What are you views on Same Sex Marriage?
546249
same sex marriage is gay.
1109745
first off, the law should allow homosexual couples to get married   \n\ni think a marraige service should be offered by the government in the case that a church refuses to marry a homosexual couple.  everyone deserves the benifits (misery) of marriage.\n\ni think the church should be more accepting because isnt that what they stand for?  love and happiness?  does it really matter in what form that happiness and love come in?\n\n and if the church wont marry them then a government sponsered program can do it for them.  thats just how i think...fair and equal.
1078472
I'm not sure why you care. Is it for the monetary benefits they could then enjoy as a legally married couple? If it's not about money, then why make such a big deal about it? The bottom line is how two people feel about one another and not some definition of "marriage" that society chooses to make. I think I'd revere two people who were dedicated to one another who didn't need the formality of marriage as a crutch. Spend your time living life, not debating it.\n\nIn my opinion, the basis of your arguments are that you want society to accept homosexuality as a normal human condition. Unfortunately, homosexuality is not a normal human condition by definition because reproduction is necessary to preserve the species as it is with any animal on earth. It's true that 10% of the population is genetically homosexual, but so is 10% of the population deaf or blind, but that doesn't make it normal. On the other hand, skin color, nationality, culture, gender, and other potential racially related discriminant features are simply manifestations of human evolution on earth. Darwin's theory of evolution cannot support homosexuality as a normal development of mankind.
257002
It's here to stay, weather we accept it or not.  Personally, I'm opposed to gay marriage but not a gay union.\nI believe gay people are entitled to the same benefits and perks as any other citizen, as long as they're paying their way they should get entitlement.\nThe one area I find confusing is when a gay man will sell himself as a heterosexual for the purpose of marriage with a heterosexual female.  I have had two female acquaintances who have fallen into this trap and found out after tying the knot that their husbands were gay.  In both cases, the marriages ended most ricky- tick.  This was a traumatic experience for both women, one they would never forget!\nSociety is more accepting of homosexuality, today.  There is no logical reason for a homosexual to do this to an un-suspecting person.  Women beware!!!!!
35814
Do I think so?  Yes of course gay and lesbian couples should be allowed to get married if they choose.  However, the problem that you have in the United States, at present time, is that the "Powers that be"  are looking at marriage as an institute ordained by God, and then basing their judgements on gay marriage on the views of homosexuality in the Bible.  \n\nThis way of thinking is a problem for a couple reasons:  1)  The Bible speaks in reference to men and women joining together and looks down upon homosexual relations, well at the same time the Bible also says that men and women when joining together should be equally yoked.  Which to me means that if you are going to apply one section of the Bible to laws on marriage, you would also have to apply the Bible's teachings to all marriages in question.  So, people of different religous background and orientations could no longer marry, nor people of different ethnic backgrounds.  After all, why should we just apply one section of the Bible to marriage laws right?  2) We are supposed, as far as I understand it, have a seperation of Church and State in this country, to assure that religious persecution does not cross over into the laws of the land, which in this case is what I believe we have here.\n\nMy 2 cents.....
625476
No, there is nothing wrong with it.  If a gay couple is in love, they deserve every right a hetero couple has. Marriage rights are exactly that, rights. And ever American is entitled to them. Some liberals even buy the conservative rhetoric against gay marriage. A common conservative tactic against liberal proposals is to convince the public that it would be  devastating financially. Similar arguments were made about abolishing slavery, workers unions, raising the minimum wage, and environmental protections. Gays represent about 5% of the population. Considering the number of hetero couples that get married and divorced, and the overall makeup of the economy, including the hundreds of billions spent on wars, corporate welfare, social programs, and numerous other government programs, the impact would be minimal and the economy would adjust without serious consequences.\n\nIt has more to do with religous idealogy and bigotry - they often go hand in hand. It's not only the idea of a gay couple being together they don't like, or the pretense that it would somehow cheapen their marriage. Along with marriage rights they would have the right to adopt, which also goes against their personal/religous beliefs.
279219
I wouldn't give a damned dime for the "traditional" view of marriage for there is NO good reason that anyone can state that justifies denial of marriages rights to human couples made up of individuals -- same sex or different sex -- who want to accept the responsibilites that come with that package.  This is the 21st century, and it's time to move on and make changes just as with other matters -- civil rights, women voting, age of voting, black and white marriages, Magellan's voyage, C. Columus's voyage, Open heart surgery, space exploration -- and on and on all the changes go due to eradication of myths, acceptance of reason and justice as how we do things now. \n\nGays can make marriage worthy to be admired.\nGays can effectively lead children into adulthood.  \nGays work jobs, own homes, and pay taxes.\nGays perform admirably in uniformed services.\n\nThis is a civil matter, not a religous one.\nThis is a matter of justice.\nThis is a matter of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.\n\nOnly people who choose stupidity, prejudice, bigotry, prideful ignorance, and hypocrisy with human existence over reason, justice, and facts of the real world in which we live would get in the way of Gay Marriages.  Opposition to Gay Marriage is nothing other than sheer insanity.
755186
I think civil unions are a step in the right direction.  But one of your points is not true.  Marriage is not a religious institution.  Marriage is a civil contract.  If a couple wishes to marry in their church, they do so.  But marriage is just as legal with no religious connotations applied to it.  Get married in a church without registering it with the government and you are not legally married.  Get married in your local government office and it's legal whether you are religious or not.  Religious organizations have the perfect right to reject it, though all do not.  Legalizing gay marriage will not force churches to perform ceremonies, that is up to the church.\n\nI think those people who "experiment" with their sexuality are exploring their bisexuality, many human beings are bisexual, not all act on it.  Most truly gay people know they are gay when puberty comes upon them.  Some try to go straight to please family, friends, churches and out of plain panic and fear.  If we ever learn to accept homosexuality as an innate sexual orientation people won't have that problem to contend with and we won't have gay people getting married to straights to try and please society.  Science has been exploring this for some time, and all nonbiased studies are pointing to homosexuality as being innate.  I believe they are on their way to proving scientifically what gay people already know, it is innate.  I'm cynical enough to believe when it is announced as a fait accompli that religious nuts and homophobes alike will ask as their first question "Is there a cure then?"  Some ignorance never dies.
333275
Honestly, in my opinion i don't think anything of gay marrige! Its just like sayin why do Blacks and Whites marry or Japense and Korean.  Its been a proven fact you can't make yourself fall inlove with someone you just do!  Most people can't even controll who they do fall inlove with or if they Gay...Lesbo...or Strait (like me and you).  Im not saying that there right nor wrong but (i know your not but lets just say) If you were a lesbo would you rather live you'r life alone because they wont let you get married to the one you love! Once again im not saying why its right but its the law and we can't change it... go for Press I'll vote for you. ;)
738876
There isn't a real one. One of the arguments made by opponents of same sex marriage is that allowing it could open the door for other things, such as acceptance of polygamy. It's baseless and primarily a tactic by the morality police (Conservative Christians) to keep people under their reigns.
822982
OMG! I feel that gay people are just as entitled as anyone else to be married.........I've seen on TV where people have ceremonies for their dogs to get married..........I don't see what the freaking big deal is...........who cares, they want to be together, let them share the responsibility of marriage that everyone else is privilaged to
349054
No.  I am a heterosexual in favor of equal rights for gays and lesbians.  The fact is that the Christian Right enjoys favor in Washington right now, but if we really were as we claim a nation that separates Church and State, gays would be allowed every privelege heteros have, including marriage.  There are plenty of liberal churches who marry gays-- why aren't their theologies driving public policy and law? \n  It is insecurity and ignorance that keep people from allowing gays equal rights... but the times they are a'changin'...
147167
no it should not be legalized. Marriage is between a man and a woman. What you want to be with someone of the same sex that is fine. But to get the same benefits that married men and women get is in my opinion not right. This is sending the wrong message to our children. It's in the bible" a man should not lay with another man ". That;'s gotta say something!
490449
I'm not gay, and i think they should. People should be allowed to marry who they want. The only reason people are trying to ban it is because of religious beliefs (i.e. conservative christians) getting in the way of non-biased desicions that could legalize it.
1052966
I'll put my own marriage up against anyone else's marriage any day.\n\nI'm proud of what we've done together.\n\nMany, many, many Gay / Lesbian marriages are worthy to be admired and  would put many, many, many Hetero marriages to shame on any day.
217027
I support gay marriage all the way. Civil unions sound like a good way to keep the "sanctity of marriage" while still giving gays equal rights, but actually civil unions only give a portion of the rights that marriage gives and are more easily contested in court by family members. Gays and lesbians would still be denied equality that way. I also think the "sanctity of marriage" argument is bogus, as the definition of marriage not only differs with culture and religion, but has also changed within this country several times over the centuries. See the link for a short and amusing "history of marriage in America."
1006446
Heterosexual people defend homosexual marriage because it's the morally correct thing to do.  It's immoral to deny another adult a right that you yourself enjoy.  Besides, if marriage is such a great thing, as GWB and others like to point out, then why on Earth wouldn't they want more of it?  It doesn't even make sense.