Does anyone support gay marriage?

Question

because many people don't and then there are people who do.
i am neutral because marrige is about love not gender but i don't agree with the pda(public displays of affection) but i am confused on which
to agree or not to agree that is MY question


i am straight but having a hard time to whether i should support or not

Answer 1

Not only yes, but HELL yes, I support gay marriage.

Restricting the rights of others on the basis of religious grounds or because you think that their lifestyle is "yucky" is wrong, IMHO.

If the two people meet the same criteria as any other couple (adult, not married to others, not related to whatever degree is applicable in their state) then gender shouldn't be an issue.

As for the "let them get married but don't call it 'marriage', call it something else" mentality - "Separate but equal" didn't work for blacks, either.

"Sanctity of marriage"? With a 50%+ divorce rate, gay couples couldn't screw the institution up any more than straight couples already have.

"It's against God's will"? Guess what - marriage isn't about RELIGION, it's about LEGAL STATUS. If God were the determinant for marriage, atheists couldn't be married.

"Marriage is for reproduction and gays can't have kids"? Then I guess I can't get married, because my fiance' has had a vasectomy. I guess my best friend can't get married, because she's had a hysterectomy. I guess my brother and sis-in-law have to get divorced, because they're infertile.

There is no GOOD argument against it, other than the personal "ewww" factor of those who oppose it, and I'm sorry, that's not good enough.

I'm straight, by the way.

Answer 2

I support governmental recognition of all marriages performed by recognized religious group, and that is the secret about the gay marriage question.

The gay marriage fight is really a battle between two groups of religious denominations - Christian and other in both cases. That battle is being missed by the media, and I believe that the battle threatens democracy in America.

One of the reasons for the Revolution, in which ancestors of mine fought -- was to establish freedom of religion in the new nation. Now, we are throwing that away, because contrary to what those on the Right would like you to think, this is not a battle between "people of faith" and "atheists" or some such -- this is a battle between two groups of people of faith, using the government to establish one side’s views -- the EXACT THING that the anti-establishmentarian clause of the Constitution is there to prevent.

Of course no one should "make" those whose faiths oppose gay marriage perform such marriages, and no one ever would. So ministers from the Southern Baptists and Assemblies of God and Ultra-Orthodox Jews and Fundamentalist Muslims should never be asked to perform gay marriages, and certainly not forced to.

On the other hand, why should faith groups that support gay marriage -- such as the United Church of Christ, the Unitarian/Universalist Society, the North American Spiritualist Church, Reform Judaism, and the Correllian Tradition of Wicca -- all recognized Churches and 501c3s be barred from practicing their religious faiths, which say it is ok to marry same sex couples?

The first group of faith groups is realistically using the government to prevent the second group of faith groups from practicing what they believe and having it legally recognized. The founders tried to prevent this, for the stability of the country. It doesn't matter that everyone "thinks" they are right and others are wrong -- it matters that we are plural as a society and the government should recognize everyone's ceremonies the same -- which means that gay marriages committed by churches and faith groups that believe in gay marriages, should be honored by the government regardless of what groups that don't like it say.

Everyone's beliefs can be honored, thus preserving the values that my 12 times removed Great Grandfather died for -- but not if we allow one side to legislate away the rights of the other side.

Since I do not believe the government should be used to control religious belief -- I think that the government should recognize gay marriage, when performed by members of clergy -- and should create a civil union equivalent for those interested only in secular marriage.

Otherwise we should stop saying we don't have an establishment of religion.

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Reynolds Jones
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Answer 3

I absolutely do. (And no I am not Gay - I am a guy married to a woman)

To me marriage is a committed relationship between two people who love and care about each other and ideally want to spend the rest of their lives with each other. So why should it matter if you're of the opposite sex or the same?

As for PDA - why not. If a man and a woman can kiss or hold hands, why not two guys or two girls? It's just that our society has tried to implant into us that it is not normal, immoral etc....

To me if someone is against the idea of marriage between to homosexual people because they think it demeans their own marriage between heterosexual people, that to me means they have serious issues of confidence in what their marriage is.

If you're marriage is a strong marriage, and you believe in it, it should not matter who else or how else it is perceived.

And finally - marriage is a legal definition and not a religious definition. A church or other religious entity can only perform a marriage ceremony. They cannot issue a license that recognizes you as being married legally now can they? So this has nothing to do with religion.


And for those that worry about procreation, there are enough abandoned and orphaned children in the world that needs loving parents and a good home, which gays can provide just as well as heterosexual couples.

Answer 4

Please support same-sex marriage. If you don't, you will have just committed an act of discrimination. Are you a borderline bigot? Remember these three words from Anne Northrup on GAY USA: Heterosexual Hierarchical Hypocrisy. Heterosexuals are already evil. Do heterosexuals want the vindication of becoming much more evil by kicking a lesbian or gay person while he or she is down through denying marriage rights and benefits to the lesbian or gay person? God loves us, too, you know, or so you heteros say. Probably more than She loves you. I think heterosexuals feel like thay are losing something to homosexuals that makes them that much more superior to lesbians and gay people. Isn't that petty? America, is it all about keeping people down for you, so you won't lose overall world power? Do you think if you move forward progressively, that will somehow make you be perceived as weak? However, there is something to be said about valuing and appreciating something that you worked, fought, struggled, and sacrificed so hard for to accomplish or achieve. Do not be a simple-minded village idiot, like almost all heterosexuals. Don't be common! Think about the future because we'll be dead soon. It's neo-nazi F.A.G.G.O.T.s like NEOTOMAZIYAHTZEEFARTZIGOTZIPOTZI that give turds a bad name. That apple-sucker needs be more roasted over the barbeque. I just can't eat around turds for that particular reason, among several other reasons. Whores, clean-up on Page 1!

Answer 5

Hi Janna,
Thank you for asking this question... many people have an opinion on this topic, and have NOT asked this question. In an enlightened society, we ask questions, and not simply rely on "it's always been this way" attitude. I'm not assuming that all of those who have answered live in the USA, but for those of us that do... We have a dusty, old piece of paper that reads, "All men are created equal." To me, that means that we should all have the same rights... the right to marry whomever we choose, the right to vote for whomever we choose, all the way down to the right to select whatever color of bathroom tissue we use. And it should not be altered to exclude ANY minority.
As for those that have said that allowing gays to marry would weaken the institution of marriage... unless they are afraid that their particular spouse would leave them for a member of their own sex, I fail to see what the couple next door being married has to do with weakening anything. In fact, it would seem that if Gays were allowed to marry each other, that would limit the number of "available" partners for them to lose their partners to. And furthermore, if they were to go on and say that it wouldn't matter because married gay couples would still be trying to steal their respective mates... since gays have never been married, no one knows this would happen, because right now we only have married heterosexual couples from which to base this behavior on.
Thanks again for asking such a great question.....

Answer 6

Reasons to ban gay marriage:

1. Religion, The Bible says two people of the same sex shoul not marry.

Thats fine, if you believe that than dont marry another person of your same sex. not everyone believes in the Bible and not everyone interrperts it like you do.

2.The "sanctity" of marriage. Allowing gays to marry would taint the very meaning of marriage for everyone.

Thats just plain bullshit. First off, we live in a country where 1 out of every 2 marriages end in divorce. We lost the sanctity of marriage long ago. Second, someone elses marriage does not effect yours, so if you believe that anothers marriage is unholy, fine think that, but dont force your beliefs on others.

People, dont forget that we live in AMERICA. I find it ironic that all these redneck assholes who dispise gay people want the government to step in and take care of it. THIS IS AMERICA. We should be able to do whatever the **** we want, gay people dont effect other people.

Answer 7

I support it...I'm gay and in a 20 year relationship.. personally I don't want to get married...but I do believe in EQUALITY...I believe that I should have the same rights as everyone else.... FYI I'm Canadian and it's legal here..so not getting married really is a choice for me.
I don't agree on pda's either of any sexual level...but that has nothing to do with marriage and the income tax implications, inheritance and other legal matters, emotional issues that do change... even the fact that I wouldn't be allowed into a hospital to see my partner in a critical illness because 'I'm not immediate family'(thank god we have a gay doctor (and make no mistake--this happens))...and many other criteria of course make me pro gay marriage.

Answer 8

I fully support gay marriage and in fact I am working for a campaign called Fair Wisconsin to defeat the band on gay marriage and civil unions this November.

Answer 9

Yes.

This is about civil rights, not just recognition.

Civil unions offer significantly less rights than marriage.

Gays need to be able to marry for:

Federal and State tax benefits (civil unions only offer State)
Adoption issues (Civil unions don't help here)
Visitation rights and power of being able to decide if one of the partners is sick
Immigration issues
Inheritance rights (Someone could have paid for a house for years but then find themself a tenant to a nephew they barely ever saw and then evicted)
Power of Attorney
Health and Insurance issues
Recognition through out the US (civil unions only are valid within the State of issue)

...and I can go on and on.

Anyway - look at all the straight people that have open marriages, multiple marriages, adultery and ones for commercial gain. Who are they to hord the rights all for just themselves?

Answer 10

I totally support gay marriage, and I hope one day these discriminatory laws will be over-turned and I'll be able to marry my partner.
so, you agree marriage is about love not gender, but you don't like pdas...just pdas of gay people or of everyone? because I see a lot of straight people all over each other in public that need a hose turned on 'em!