Gay Marriage

I am all for gay marriage. Gays should know the joy of family members whining, "When are you going to get married? You're not getting any younger, you know." or the male of the relationship paying for alimony when the marriage breaks up. Why should the gays be left out of the fun? Besides it's time that Winnie the Pooh made Piglet a honest man.

we all have one life and we deserve to be happy. it doesn't affect anyone except those that can't open their minds and theirs hearts to the differences in people and even then all it does is cause you negative feelings. its not like the haters are being forced to attend or even have an invitation at that. i don't care what gays do behind closed doors or anyone for that matter. i have my own life to worry about.

I believe in the definition of marriage as a union between one man and one woman. Marriage between a man and a woman and I do not favor any government-sanctioned union/arrangement that looks like traditional marriage. However, I am not opposed to people entering into contracts for the purposes of inheritance, medical decisions, etc. All Americans, regardless of sexual orientation, have a right to make legal contracts and arrangements with each other and deserve the respect and dignity afforded to all citizens.

I'm all for gay rights and civil unions but marriage is different if you want children. Speaking as a person who lost his dad at a young age, a big piece of me was missing. I strongly feel it is ideal if kids have both a mother and father, it's even better if they love one another. Two mommies does not make a real daddy. Gays most likely have both, a female mother and male father so why is it not hypocritical if they don't want the same for their kids? Life is hard enough to live without living it on an unequal playing field. The world is becoming more dysfunctional and ass backwards every minute. What's next group marriage? Don't be shocked if that's next, with that man on cable with 4 wives wanting people to accept it. Is he in jail yet? I heard the state he lived in was pressing charges. I'd like to see heterosexual people pass a course and get a permit before just hopping into marriage and parenting like it's a handshake.

Come on, they just want to be happy, leave 'em alone.

Some think gay marriage is faaaaabulous! I'm not for it or against it and either way don't really care. However, I do care that a lot people I have spoken with (liberals mainly) seem to think it's the most important issue out there.

I can't think of ANY issue LESS important than this one. Back to the closet with ye!

It seems that we should define marriage before the issue can be legitimately discussed. Marriage, in my experience in talking with many Christians, is between and only between a man and a woman. If it is logically derived from the bible and if Christianity is entirely based on the works of the Bible, then there is no question if Marriage between same sex should be legal. The problem is "What is the truth?" There are many ways of interpreting the Bible and people can come to logical conclusions about homosexuality being perfectly legitimized by the Bible. Bigotry is defined as casting people into a lower form of what they actually are which is a human being. Americans have done this to blacks, hispanics, jews, themselves regarding beliefs, and to what's at the heart of this issue: gays. America took small steps to overcome bigotry against blacks by using the "separate but equal" method, which is a small step toward morality. Why can't we do the same for gays? This is the type of bigo... Read more

Not a number one contender. Not right now, anyway.

Once the government gets back on track with regard to its fiscal policies, and starts treating the money they take from us with more competence...then more discussion can be had here. Problem is... I don't ever envision that happening. Sorry Gays :(

Maybe we should ask Mel Gibson what he thinks about this issue.  UPDATE: For purposes of clarity, I assume DynaSword's fa**, means "fags" and fitman's fa****** means "fascists, is that right? UPDATE: I've never really understood why anyone really cares what politicians think about this issue.

If someone can convince me that a child does not desire and does not need both (two great full time parents of both genders male & female ) in the home that are mentally stable, loving, good parents (mother and father) equally, then I would say live and let live. Even God does not force himself on people. I heard the argument that not all married people are planning on having kids but most do. Having children is the norm for most married people. Life is hard enough. You can survive without both a good Father and good mother but it is not the best head-start in life. I am also not in favor of child abandonment, poor teen parents or single parents deliberately having kids. I know Gay marriage and poor teen single parents are unavoidable but so are car crashes and other tragedies. There have been case studies that report our Prisons are filled with men and women from single parent homes. What does that tell us? I think if you are honest you know the answer. It was rep... Read more

If gays and lesbians want to be married I'd say more power too them. Obviously, the striaight married couples have set the perfect example of what marriage is supposed to be like. The current rates of divorce are, 41 percent of first marriages, 60 percent of second marriages, and if your sufficiently insane enough to do this, 73 percent of third marriages.

God didnt want us fighting against each other he wants us to be close I dont think god is judging on who we are but by what we do in life and how we treat the people around us. I think its werid how relgion was suppost to bring people togther but its one of the biggest fights our world deals with because we all review and believe in it a different way. Gay marrage doesnt effect me in any way so I dont see any problem with two people that love and happy with each other to be together in marrage. Gays and lesbians dont judge us on who we date so why are we judging them? I dont get why this is even a politcal issue I think the government should just let them get married and think about other things our country is going threw we have way bigger issue here then gay marrage. I really dont see what the big deal is.

Marriage should be for straight couples and there should be another term that provides mutual benefits/rights for for homosexual couples.

So all of you people who are totally against this are saying to me that if your own child came to you and told you "Mom, Dad......I'm gay/lesbian!!!" you would turn away from her/him? That is ridiculous!!!!! Gays and Lesbians arent trying to get special treatments as some of you might say....We just want to be able to celebrate our love the same way everyone else does. I mean all we want is for others to see our union the same as you see you and your spouse. And to those of you who think that gays/lesbians shouldn't have kids are also wrong. I dont see same sex couples getting divorced all the time and breaking apart their families!!!!! We work hard on creating our families. We take time, thinking, support, emotions, money, but most importantly love and trust that we have for each other into making things happen. I know plenty of young girls who get knocked up accidentally of by being stupid. We dont just pick a person, get together like whatever, like its something that can be done a... Read more

eh it has its good and bads

It's so sad the lot of you using Christ and your pwn personal insecure judgeto demoralize and insult homosexuals. As advanced a country we are, we have a LONG way to go as far as progressive thinking is concerned. You don't have to agree with the practice but for those individuals DENYING the RIGHTS of a group of people based on their own personally drawn conclusions is wrong.I do hope one day gay marriage will be granted everywhere. As soon as religion gets its ass out of civil liberties.

I am a lesbian. Me, I grew up in a very conservative Christian home, I went to school to be a pastor. But I always knew something wasn't "normal" about me. Let me try and explain… bare with me…it's like, all my life people have told me I should like the color blue, and I accepted that... because didn't know anything else, but when I saw purple, I knew without a doubt it was really my favorite color, I just didn’t know it existed yet. That’s how realizing I was gay came about for me, I was told I was a girl, and I would marry a boy someday, and I accepted that. But after years of not really knowing why I didn’t care to have boyfriends, I realized I didn’t really like them, I just did cause everyone else I knew did. It hit me, I was Gay, and then it was like i saw everything clearly... I realized why I loved the little mermaid so much, and that I had a crush on my best friend in kindergarten and when I was making up excuses to kiss my best friend in high school, it wasn’t just to be funn... Read more

We have no right to deter homosexuals from marriage, just as you cannot change YOUR sexual orientation. It's none of our business, and not up to us to criticise them.

Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone --JESUS

THIS IS OF NO IMPORTANCE. THE PITIFUL SINFUL LIBERALS SHOULD BE DESTROYED FOR TOLERATING SUCH SHAMEFUL AND DISGUSTING BEHAVIOUR. THERE ARE NO RIGHTS FOR PATHETIC HOMOSEXUALS!

UPDATE 3: Read the comments to me below from Whatupman... real class! UPDATE 2: Look, I'm sorry if you disagree with me but, is this not the opinion network and do I not have the right to my opinion? UPDATE: Bird, I appreciate your comment but my belief is more than "aesthetics" or a study of art. It is my faith and many governments were founded based on simple and complicated truths surrounding peoples faith. We do what we do because we believe something is right or wrong and laws are created based on those beliefs. True, I do not see all that gays do but in my line of work I have seen more than I would ever want to share.ORIGINAL COMMENT: With hesitation I'm commenting on this topic again. People say take God out of the picture; well I can't because he is God and he entered the picture himself. People say this is not a religious issue, well yes it is, and its discussed in the Word of God. People say we are not a theocracy, true but we are a democracy and as long as we are we all ... Read more

Gays and lesbian constitutional right are the same as anyone elses. They are not discriminated against. every gay can marry any woman, and any lesbian can marry any man. Nothing wrong here. But they don't want equal right, they want special rights, and that is a Pandora box we should carefully think whether we should open or not. Marriage is an institution, the basic cell of society, and has always been between a man and a woman. Children have always had moms and dads. They never had two moms, or two dads. Growing up in a same sex environment, with traumatize children who will question the reasons other children have moms and dads and they don't have them. They will feel segregated when they cannot send mom a nice Mother's Day card, or a Father's Day card. They will see children playing with their mothers and they will not be able to do so. They will see other children playing with their father and will not be able to do so. We will raise intellectually  and emotionally handicapped chi... Read more

UPDATED DUE TO A COMMENT.07-11-2008 Your right God does love all but hates sin; Sin is how the bible explains gay persuasions! Yes you are right about marriage being a man’s ruling, it was first bought up around Roman times! But the very word marriage describes a Male and Female; nowhere does it include male-to-male or Female-to-Female. Your views about Christianity are obviously bias and you are in agreement with "marriage." We are all entitled to our own opinion and whether you agree or not you will not persuade me to change my mind based on what you say; because most atheists use this terminology to describe why the Bible is incorrect! You either believe the Bible is true and of God or you don't. But what is stated in Gods word regarding the act of Homosexuality and Lesbianism is very vivid and clear! You cannot believe in a faith by only taking on-board what you think is right.Firstly under Gods law it is not right or is it allowed. There are many biblical references and if you wan... Read more

I don't believe this to be a true issue. I believe strongly in human rights. Although being lucky myself to not be affected directly by this law, I still support gay marriage. Many argue that people aren't born gay, but choose to be gay. I have strong doubt about that since from my personal experience, I never feel strongly towards either gender. I'm lucky enough to find a companion whom I want to spend the rest of my life with, and it happened to be a male, so lucky me. Ok, let's say even if that statement was true, and let's look at this situation here. One of my in-laws was abused by men since she was a child, can you blame her to choose to be lesbian? Just because she refuses to spend her life with a man, doesn't mean her right to be legally married should be taken away from her. Also, I know some gay people, their feelings for their partners are no difference from the feelings of straight couples. I don't see their acts to be any more disgusting than the straight couples unless, y... Read more

Interesting to see how so many folks, right and left, gay and straight, pro and con, are buying into this ridiculous debate. My personal view of gay marriage is pretty much a "don't care," but I'm not going to take up cudgels for or against it. Given the wealth of critical issues that are facing the nation and the world, for this item to be as high as it is on this list, (given the wealth of critical issues thereon), with the most comments, shows clearly the ignorance and shallowness of the voting public.

I Posted this a year ago and feel it is still relevent homosexuality is a mental illness. they shoyuld be in padded rooms or dead instead of protesting for MARRAGE

OK, gays and lesbians can be "joined" or have their own ceremonies, why do they have to be "Married"? Marriage has always been between man and woman, why are the gays/lesbians pushing the limit? Why can't they have their own little wedding and be satisfied - that way they would not be making people mad.

Only God's Own Party can protect our precious bodily fluids from the Gay Agender!UPDATE:I believe the right to decide who can marry should rest with each religious group, but the right to equal treatment under law for 'domestic partners' should not be controlled by any cult, "Christian" or otherwise.UPDATE TOO:For better or worse we have (to some extent) the privilege of living in a constitutional democratic republic. This means - in theory - that  the majority only rules when their desires are not overruled by the constitution. So far - except in Massachusetts - majority hatred for homosexuals has trumped the constitutional requirement for equal rights for all citizens. How much longer the majority will be allowed to trample on the rights of the minority in this case remains to be seen.UPDATE THREESOME:I see fa******  whinin' about what happened in California yesterday. God bless 'em.UPDATE FORTUNATE:This issue  is -of course - important to those who are the victims of discriminatory ... Read more

To me this shouldn't even be an issue.

Do we really need any other reason to be viewed by the rest of the world as morally bankrupt?

The way I see it, marrige has been and always will be one of the main ceremonys that take place in or within relation to a church.  As we all know, most churches including the Catholic church are against the idea of same sex marriages, therefore no way is it possible for Ellen and Rosie O'donnell to get married in/be recognized by this church.  Yet when people ask such questions as "human rights allow all humans to have the right to get married".  Sure this notion is true in theory, but we all know about the seperation of church and state.  Since marriage is a church sacrament/ceremony then the technical term "marriage" is not to be used, because the church (which isn't the state) says that marriage (which is a church ceremony) is not allowed.  So why did this topic earn 3 Stars?  Because I do feel like all humans have the right to be UNITED, in unity.  Therefore we can civilly agree that the unity between same sex couples, can be civily united as a civil union.  Going back to my point... Read more

People should be able to marry the adult of their choice, and it isn't any of the state's business.  If your church wants to nail up same-sex couples, that's your problem.

I support same-sex marriages, and their right to adopt or have their own children. One of the adults that had a hand in raising me was homosexual, but did that have anything to do with my upbringing? Umm,  no. To this day, they're still the person I look up to more than anyone, and I'm straight.

This is a tough one for me...I know that marriage is between a man and a woman, however I know some gay couples who have been together longer than most married couples and have as much at stake.  They own homes, cars, businesses together and have as much invested financially and mentally as most married couples.  There does need to be some legal protection for a partner should something happen to one of them.  Im still debating in my mind on whether or not they should have kids.  But as our society becomes more accepting I don't know.  I see some of these parents out there and wonder anyways...

A NEW UPDATE: I see we have new arguments about how people are "born" with certain proclivities and therefore we should accommodate them, particularly, some people are born homosexual so we should allow them to marry. That argument is defective for several reasons.I suppose the first is the genetic fallacy. Fred is born with homosexual proclivities, therefore Fred must become a homosexual. Does that sound logical?Another obvious fallacy is affirming the consequent. If Fred is a homosexual, he must have been born with that proclivity. Fred was born with the proclivity to be a homosexual, therefore he is a homosexual. Hmmm!Good common sense with life experience is another BS detector that lots of us have or should have.To show how stupid are these allegations that we must allow such "marriage," substitute, with proper syntax, of course any other deviant course of human conduct from serial murder to alcoholism to incest to drug use and on and on into the logical argument to allow... Read more

This is a state issue and should remain that way. The majority of people in Massachusetts believed it should be legalized, so it was voted on and it was. The majority of people in Utah did not believe it should be legalized, so it was voted down in that state. Those that don't want the federal government "in their bedroom" should stop trying to bring the federal government into it to begin with. There is no federal stance one way or the other and it should remain that way. What is deemed equal treatment under the law is decided on by the people. No, it should not be controlled by any cult, such as extremist liberals.

I personally think to begin with, gay's just don't have what it takes to live in a real relationship that calles for give and take and they can't walk away from it anytime they please. The rights should be completely different than marrieds and thay need to be treated as singles, which is what thet are!

I'm honestly not sure how many stars I should give this. In my opinion, gay marriage shouldn't be an issue, because the concept itself is ludicrous. Marriage is a union between a man and a woman. That's what it is, period. But it does seem to be an issue, and a hotly debated one at that. So read my words, and be angered by them if you like. But you can more or less ignore the star rating, because I don't really know how to rate it.

I think its wrong. Im a christian and im not judgeing them by the way they want to live. If they want to live that way then let them. It just aggervates me when they say there christians and try to justify it being ok to be that way. But being gay is one thing getting married is another There spitting in Gods face when they take it that far.

Keep it the way it is except let the partners visit the other one in the hospital.

its not adam and steve its adam and eve!!!!!!!from xmelx

Just let 'em **** for christ sake. I feel that we should judge everyone for there lifestyle choices. I drink and smoke and I know it would piss me off if some tried to ban that. Banning gay marrage is unconsitutional,( keep that in mind all you true to the country republicans your screwing with most important American document to ever be written.)

Why should you care who marries who?

although the idea of this listing is to rate the issues' political importance to our nation, it seems to have instead become a place to voice your opinion on the matter itself.  So, I'll join in."Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be decieved: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolators nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.  And that is what some of you were.  But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus CHrist and by the spirit of our God." 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (NIV)okay, so here goes.  I do believe that homosexuality is a sin.  It says so in the verse i just cited. I also believe, however, a sin is a sin. each no worse than the next.  while different sins may have different effects on ourselves and those around us, each sin is capable to be forgiven if the sinner repents.  I know that sounds like i put myself in ... Read more

I do agree that there are more pressing issues to be disgussing. I've thought that all along though. If we had been less religiously influenced back in the day perhaps we could have pulled our finger out a bit earlier, and this topic would just be called marriage...

The sad thing is... although I am naturally and morally opposed to this motion, as a Christian, I can't say anything out against it or I am a 'homophobe'. It is irritating when 'minorities' play the 'race' (I am just generalising, as this has nothing to do with race, of course) card, as you are powerless to counter it. We are meant to have freedom of speech, but sadly this is not the case in modern society. It is more like 'you have freedom of speech as long as you are a liberal'. Thank God for sites like RateItAll where I can say what I think.... :)