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Are you For or Against Gay Marriage?
Are you for or against gay marriage? Why?
I'm fine with it. I've got no right to tell someone they can't marry anyone they want, it's their sexual orientation and I have to respect that. I don't care if the bible, or the law or whatnot defines marriage as the bond between a man and a woman, because due to our discovery that people have sexual orientations, whether you're heterosexual, bi-sexual, or homosexual, it probably should be changed to "the bond between two human beings." So, what are your views on gay marriage? |
Dude, I just don't care..I mean literally, don't care...
If two people love eachother, I won't judge them, as I have no right to be telling people what they should do with their lives. I mean, I'm not gay, and I don't understand it, but it doesn't bother me. So I just said "Undecided" |
Well...one of my best friends is gay so I must say I'm OK with the gay marriage.
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for it theres nothing wrong with it people who say it's wrong are afraid people will think they're gay if they think gay marriage is ok and thats just dumb
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I really see no problem with gay marriage, heck, it;s thier decission if they want to marry, then let them.
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I'm for because it doesn't matter what sex you are either being male and female, or male and male or female and female. AS long as you love each other thats all that matters
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well, i said undecided, cause gay marriage doesn't make any sense to me, but well, as the others have said already, it's their decision, if they want to, then let them! i don't have any right to interfere...so undecided is the one i checked...
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Hmm, I don't take, it's not my problem. If two people want a gay marriage then so be it.
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I'm personally for it, however "marriage" can only be performed in a Church, and Churches are private institutions funded by the community, so in a sense the Church does have some right to say who can and can't be married in their Church.
Although, Churches don't get taxed at all (not even land tax), and this is a political debate, so I say if the Church wants to have a say in politics, tax them! Let them pay the entrance fee like everyone else. Besides that... how could you be against it? There are people no only against gay marriage, but gay civil union too (ie, many of those same Churches and devout fundamentalists)! An event that takes place in a court of law, something meant to be fair and unbiased. Being a science guy myself, and an atheist, I don't understand (I mean, I literally can not comprehend) how someone could be against two people falling in love, no matter what the circumstances. |
I am for gay marriage. See, if two people of the same sex love each other they should get married. And they should be treated like if a man and woman get married. Like get all those benefits. But it is hard. I don't judge them at all.
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I'm not against it, but I don't exactly support it, either.
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That's just ok with me.
If they love eachother and want to marry i don't see the problem. |
For it. As long as it's between consenting adults then people are allowed to fall in love with and marry anyone they please as far as I'm concerned. Amen to what Richard Steel said; forbidding things within your own church is one thing (Although I agree that they should forfeit the free benefits they leech from society if they chose to do so) but interfering with the personal lives of people who don't care about getting the church's consent is just inexcusable. I find it rather ironic that people who claim to promote tolerance can be so biggotted, but then again; I've never really understood religion either.
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I'm for gay marriages, as long as it's the government doing the marriages and not necessarily by the church. The church should be allowed to decide if they allow it or not by themselves.
I'm personally against it (greatly) since I'm one of those old, conservative Christian prick, but I like to keep government separate from religion. (as for the tolerance thing, I'm not going to even go to explain that in a forum XD; But let's say, we're tolerant by being intolerant, and that will not make sense to non-believers at all I'm sure =x) |
I'm mostly indifferent. I know of no one who's gay or anything, so I can't really make a proper judgement either way.
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Gay ish affects me no more than the sight of my two male dogs trying to hump each other. What do I do about it? Nothing, just let them go on and be about their business. Why should I care if two random men on the other side of the planet are tongue wrestling, or sticking poles in each other's golf holes, or massaging each other's potato sacks? I'm not comfortable watching that sort of thing, but it's all good. I have the right to prefer melons, and I do, but I'm not going to tell someone else they can't enjoy bananas.
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As Richard Steel said, marriage has always been sacrosanct and it's rather difficult to change that. If this weren't true, I would be all for gay marriage, but until then, I would just suggest such equality in legal terms, for example a civil union. Given the choice I would allow gay marriage, but ultimately I believe such a term is reserved as far as the individual community is concerned.
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I'm fine with it, but I don't exactly support it either. Talk about copying Lily.
I don't even seem to care about what the church may state against it, but I believe homosexual legal union should be tolerated civilly. |
Well im fine with it... whatever they do in their personal lives is none of my business.
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I'm not against gay marriage, but I don't know about gay couples adopting kids, because they would be confused if growing with two dads, and everyone would joke about them.
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^ Not everyone would make fun of someone who had two dads or two moms. Plus, they would understand eventually why they do have that set of parents.
I am for gay marriage, I think you should be able to marry who you love and care for. I mean it's love, and there's nothing wrong with that. |
I voted against because I don't like what it's making marriage come to mean... feels like trivialfication... however I would in actuality advise it to a couple of the same sex for the sake of whatever benefits legal marriage brings to them. It's still a worthy goal for gay people, so I'm 'for' it.
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I am in favor of allowing gay marriages. It disgusts me that people accuse it of diluting the concept of marriage as if it weren't already under attack by skyrocketing divorce rates and retarded celebrities doing it for fun.
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For it. Seriously, the marriage of the same sex doesn't affect your marriage so why mess theirs up if they really feel strongly for each other. Besides they should bann divorce [Quote: Wanda] Once your in you can't get out. It may cause more death rates but hey.
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You shouldn't say it like divorce rates, retarded celebrities (I don't think they're necessarily retarded, they might be doing it for populairity & money), and gays getting married are the same issues, though. :P The two points you mentioned are scorned because of infidelity & unhappiness, but that's totally not what anti gay marriage is about. |
WOW this thred is popular. Well, seeing as how I don't care cause I'm well straight, I put undecided. As long as they stay away from me, they can do whatever it is that they do.
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I am strongly support gay marriage. I believe that you should marry whoever the heck you want! It's your decision. Besides, loves goes way past gender... It's the personality of the person that matters.
And I am not exactly the straightest person in the world so yeah X3; |
I'm for it.
As long as both partners are in love with each other, they should be allowed to marry, no matter what their genders are. |
I support it 100%. I can understand why churches would be very reluctant to sanctify it officially under their religion, but I see no reason for any decent government to withhold a marriage license for a same-sex couple. They should have the same rights as heterosexual couples, I believe.
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I think I should clarify myself here.
I think the government should not deny a licence of any sort to couples just because they're gay. However, just to settle with institutions such as the church, marriage shouldn't even be a legal term. |
If two people love each other, regardless of Gender they should be able to marry.
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I'm okay with gay marriage. And like what most people said, if they love eachother then there is no problem.
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i'm not going to comment on it i love everybody
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Meh...the word 'marriage' is suggestive of the religious sacrament. No valid religion in the world would allow a same-sex marriage. The term that people should be debating with is 'civil union', which is suggestive of a legal binding without any ceremony. Gay people can get as many civil unions as they want. I don't really care.
This does beg the question though...why would people get married anymore? Society is so flakked up that marriage is meaningless nowadays. What's the point of being married when the divorce rate is astronomical and the average person has more than 10 sexual partners in their lifetime? |
Im Against it Sorry :)
I has my Reasons but i won't go Into them |
I am for gay marriage, that's all there really is to say for me. I don't really care about it actually. For me it's more like, "Let them do whatever the hell they want".
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Against gay marriage for males
For females :D thats another question lol |
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In the end, who cares about the whole argument behind gender equality when you can stare at two girls getting married/kissing/*YAY*? ...I'm not sure if I am being sarcastic here. But hey, it's a 17 year-old male thing. |
I'm against it. Don't really know why and don't really care... I don't really think humans should be that free and be able to marry whoever you want. There should be some easy rules to follow. Otherwise in the next few years, my dog is gonna be married to a human and that'll make me sad. D8
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gay marriage?
hmmm i dont think God would like that so i voted no ... there's probably a reason y he created a woman n a man ... hmmm but on the other hand i dont believe in God lol ... (i dont believe in anything, only myself so dont think i'ma heretic or somethin like that lol) like i said my vote went for 'nope' |
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Besides, humans invented marriage, so as long as it's not infringing on the rights of others, why can't they do what they want? |
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If two people are capable of falling in love and want to spend their lives together, regardless of the sexual preference, then why shouldn't they be allowed to marry? Marriage doesn't have the same meaning in this day and age anyway. It's just something to do for a lot of couples, an excuse to have a celebration, then six months later they're filing for divorce. Heterosexual couples have disgraced marriage completely. At least most homosexual couples still recognise what marriage used to mean. So if you look at it that way, homoseual couples deserve to have the right to marry more than heterosexual couples. |
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I'm all for it. As long as they're truly in love, they should be able to get married. I can see the government's worry: if everyone becomes gay, the human race might die out >.>; But that's a bit too much... |
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I am against of Gay marriage. However I am for Civil Unions where the gay couple has the same rights as a married heterosexual couple.
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I have nothing against gay mariage, its America, I could literly care less if women married other women and men married other men.
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im not agensit gay marrige is both chicks are hot ;)
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I'm totally in for it, its just the (stupid) Church that is preventing gay couples of getting married.
Gayness is natural. what about 2 male dogs *F-word*ing eachother? |
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I support it.
1. I believe that sexual orientation isn't a choice. 2. Love is not bound by gender, race, age, or religion. Saying that two men cannot love each other is like saying that a black man and a white woman can't be together. Besides, usually gay couples love each other a lot more than straight couples do...just look at the divorce rates. |
I remember reading an article saying that sexual orientation is defined genetically and in fact scientists managed to make lesbian fruit flies simply by switching one gene.
I'm not gay, but I'm just throwing that out there for people to think about. If anyone wants to link to that article, I think I can find it. I tagged undecided in the poll, because I don't understand gay marriage at all. In fact, I barely understand regular marriage. XD |
I'm for it, not just cause I'm gay but cause I think marriage should be for love, cause really, what's the difference between a man and a woman?, physical traits, voice, and that's preety much it
*looks at hungry homer's post* thanks, I was about to point out that the typical thread idiot hadn't showed up yet buut you solved the problem, give him a medal people |
I wa just saying what i thought was right just because you people are differently minded then me, you had no reason to say what you did.
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Yes, but there are ways of expressing it. There is no need to use such insulting phrases as "The less gays in the world the better" - this is deliberately offensive and borders on flaming. If you have an opinion, it's fine to express it, but you have to keep in mind how it will appear to other people.
Linoone, please don't fuel the fire by using the word "idiot" - if you see a post that needs reporting, please press the report button instead. Thanks :) Hungry Homer, I suggest you rethink your wording in future. Now let's get back on topic. --FG |
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I totally agree with you. |
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Of course homosexuality is a natural anomaly in the human populace, no one but the radical right denies that. Christianity teaches to accept and love all people. The laws of Leviticus say that homosexual encounters are an abomination of God...not simply being a homosexual. To put it simply, God loves gay people, but he doesn't approve of...you know...gay sex...>_> This is why I support civil unions, but not religious marriages. |
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and for the topic, yeah, religious controversy has been the most important, but as a gay, and a god beleiver I find many religious ideas to have little or no logic, that's why I completely ignore what the church says and prefer to listen to what my heart says, after allit's not like I can stop being gay, that's like saying "hey, I'm gonna start breathing with my eyes!!" not that I want to change anyway |
I'm not for gay marriage. I'm not even for gay people. It's really creepy when your out somewhere, and this guy of the same sex starts looking at you a whole bunch. ughuhu. x(
I do mind it, but it's their choice and I can't do a thing about it. |
Well, if two people want to marry, let them, sexual preferences shouldn't be an obstacle.
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I am for gay marrige. I don't see any reason why two ppl shouldn't get married if they love eachother even if they are two women or two men. It is their decision after all.
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This fag is all for marriage to anyone he wants to marry.
I didn't choose it, why should someone I don't even know tell me that I chose it and should choose differently, and not allow me to be with someone I love just because they're not for the idea? The President's administration, with his Federal Marriage Amendment, need to look at our Constitution. You know, something about the "separation of church and state". |
I'm for it.
I see marriage as a bond between two that love each other dearly. |
I vote for, because love has nothing to do with the gender, race, or age you are. If you love someone, then you love someone. Plus, I hate how certain people [Note how I said certain, not all] say that gay people's marriage is a disgrace. Hello! There's a lot of straight people who makes weddings look just as bad. Saying no [Once again, what I think] to gay marriage is a kind of new form of racism. Because you're hating a certain group of people.
But that's just me. |
Well I'm for it as I'm gay ^^ hence my username =P
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...Not for it or against it...
I mean, I'm not "oooo gays gays gays! Let's go! ooooo!" , but I don't hate them. |
I'm against gays all together. I shudder just by the thought...
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I don't really care what the people do.
(As long if it's not my problem) I know some people are aganist it and some people are totally for it, and some people are like "Um... your asking me?". As for me, I'm one of those "Um, your asking me?" people. athough, some of those people who are against it get annoying about thier bashing. God people, just accept the fact that some people are gay so I don't have to hear more about your usless attempts! sheesh... But if I HAD to pick, I would support it. One of my 2 top two friends, It's PAINFULLY obvious that he going to be gay. I would support it, Because I don't want to dis my friend. Spoiler:
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I just saw a site about someone being beaten to death for being gay. ;\ That's really pathetic, and it's sad to see what some humans do to each other.
Anyway, I'm for it. I agree with whoever said their bashing against it gets annoying. I hear at least one stupid joke about gay people every day. |
I don't care. They can if they want.
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I may not think that "gay" marrage is the way God intended, but I'm defenetly not homophobic! |
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I can understand if some people feel a little weird about the topic... but there is no reason to be completely against gays =\
A few years ago I used to not understand gay people that much... and then I recently realized that I'm gay! It's something no one can control; it's natural. |
I'm not against Gay Marriage. However, it doesn't make any sense 2 persons with the same gender (Called Gay or Lesbien) getting married.
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uhhh, if you want the truth I dont care :)
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You don't wanna know...
Yes, it was THAT bad. |
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You say it was THAT bad without giving us any good reason. please tell us, WHAT? the public wants to know *Gives microphone* |
I'm okay with it. If it happens, that's fine with me. If not, that's too bad.
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Just a Male + Male or a Female + Female getting married makes so sense to me. |
Gay people can be gay together but I feel they should keep it to themselves.
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I'm not against it, and I don't think it would be fair to tell someone who they can and can't spend the rest of their lives with.
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But... If we're supposed to have equal rights as citizens of this country, and you can express yourself as you want with your heterosexual partner, then why should it be different if I'm with a man? |
I support gay rights. :3 That's all I got to say.
People deserve rights no matter what their sexuality be. Gay people are just like you and I, and deserve to be treated as normal, human beings. |
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But they have parades to show that no matter what society says, "they're here, they're queer", and nothing is going to change that. It's a matter of pride for them to show that they aren't afraid of who they are. They don't have parades for "straight" people because society says that that is the norm.
I'm for gay marriage. Love doesn't hold no stipulations. It doesn't matter the age, the race, or the gender. Just as long as two people love one another, then they should be together. Maybe I just feel more personal to this issue, as I have many friends who are gay. Of course, I don't understand why gay people have to keep their relationship hidden. I don't like straight couples making "kissy faces" at one another, but what can I do? D: Besides, we're all human, no matter what, and we all deserve to be treated with respect. |
Something that just amazes me is the fact that in the olden days, you'd be stoned (even to death) if you were gay, and nowadays we have little pink butterfly wussies going around defending gay MARRIAGE.
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In the "Old Days" people doctors treated "hysteria", which was apparently a "womens' affliction", by molesting her with a phallus.
Does that make it right? |
I am not against it. Due to the fact that im Bisexual and I lean to males. To me the bible shouldnt have a say in Gay Marriage or any form of Marriage what so ever. It says children who swear with parents shall be stoned. Do we do that ? Thank god we dont. But do you see my point? Things have changed in the last couple thoasand years. Now what I do think is wrong is for Gay People to walk down a populated street making out. I for one think its hot O_O but most people who are hetero will get disguisted. Because most people are in some way (I cant think of any other word than Racist but thats not the word im looking for) against Gays and I can understand. As for me no one makes fun of me because im Bi. Everone knows no body cares. And im 14 ^_^. Also being gay or bi do give you certain Legal Rights and some well not rights like marriage >.<. I dropped kicked my princible in the nads when he expelled me for kissing my boyfriend. My mom sued him, he got fired (and now cant have kids), I got unexpelled but then suspended for drop kicking my princible in the nuts XD. But I do feel kinda bad about it. We are a minority. And if we have to drop kick someone in the nuts for our Pride we will do it XD
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I don't see how it's a problem. They love each other, and that's all that really matters, IMO. So, I guess that means I'm for it. I see absolutely no negative impact it could have on communities.
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Good olden days... In where? Philestine? :\ Also when you could have as many wives as you want, When we had to stay in on Sundays or get stoned, When eating food could get you stoned, When leaving home as a child could get you stoned, When having a partner before marriage could get you stoned, When pre adolescents were in arranged marriages, When children would be sold into slavery, When we could prove innocence in a fight to the death, When a sensible law was out of place? Yes it truly is amazing how less civilised humanity as become with age! Homosexuality is a way of life, like having a different skin colour. If you can't accept people for this, then there is clearly something wrong with you. Anyway I am against Gay 'marriage' since the term in this entire thread is used incorrectly. A dictionary definition is: "the social institution under which a man and woman establish their decision to live as husband and wife by legal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc." Marriage states between a male and female. To have a marriage between same sex does break a long legal definition. In England we have 'Civil Partnerships' which is "marriage for same sex". This is a great alternative. Since it has exactly the same ideas including sharing legal rights and so forth. So I'm quite supportive of this idea. So I selected undecided - theres nothing wrong with a same sex unison, but the thread term is incorrect. :) |
I'm Against gay marriage!And I don't want to cause any trouble becuase I'm saying it straight up, the world wasn't meant for 2 males to fall in love with each other, it was meant for a Male and a Female to fall in love
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I'm against it 100%. I don't agree with it at all and being a Christian it's obvious that I wouldnt agree, I dont wanna get all religious but God Made Adam a Guy and Eve a Girl in the beginning for a reason so that people would realize that a guy is supposed to marry a girl not the same sex thats not right.
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I'm for Gay marriage. Love is Love! God wanted Love in the World, so Gay Marriage being illegal would be against God's wishes.
(Sorry, I sound like a right Jerk here but its kinda true...) |
People should be able to do what they want.
I guess. |
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That's all I have to say. Wow. That is this most Anti-Gay thing I have ever read. Heatran, you are a true-blue Gay hater. That's all I have to say. |
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And Joyride, it does state in the Bible about gay marriage and the reasons it's wrong, hence why we have men and women. Aye, I was afraid there'd be a thread like this. Best way to get people to wanna grab each other's throats and beat each other. |
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