gay marriages..................! your opinion.?

Answer 1

Marriage is an institution created by government so that partners have legal rights and responsibilities.

Folks who are married less than 2 minutes (think Las Vegas weddings) have more legal rights than a gay/lesbian couple who've been together for more than 15 years.

The fact that we cannot be married denies us, and our families, to over 1,138 federal rights, protections and responsibilities automatically granted upon marriage. A few of these are:

- The right to make decisions on a partner's behalf in a medical emergency. Specifically, the states generally provide that spouses automatically assume this right in an emergency. If an individual is unmarried, the legal "next of kin" automatically assumes this right. This means, for example, that a gay man with a life partner of many years may be forced to accept the financial and medical decisions of a sibling or parent with whom he may have a distant or even hostile relationship.

- The right to take up to 12 weeks of leave from work to care for a seriously ill partner or parent of a partner. The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 permits individuals to take such leave to care for ill spouses, children and parents but not a partner or a partner's parents.

- The right to petition for same-sex partners to immigrate.

- The right to assume parenting rights and responsibilities when children are brought into a family through birth, adoption, surrogacy or other means. For example, in most states, there is no law providing a noncustodial, nonbiological or nonadoptive parent's right to visit a child - or responsibility to provide financial support for that child - in the event of a breakup.

- The right to share equitably all jointly held property and debt in the event of a breakup, since there are no laws that cover the dissolution of domestic partnerships.

- Family-related Social security benefits, income and estate tax benefits, disability benefits, family-related military and veterans benefits and other important benefits.

- The right to inherit property from a partner in the absence of a will.

- The right to purchase continued health coverage for a domestic partner after the loss of a job.

And there are many more! A dear friend of mine lost his partner after 15 years. My friend was the primary breadwinner and paid for his partner's life insurance and some income property. When his partner died, and he inherited it, he had to pay taxes, whereas a married couple would not. Why?

The argument that marriage is for procreation is hogwash. One does not need to be married to have children. If that argument is held up, then why allow folks past child-bearing age to marry? Or those who are impotent or sterile?

The majority of hippocrites claim that gay marriage would erode the "institution of marriage." Unlike those marriages that last about a week and are dissolved.

If that was their true belief, then why not outlaw divorce? Because they want, and need, an out.

Whether or not you want to be married is your choice. But do not deny me a choice -- with rights, responsibilities and benefits -- because my family does not resemble yours.

If you don't want a gay marriage, don't have one.

Answer 2

Marriage is a legal right, and therefore the debate should be limited to legal, not religious, arguments. If your religion forbids homosexuality, fine, your religion does not have to conduct or recognize the marriage... but plenty of people get married in courthouses every day and the government grants the same rights to those couples.

So, from a legal standpoint: is it okay to change a law or re-define it if the majority of the voters support it? Yes, that is a constitutional right. Does the proposed new law cause harm to anyone? No, no one's current marriage will be diminished by it. Does the proposed law create a positive benefit for anyone? Yes, many gay couples will be made very happy by it and their civil rights will be affirmed.

So there ya go. No good reason to oppose it, and something good to come it. Therefore, I support it. =)

Answer 3

I am sure this question been on here before but will try to answer it. Why not gay marriages. Every so called straight has the the right to marry and be joined together, most of them break up and leave children without a mum or a dad. They are a strain on the tax payers in this country who have to pay for unwanted children and lone wives ,single mothers. gays dont produce this problem and can still love each other with the same love that hetro's can. Dont put us down before you can stand up and walk baby. Why shouldnt I be married to my gf? she loves me and I love her. Pauline N

Answer 4

Hetero lifelong monogamy is just one of many forms or marriage that have been tried over the years, it's not even one of the more success full forms, just look at the divorce rate. Until it was banned by the Pope in the 10th century same sex marriage was accepted pretty much world wide. I think it's a case of Human Rights, why does the government get to say that only people who abide by the Bible get the legal protections of marriage?

Answer 5

I think that its none of my business to be honest. I have no overwhelming opinions about 'straight' marriage so 'gay' marriage is as much of a non issue. Marry don't marry whatever makes you happy. Its a personal choice.

Answer 6

Marriage is compermise, which is the culture and came up as a human civilization. But I have not seen any gay marriage as a durable marriage. But I am not against this new tradition, which is adding new kind of possibility in our age.

Answer 7

i'm for gay marriages. gay people who want to get married should have the same rights as any other couple. they said everybody has equal rights...not if you take them away, in the bill of rights they said everybody has the same rights no matter what their religion, race, sex, age, and that includes their sexuality. what other people do with their lives is none of the governments or anybody elses business. they should choose how to live their own life, not let other people choose or tell them how to live.

Answer 8

"My uncles are gay, they quite had a wedding ceremony ceremony in spite of the indisputable fact that it may't be criminal. they did not care and suggested a chunk of paper does not recommend something to them and their ceremony became symbolic and it meant a lot to them." it really is all nicely and good yet its not almost symbolism, a number of the necessary rights your uncles are lacking out on; clinical institution visitation throughout the time of an ailment, taxation and inheritance rights, get correct of entry to to relations well being coverage, and protection contained in the type of the relationship ending. "i don't think of a few religions or church homes ought to open their temples and issues for gay marriage in the adventure that they strongly believe they shouldn't. That became a huge debate the following the position I stay that gay marriage must be allowed in this particular temple. yet this particular faith did not believe that and that i imagine that would want to be respected besides, they don't ought to agree." no one is calling for this, debating such matters is in basic terms scaremongering. Civil marriage isn't an same component as religious marriage. obviously a religious crew must have their rights to prepare as they see in good structure, in spite of the indisputable fact that they might want to not have the right to interfere on the lives of human beings that do not follow their beliefs, or influence concerns that isn't have any concerning their prepare, e.g. same sex marriage. yet ignoring those warm matters I even ought to assert all of it boils right down to, as you're saying; "...marriage and love! i do not see why that decision must be taken faraway from someone in basic terms because some human beings do not agree. It does no damage to them."

Answer 9

I never really had an opinion on this topic, but I will offer this...I guess I am one of those people that isn't bothered by things that don't directly affect me. It sounds like I am self-centered, but what those people do with their lives doesn't have any bearing on mine or anyone else's for that matter so I don't see the big deal. The only two people affected are the two getting married.

Answer 10

I think it's fantastic gay couples are able to marry, some of my best mates are gay and the nicest people I've ever met. Your entitled to love whoever you want to even if it is the same sex! Were all human and deserve happiness