Gay Marriages - your take?

Let them have it, Im tired of hearing about it anyway.

LETS ALL BECOME GAY, its kewl to be gay right?

Are you married Eiksirf?

[SirMystiq]

Originally posted by GigaShadow
Its not their right to get the benefits of being married ie. tax breaks, etc.  A civil union is fine by me, but marriage is for a union between a man and woman.  If gays are allowed to marry it mocks the entire institution of marriage.

You can just smell the Republican...money money money.

Like E said, the mockery of "marriage" is the high divorce rate. It isn\'t a crime to "mock" marriage. Look at Britney Spears, "The Bachelor"etc...Marriage was defined by "straight" people who thought of it as the only form to be together legally and forever. What\'s wrong with two gay/lesbians wanting the world to recognize that they wish to be together forever? Maybe they\'ll last longer than most marriages in America.

What about a kid without both parents? Is he still going to grow up "normal" b/c he doesn\'t have the "affection" and "love" of both parents?

Mystiq are you married?  No you aren\'t so how could you understand the institution of marriage?  Granted some don\'t respect, but others do.  What does money have to do with this topic????

Gays given the same marriage certificate and rights as heterosexual couples is an abomination.

Me votes and then thinks...

THX....

You didn\'t per chance hack in to Samwise\'s and/or myselfs E Mail Accounts... Look through the Drafted emails and saw the one intitled.


Proposal to European Parliament to make gay marriages legal the content over  



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Giga, I agree with you on the sacred marriage thing, and that is why I think it should be called something different. I think if they were called \'partners in life\' or something similar, with the same rights, tax breaks, recognition etc, then it would be ok.

I think its wrong for heterosexuals to condemn or criticise something like homosexuality because unless you\'ve been in that postition of sexual confusion, then how can you comment?

[Jumpman]

Haven\'t read any of the replies.

A marriage should be between a men and woman. It\'s not really a marriage if it\'s otherwise. I\'m all for gay rights and all just do your queer ceremony and and leave the sacred marriage ceremony alone.

Cool someone else said sacred too.

I agree with Giga, Racer, and now Jumpy here... It\'s not really a "marriage"... I\'m all for tradition and I believe this does threaten the sanctity of marriage. I dunno... its an argument that I like to play the fence with.

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Don\'t get me wrong, I am all for gay rights, I have a few gay friends and they don\'t deserve to be treated the disgusting way some of them get treated by uneducated pricks.

I just don\'t think it should be called marriage.

Ok, well maybe not marriage, but it can be the same thing as by law, but we can call it something different, I mean they do call each other there partners and such so we could throw another name in there too.

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I think \'marriage\' is for heterosexuals only, but I think a similar \'union\' with the same rights, policies etc would be ok. The whole concept of \'marriage\' is a union between a man and a women, nothing else.

Marriage between man and women is a RELIGIOUS concept.

State "Marriage" should and WILL be open to homosexuals and heterosexuals.

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Its not their right to get the benefits of being married ie. tax breaks, etc. A civil union is fine by me, but marriage is for a union between a man and woman. If gays are allowed to marry it mocks the entire institution of marriage.

We are trying to run a government here, not trying to keep "pride" for the heterosexual population.

Marriage is not between man and women, that is once againa RELIGIOUS ideal, one that not all should be forced to accept.

3.

This just shows your lack of knowledge about the US. This whole argument has to do with the institution of marriage, which many hold sacred.

This type of attitude is why democracy in the US is failing, america was created on noble ideals but the government is now controlled by groups who fight to control the population, not work FOR the population.


In closing, America is SUPPOSED to be a place of equality, where all people no matter what there sexuality, race, etc can be treated equally.

Those of you who want men and woman marriages may create PRIVATE organizations (i.e. the church, the boy scouts...)  

The following words need to be removed from the government, as silly as you may think it:

"God" "Marriage" "Sacred"

Many others, but you get the point....

And yes, I do take the seperation of church and state very seriously, as it was intended.

Only problem with legalized gay marriage is that every joe on the street can get married to their best friend for the benefits.  That is until they can find a wife and at that time they can miraculously become straight again.

No one in their sane mind would just get married to their best friend until they find a girl.

Some people will go to great lengths to save money.

[Living-In-Clip]

Come on, it\'s the year 2004, there is no sanity in marriage. People average at least two marriages now\'a\'days and the whole idea of a "union" is a religious idea, thus not seperating the state from the religions.