How do you feel about Same-Sex Marriage?

[FreakyLocz14]

We've had debates about marijuana, abortion, health care, etc.

How do you feel about same-sex marriage? Do you support it? Why or why not?

I believe that if a state wants to legalize same-sex marriage, they should be able to. I don't think the federal government should meddle in the issue, however.

(Let's try to keep this debate civil, folks.)

 

[Morgnarok]

It should be allowed, People have the right to live there lifes how they want as long as it is not breaking laws and almost all laws are fair and balanced.

 

[Nutella]

How do you feel about same-sex marriage? Do you support it? Why or why not?

I'm definitely not against same-sex marriage. The arguments against gay marriage are usually bogus, and born from outdated religious perspectives. People should be able to marry whoever they want.

 

[Yurusumaji]

I support it because one of my close friends is transgendered, another is gay and my brother-in-law is also gay. I love them and I feel that they deserve to be happy.
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[Melody]

Same sex marriage is not wrong. I believe that anyone who disagrees is simply being old-fashioned. This isn't a good thing always because as new generations pop out, society slowly drifts with them. I respect the arguments against them but I will NEVER agree.

 

[Dave_]

I am not against same-sex marriage but I think it should be named difference kind of old fashioned but I think marriage is between a man and a woman,
Civil partnership, same sex partnership, which is essentially marriage anyway I completely agree with
I'm also not really aware of the laws on transgender marriages but I do think that if someone undergoes that change then they should be classified as whatever gender they changed into and not classified as transgender

 

[Eliminator Jr.]

I support gay marriage. I don't have any gay friends and I only know two or three gay people but I definitely support their right. To the people saying it'll ruin the word marriage, I think it has already been ruined by heterosexual couples with domestic abuse and countless divorces, so if the gays want to get married let them at it.

 

[Hybrid Trainer]

Well if your on about a religious same sex marrage I would personally have to say that id disagree with it. I wouldn't want to be any part in a religion that houses so many people who have hatred towards same sex relations.
As for unreligous ceremonies or civil partnerships or whatever there called I think that it should be universal for it to be accepted and recognised.

 

[Mr Cat Dog]

I give this post five pages...

Same-sex marriages I'm all for. It's a clichéd quote, but "they have the same right to get married and be as unhappy as the rest of us". If a couple wants to have not only the societal benefits that come with a marriage, but also the legal benefits that come with it: more power to them. I understand why people would not want to call it a 'marriage' and refer to it as something else, but I don't particularly agree with those reasons.

 

[Perriechu]

I'm all for same sex marriage, I don't see what's wrong with it, if two people love each, shouldn't that be enough? People can't help it if they love a same sex. If people think marriage is so sacred, why not just outlaw divorce.

 

[Legobricks]

People's objectioning probably stems from the matter of marriage oft being a religious observance, and most religions tend to get uppity about homosexual relationships. I hold no issue with same-sex marriage, I neither support nor admonish it; but will say that if one wishes to get married in a church by a vicar or somesuch, one should do so according to the stipulations of the relevant religion, or avoid doing so and instead marry secularly if those stipulations work against one (which they tend to, it seems).

 

[Mika]

I am not against same-sex marriage but I think it should be named difference kind of old fashioned but I think marriage is between a man and a woman,
Civil partnership, same sex partnership, which is essentially marriage anyway I completely agree with

Except you don't agree with it bby. If it's not ~marriage~, it's not equality. Civil unions are meant to placate people who get squicked by the idea of gay marriage and still give the ~rights~ of marriage but they do fall short. And, if I may be blunt? I really don't care if people are squicked by the idea of gay marriage. That's their personal problem that they need to deal with. A squick is a squick. It shouldn't have any part in determining who can marry who. So long as the relationship is consensual and the people are of age, what does it matter?

Course I support it <3 There's no different between straight and gay relationships. They have the same heart breaks and the same happy glows. The same fights and spats, the same tears and huggles. The only thing really that's different is what happens in the bedroom and tbqh I don't wanna know about anyone's sex life regardless of who he/she is. v-v; No offense it's just not my business ehe <3

I'm even more strongly for gay adoption rights. My band director adopted a little girl nobody wanted who had extreme issues (special needs list) and she's now a totally normal healthy little girl. >:o take that people who think gays ruin children! There are tons of kids in the US who are in the foster care system waiting for a forever home and I bet money if they lessened the adoption rules and allowed gays more freedom in adopting, a good chunk of those kids would find loving forever homes <3

Also.

VIVIO HAS TWO MOMMIES AND SHE TURNED OUT TO BE AWESOME. \o/

 

[Corvus of the Black Night]

It's not my business, so why should I punish them for it? If they're happy and not making anyone else not happy, then I'm perfectly fine with them doing what they want in life. :/

 

[ShinyMeowth]

Religion is not based on anything. It is an arbitrary and ridiculous concept. People have the right to have any delusions they want, but they do not have the right to enforce them on others. Homosexuals are not better or worse than the rest of us, they are essentially the same, save for their preferences. They deserve the same rights we deserve. Banning same-sex marriage is the same as banning interracial marriage. It is ridiculous, and the fact that people even think about it disgusts me.

 

[mondays suck]

My opinion is quite short: Let them do whatever they want. Doesn't harm anybody so... Sure, allow it.

 

[Alex]

I personally feel the government has no place in anyone's sex life and shouldn't be able to dictate if homosexuals are allowed to get married. I really wish the issue wouldn't run further than that, but unfortunately it does.

 

[twocows]

It should be a protected right mandated by the federal government. Individual states should not be allowed to prohibit what ought to be a basic human right.

 

[Nick]

It should be a protected right mandated by the federal government. Individual states should not be allowed to prohibit what ought to be a basic human right.

These are my exact feelings on the matter. I'm actually disgusted that it isn't protected under any laws. Government and religion shouldn't be mixed, and that seems to be the case with marriage. It's both something political and religious, but -- then again -- to a lot of people, it's mostly one or the other...

 

[Mika]

These are my exact feelings on the matter. I'm actually disgusted that it isn't protected under any laws. Government and religion shouldn't be mixed, and that seems to be the case with marriage. It's both something political and religious, but -- then again -- to a lot of people, it's mostly one or the other...

I agree it should be mandated but if you look at the fiasco in Iowa you'll see why that's still a generation or two away from happening.

Our House speaker for the House of Rep in Iowa pretty much committed political suicide by preventing a bill to revoke the gay marriage right from getting onto the floor. He's well aware he may not be reelected and he couldn't care less because he did what he thought was right.

For some people it's very similar to the interracial marriage crisis of the post ww2 and post civil rights era. My 91 year old grandmother cannot stand the idea of 'mixed blood' in a marriage. My parents and my uncles are completely for interracial marriage because they grew up in an era where it was widely accepted and tbh they couldn't care less.

In contrast, those same parents and relatives are adamantly against gay marriage. My generation is not.

I think, to some extent, that the issue of gay marriage is going to be a byproduct of 'it gets better' because, as morbid as it is, the opponents will age out or die out and the numbers for will be greater than the numbers against.

 

[Oryx]

For some people it's very similar to the interracial marriage crisis of the post ww2 and post civil rights era. My 91 year old grandmother cannot stand the idea of 'mixed blood' in a marriage. My parents and my uncles are completely for interracial marriage because they grew up in an era where it was widely accepted and tbh they couldn't care less.

In contrast, those same parents and relatives are adamantly against gay marriage. My generation is not.

My mother was talking to her 81-year-old aunt about how she couldn't find a job. My aunt blamed it on gay marriage. >_>