in my opinion they have the right to be as misserable as any other marriage!
2006-12-28 05:18:19 · 11 answers · asked by Arrogant Bastard 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
I think that gay marriage is fine, it comes down to choice. When our government was first founded, we believed in equality. Our government was set up to protect peoples rights. Although gay marriage is not a gaurunteed right, what it encompasses are considered rights- such as the pursuit of hapiness/love. I believe that decisions such as gay marriage come down to individual choice, and as a government who are WE to not allow people to be happy.
2006-12-28 05:23:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is a question to kay2006.
Ok. you believe marriage should only be between a man and a woman. That's fair. that is a big part of your religious beliefs, and you should live accordingly. However, do you really think you should have the right to tell other people. who do not share your religious beliefs, that they have to live according to the rules of your religion? That doesn't sound fair. I am not a christian, and I have my own religious beliefs. How would you react if the government told you that you had to live according to MY beliefs, and couldn't do the things in life that you felt were important, because your neighbor didn't agree with it? That wouldn't really be a free country, would it?
2006-12-31 18:31:05 · answer #2 · answered by M L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haha interesting statement! True though. I think that they should be entitled to everything a man and woman are when they're married. Insurance. Benefits. All that lovely junk. They just have different preferences. What's so wrong w/that? How dare a government tell you who you may or may not marry! What business is it of theirs? I mean, come on look at Florida's new governor Charlie Crist. He's gay. Was married to a woman but has openly admitted that he is infact gay. What is the world coming to?
2006-12-28 13:45:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they should get their own word.
The reason they want the word isnt because it describes the relationship. It isnt. They are looking for broad social legitimacy. The worst way to accomplish it is to hijack a word that has been well defined for centuries. If you ask the Catholics they will say that marriage was man and woman from at least 1500 BC. Its a very special word, its a huge and valued piece of a cultural heritage with a legacy. There is no way to redefine it without being guaranteed to make people angry.
If the goal is broad legitimacy, then they should make up their own word. They should stick to it, and then beat modern marriage statistics (overall there is no US church whose statistics in marriage and divorce are meaningfully different from mainstream non-religous American culture). If they can walk up to the Evangelical Pastors association of America meeting and say "you had your word, we have ours. We are truer to our word than you are to yours and the statistics back us up. We arent stealing your word, but we have a word that is more legitimate to us, than yours is to you" then they will be able to gain a legitimacy and a respect that they never otherwise could.
If you are going to fight a war, you should fight it well. I have a Scottish heritage. If I wanted a Scottish heritage day I wouldnt pick the fourth of July, or Christmas and try to take that day, or the name of that day. Its a losing battle to fight American culture to believe Christmas is a time for dressing in kilts, throwing Cabers, and eating haggis. Yes I would like it to be really really celebrated, and christmas is big. I might think it would be nice if everyone celebrated my heritage as much as they celebrate commercialism. If I start a campaign to achieve that, it only makes people really really mad. Im trying to take a valued cultural icon and redefine it. If I can pick another day, convince someone to make it a federal holiday, and get the beer, ahem, lager companies to market around it, I might get my own, solid, respected, legitimate Scottish heritage holiday. If legitimacy is my goal, instead of taking christmas, I can pick another day and if I do it well, then I can get that legitimacy a lot easier.
Does that make any sense?
2006-12-28 13:39:51 · answer #4 · answered by Curly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think all marriages should be happy. That's what you mean right?
Actually, I totally agree with you. Let them find out how great it is to lose your freedom and try to make another person happy all the time.
2006-12-28 13:24:57 · answer #5 · answered by mr_slacker70 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure not many will like this but my view has always been
god made adam and eve
not adam and steve
2006-12-28 13:52:47 · answer #6 · answered by kay2006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is right, and they also have the right to be happy like anyone else. they are human like you and me, and no different, except for their choice of sexuality. i applaus gay people who stand up and be themselves.
2006-12-28 13:23:58 · answer #7 · answered by happyday to you 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everyone deserves to find happiness in their lives. Who cares who they find it in.
2006-12-28 13:35:44 · answer #8 · answered by real_sweetheart_76 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You pretty much simed it up
2006-12-28 13:41:58 · answer #9 · answered by blueblossom33 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who takes who to the cleaners though? each to their own i say.
2006-12-28 13:50:21 · answer #10 · answered by lex 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋