Gay Marriage

Are ya'll for or against gay marriage? Why?

Personally, I'm totally 100% for gay marriage. Love is love, and should not be blinded by gender, age, race, ect. I don't care what those nonsense manipulative religious books put into your head, but Love is Love no matter what. It's their choice, let them live the life they want. Accept people for who they are, and get over it!

How about you?

I totally agree with you. and who is it going to hurt if gay people get married.

I'm totally for it!

That said, be ready for some arguments against it.  People like to argue for arguments' sake sometimes... and hopefully, there won't be any gay-bashing.

I agree for the exact reason that you do! Why should the government be able to define whose love is worth more? Personally, I don't think it's up to Dub-Yah who I should be able to love.

100% for!!  Complete and total support! Why? Why should only hetero / straight people know the realities of legal marriage? 

Im for it, only reason someone would be against it is because they feel they should be able to push their religion / personal belief system onto everyone.... and that type of thinking is just dangerous.

I think the biggest problem I have with people who argue that it's "not god's way" are really not thinking it out clearly. Why would a god (any god) be against two people uniting in love?

Hi folks!

I'm all for civil unions, and against gay marriage.  I just want to add that, thinking the only people who would be against gay marriage would be religious zealots who want to convert everyone is a fallacy. 

I'm not a crazy Christian.  I'm not a republican.  Conservative on some issues, and liberal with others.  Sorry to burst some bubbles.  Middle of the road right here!  :)

I would agree with poster 7 if marriage was a religious thing - but it isn't. Marriage is a catagory you are placed in for government purposes whether you are religious or not, and in a secular state everyone must have equal access to it.

Heh, bring up ANY argument against gay marriage OTHER then religious based...

You may not consider yourself a "crazy christian" ... but... the rest of the world does :-D (or a crazy jew, or crazy whatever-other-religion)

Any two people should be allowed to be legally married. Why anyone would want to put themselves through a marriage is beyond my comprehension though.

I'm jaded, I know--there are some happy couples out there.

crazineko--What is the difference between a civil union and a legal marriage in your opinion?

Homosexuals should not be denied Civil Marriage. That means the right to adopt, tax treatment as Married Filing Jointly, rights of survivorship, hospital visitation and every other benefit not mentioned here.

The government however has absolutely no place to tell the various religions whether or not they can marry someone in their church.

If a church wants to marry a gay couple, that's the church's business and nobody else's. The same is true for churches that do not want to marry gay couples. 

Sure, a church has the right to only marry those they want to marry. but you can get married in city hall. So religion really has nothing to do with the term "marriage".

I'm glad to know there are lots of rational people on CC! I agree with all but #7 and 11. It's sometimes embarrassing to live in a country where this is such a contentious issue... love is love, let it be.

interesting: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/408 1999.stm ;

My gay friends have some of the most stable, caring relationships that I've seen and I really feel for them that they don't get to have that legitimized by a legal contract.  I'm not sure why the government even has the authority to determine which two people enter into a contractual arrangement (which, legally speaking, is what marriage is).  Gay people can enter into other contracts, so why not this one?

I keep hearing this bizarre argument that gay marriage in some way threatens straight marriage...or the institution of marriage itself?  Still can't make heads or tails of that one!

 Love makes a family!

The government however has absolutely no place to tell the various religions whether or not they can marry someone in their church.

The government isnt trying to...the gay marriage issue has NOTHING to do with getting married in churches. The gay marriage issue is only about getting married under the law.

So, again, name a single argument against gay marriage that isnt religious based.

ALL FOR IT!

I'm from San Francisco and half my best friends are gay.  I'm extremely grateful that I am from (and will be moving back to soon) the most open minded city in the US. 

Why would anyone care what others do has always been an issue for me.  People should be more concerned about their own marriages than others!

 

Lorik,
you insist on disregarding religious truth against gay marriage but youre not entitled to cherry pick which parts of the bible matter or dont.  Until it becomes legal to eat shellfish, wear clothing of blended fibers, work on sundays or have contact with a woman during her period, you cant really arbitrarily pick to dismiss the homosexuality argument.

Anyway gays already can legally marry, just not to each other.  They want special privilege to marry someone they specifically love.  Marriage is a legally-binding contract, not some romantic lifelong union of two soul mates, so attacking the "guy/girl only" requirement is just argumentative. 

Okay, Im kidding - denying gays to marry is discriminatory, dehumanizing and archaic.  No argument.

Sun - you're hilarious!!! :)  I think I might quote you someday, if that's OK.

Wow, Sun, I started reading your post and I was thinking "wow, I didn't get that vibe from any of her other posts..." then I got to the end.  Whew!

LOL Noelle and I honestly wondered who might not read past the first line because I know I can often shut down when it comes to bible thumping so I realized someone may just stop reading and think Im serious.

I cant help it Trust – I listen to opponents and think, "You honestly think its okay to deny this couple marriage because they both have matching packages? Really.  Cmon, really?! 

Is it the sex thing, cause you youre not expected to watch it and it’d probably be less creepy to them if you werent so interested in it their sex life anyway.   

Is it that “Then what will keep people from marrying animals” fear.  Im not familiar with the lobby for man/dog love but agree those would be some ugly puppies.

Is it the threat to the institution of marriage because if it stopped being illegal would undermine your marriage, that’s a sign your spouse if having gay sex outside the marriage.

Is it the religion thing?  There is this pesky little thing separating church and state that supposed to keep our beliefs from interfering with others personal freedoms.

It’s the matching package thing,  isn’t it?  Thought so.”