceremonies?  The truth is that, your arguement would only be valid if you were also argueing that NO ONE should get married unless they were religious.  Your arguement would only be valid if you were in favor of taking marriage out of the hands of the government altogether.\n\nI'm sick of religious arguements against homosexuality.  To these people who feel that homosexual marriage should not be permitted because "God" doesn't approve---  Do you suggest that laws be passed which ban premarital sex?  Do you suggest that laws be passed which ban "partaking of anything harmful to your body"?  Do you suggest that laws be passed which force you to pay tithes?  Do you suggest that laws be passed which force you to attend church?  We are supposed to be have the freedom to choose our own religion (or to not choose one).  Not permitting homosexuals to marry is just one way of trying to force a religion on people.\n\nAnd as far as the effects that homosexuality has on children is concerned...  What effects?  Do you have some kind of proof that it adversely affects children?  Treating homosexuals like they're "bad" is what can cause confusion for children.  If children are taught that it's ok to live your own life then they won't have negative feelings and confusion.  I've heard some people say that they believe children will be influenced into "turning gay", which is a ridiculous arguement because the same could be said with regards to heterosexuality.  Sexual behavior is LEARNED.  No one is born one way or the other.  Therefore children can feel pressured and be influenced just as easily by both homosexuals AND heterosexuals.   What's important is to teach children that everyone has a right to their own lifestyles.\n\nOh, and there's the arguement that homosexuality is dangerous to marriage....  HOW?!!!  My marriage is wonderful.  And I haven't met one single person who has experienced marital problems because of homosexuality.
733296
if your asking that ? maybe u shouldnt get married
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The theory that gay marriage is wrong because it somehow threatens male-female marriage is a crock of shite.  Tradition is no reason to continue a practice.  To say that we should prohibit gays from marrying because we have not allowed it up til now and marriage has traditionally be between a man and a woman it no different that that standard answer your parents gave you when you asked why you could not eat your dessert first -- "because we say so."  Makes no sense.  It offers no logic.  Guess what else is tradition -- traditionally we don't let jews play at our golf courses.  And traditionally we don't let blacks marry whites (there were actually laws on the book in most states, so it went beyond tradition, it was the law).  Traditionally, children slept on their stomaches, until the scientists told us that the chances of SIDS skyrocketed when an infant doesn't sleep on its back.  So don't give me that tradition garbage.  We don't continue doing things just because that how it has always been done.  The american people deserve better than that -- we deserve to know how it benefits the overall society.  The bottomline is that monogomy and marital committment is a major benefit to modern society, whether it is between opposite sexes or the same sexes.
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Absolutely NOT I also will not ever change my views on this i dont care if you give me a thousand little thumbs down its just plain wrong...its adam and eve not adam and steve!\n\nThis is based on all my relgious training and views and beliefs by far gay marriage is not right . I don't hate them but im not for it for sure.
908638
Gay marriage is WRONG, SICK & DISGUSTING.
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Anyone who says "boo" about this gay marriage issue is instantly labeled  a hate monger.  The truth is, the gay movement is causing a lot of trouble in their quest.  It can only harm our society in a myriad of ways.  They, as usual, are being selfish.\n\nPlease view www.homosexualityexplained.com
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You definately picked the right place to ask your question!!!\n\nI don't see how the government has any right to say whether or not a gay couple should be married.  The institue of marriage is religous and therefore it should be up to the institue that will perform the ceremony to decide if they wish to do it or not.  If I decided I wanted to spend the rest of my life with a woman I wouldn't go to, say, a Catholic church and expect the priest to marry us.  What IS wrong though, is that there are Christian communities that support the idea of gay marriage and cannot perform the ceremony because it is against the law and America won't honor it.\n\nWhat I don't get is why everyone says that if two people of the same sex get married religous fanatics say that it will disturb the sanctity of marriage... meanwhile Britney Spears can get drunk with a friend, have Elvis marry her, and then have it anulled the next day.  I'm not saying that all people who are gay are perfect because truth-be-told, we are still human.  Us as a society has changed so much that with divorce at such a high rate the "sanctity" of marriage has already been dissolved.\n\nIn the constitution it says every man has rights and freedoms... our freedom to marry whomever we choose and our right to do is not present.  It really feels like the government is going against it's own rights for thier own personal, conservative beliefs.  How, in a "free" country, can a government tell certain citizens "We won't give you the opportunity to get married"?  Isn't that grounds for discrimination?  Ask any older black person how the term "seperate but equal" works...\n\nIf one man has been with another for decades and one dies the other has no right to the estate.  How would that make you feel when you not only are morning the loss of lover but will now lose your house because you weren't married?  Gays also have no say in keeping thier partner on life support or not for the same reason.  \n\nIf a gay couple also wants to adopt a child it is also harder.  For the amount of neglected, hungry, and orphaned children in this country, adoption agencies should jump at the chance of anyone wanting to adopt a child.  They do background checks and interviews to see if the place where the child will potentially go is a safe, loving, and healthy environment.  There are agencies that won't even allow a gay person or couple to adopt a child no matter financially stable or loving the household is.\n\nWhat I believe is that since gays are now "coming out of our closets" and standing up for ourselves, is an improvement in society.  When a people can join together and be proud and powerful, that's where the improvement is.  All the gay bashers and hateful people have nothing better to do than try to make life more difficult than life already is.  We have people in this country that are dieing on the street, we have kids with drug problems in middle school, and the thing that they decide to put all thier energy into is stopping same sex marraige?  People with backward beliefs like that are what is slowing down the advancement in our American Society.\n\nThe only way I will change my mind is if marriage is taken away all together.  If straight people will let it go then I will too, because to me marriage is about love and commitment not the involvement of opposite sex organs.\n\nMy name is Christine, I live in NY, I am a bi female and you can quote me on anything and everything I said becuase it needs to be known...
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Gay Marriage. \nPeople in general, not me personally.  I don't care one way or another.
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Two people who willfully choose to join themselves in a committed relationship and who plan to stick it out through the good times and bad times, come hell or high water.\n\nSince this is the LGBT forum, I will add this. I am really angry about all the hoopla about gay marriage going on in my country (US) right now. So many people keep saying marriage is a one man + one woman only affair, but the fact of the matter is that marriage, at least in the US, is a LEGAL MATTER. If you choose to have a religious ceremony, it isn't legal until you get the marriage license issued by the state. Since it's a legal contract, I find it obscene that anyone wants to legislate that it can only be between a man and a woman. If marriage was simply a religious affair, then I would say it was up to the religious leaders of that faith to say who can and who cannot be married, but I find it repugnant that some people are not allowed to enter into a binding legal agreement simply because they happen to be of the same sex. The simple fact that I have two X chromosomes, and my partner is an XY gives us, automatically, all sorts of rights and privileges that are denied to other couples because they are the same sex. I am weary of people saying, "well, they can go to an attorney and make sure that they inherit each other's stuff, and they can go to an attorney and legally adopt each other's kids, and they can go to an attorney and give each other medical power of attorney, and they can go to an attorney..." because all of that stuff was just given to me and my husband when we married. No one in a committed relationship should have to spend thousands of dollars in legal fees getting their ducks in a row so that when something happens to one of them they can end up with a rotten judge in court and have it overturned in favor of "next of kin", who are, sadly, not always mindful of what their dearly departed would have wanted. It's all just offensive to me. \n\nOkay, sorry for the outburst. I will put my soapbox away now.
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Try putting the shoe on the other foot.  Isn't legislating the legality of homosexual marriage forcing YOUR views and beliefs on me?
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75-80% of Americans are against gay marriage.  Every time it is put on a ballot, gay marriage is defeated.
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Wow Marcell, You have really demonstrated what is wrong with conservatives. So I assume you mean that giving gays like myself the right to marry is a "special right" because we didnt have that right before. Wow. I think its likely you would be quoting mythology in all your arguments. My firmly held belief is that you cannot explain things rationally to people who believe in an invisible man in the sky who sees everything they do and is waiting to smite them if they step out of line. Its just nonsense, and the sooner more people reject this mythological hysteria about virgin babies and magic boats that hold millions of animals and prophets falling from the sky, the sooner people will adopt reason in its place. But whether or not people are willing to question their dogma, I'm still going to fight for a womans right to choose, for full rights and inclusion for gays, etc. I'm not going to let someones silly mythologies and superstitions stop me...