Ban on Gay Marriage in America? Doing what’s promised, or political move?

Question

I’m just looking for everyone’s view point on this. Please do not be hateful or mean in your responses I’m looking for an honest discussion. Are you for or against this, and why?

My opinion:
I think gay marriage should be made legal. Many people say it should be banned because the bible says so, but the US was founded on religious freedom. Besides alternative life-stylists are not looking for validation from the church, they simply want the union to be honored in a legal sense, so if one were to die the other would be protected the same that any straight widow would be. It about civil rights, not about religion. Don’t forget the US did not honor the union of African Americans, and other minorities, for a while. Should anyone find love in this huge world and wish to dedicate their lives to one another then they should be free to and to be protected under the marriage laws and provisions, gay or straight.

Answer 1

Political move. There is no way it's going to get the votes needed to become an amendment. With everything crashing in around him Bush is just pandering to his base and trying to "make up" for his illegal immigrant policy. By the way, I support Gay marriage and don't see what the big deal is. Where does the fear and hatred come from? Someone please "fill me in". It's just more of the same from the criminal Bush administration dividing the country even further. Gay marriage should be left up to those involved.
BTW Aren't there more pressing matters for him to worry about?

Answer 2

YOU ARE A SPECIAL PEOPLE CONS

You supported bush, but in time, you will come to
realize how he targeted you for deception.

You were specially picked because of the attributes
you possess: fear, ignorance, arrogance, belligerence,
bigotry, and low self-esteem. Bush's political
strategists calculated that the people most easily
misled and controlled are the ones who fit your
profile, so they crafted their propaganda just for
you.

He got your support by making you feel better about
your personal flaws. He told you to wave the flag
because your bigotry is nothing be ashamed of, and to
thump the bible because your ignorance is a virtue.
You should cherish your hatefulness and
small-mindedness as they are family values. You are
not society's rejects, but rather, you are higher on
the ladder than certain other people. Right-wing radio
points them out so that you know who to hate to feel
better about yourself.

He feeds you crap about "imminent threat",
"patriotism", "spreading freedom", and "flowers and
candy". He's only tossing you a bone because he knows
he's going to be asking you for a hefty sacrifice
soon. He repeats meaningless, mind-numbing platitudes
like "Freedom is not free!" and "We're fighting them
there so we don't have to fight them here!" You fell
for it.

By now, it should be apparent that the invasion of
Iraq was a shameless oil grab. We're there because the
rich, powerful, and greedy of this country, people who
you have nothing to do with, want to control that part
of the world's oil resources for decades to come, and
they're using your tax dollars and your children's
blood to do it. Over a hundred thousand people,
American and Iraqi, are dead because of it, and the
depleted uranium left behind will ensure that tens of
thousands more die afterwards. You call that
liberation? Not even that many people died when Saddam
Hussein tried to grab Kuwait's oil fields years ago.

Yes, you are a special people, cons. You do not
possess patriotism, a love of America, or any of those
high-minded ideals as you would like to believe. You
possess the qualities that allowed bush to hijack your
free will to do his bidding. You were used, and he did
it by playing to the personal shortcomings that most
people try to hide. Like Samuel L. Jackson's character
at the end of the movie Unbreakable, you become aware,
only after the fact, of the disgraceful role that you
were destined to play. You will come to realize that
you are history's bad guy. Like the McCarthyites or
the brownshirts, you will serve both as a symbol of
shame and a warning to future generations. You truly
are a special people.GOD HELP US ALL,AND AMERICA.

Answer 3

this news really burned me up this morning. I'm not gay so I have nothing to gain. I am married and I do not feel as if legalizing gay marriage threatens mine in any way. My guess is the politicians must. I am also not religious (got married by a unitarian lesbian minister, ha!) so to base a belief on some ancient text when life was different, well that's just stupid. I am sorry for my lack of eloquence. It feels nice to be married. If gays want to do it so be it. I'm sure the reception will be a blast. Political.

Answer 4

Just Bush pandering to his core fundamentalist supporters trying to drum up votes for Republicans in the mid-term election. It'll never pass.

What the whole debate boils down to is:
Are we a nation that supports discrimination and bigotry or are we a nation founded on the principle of "equal rights for all"? I though it was the latter, but now-a-days, I'm not so sure...

Answer 5

i grew to become into raised catholic and consistently felt that gay human beings would desire to have each top to marriage. maximum folk i understand, if no longer all, sense a similar. Love is love. The bible says **** approximately no longer mendacity with yet another guy etc. yet this is all bull purely like the bible condemn women folk who're raped and don't scream loud adequate, and condone stoning women folk over minor element alongside with a ban against mixed fibre outfits

Answer 6

It's purely a political move. . .nothing more or nothing less. It was forgotten until the right wing reared it's ugly head and demanded that something be done to try to real in this red herring. It won't pass--and even if it did. . .things change!

Answer 7

What about the declaration of independence, the OTHER founding document didn't read? "...life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness...". We've got so many people ready to go on a witch hunt in america anymore, it's not even funny.

Answer 8

I believe we should ban gay marriages. The country was founded on biblical principles and we should keep thoes values as such.

Answer 9

its not governments business. its between the 2 getting married. the religious resent it, i resent the religious thinking they can decide for me.

Answer 10

Doing what we voted him in for!