2007-03-05 11:30:20 · 18 answers · asked by tayzar1 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Just to save you some time - this question has been asked over and over again. You may get more research data by going to the answers to the previous questions.
For the record, I do not have the right to tell anyone else who to love or marry - assuming they are consenting adults.
The reason gays are pushing for marriage rather than civil union is the benefits packages provided by employers would be forced to include ones life partner. When the couple has the benefit of a civil union, there is no such provision.
Another reason for the push is that by keeping the unions separated, it creates a double standard, simply by being. The message being sent is, "Yes, go ahead and live with each other, we'll even give you a ceremony, but there's no way I have to recognize the union as a full commitment."
My mother is a lesbian and she was with her last partner over 30 years. Her partner helped raise the younger four of six children that were not hers. She taught us love, morals, ethics and about life. She passed away four years ago this month, but after a 30 year "civil union", my mother was not entitled to social security benefits, death insurance from her partners workplace.
I hope this helps with your paper as well as how you view this sensitive issue.
Good Luck
2007-03-05 11:46:15 · answer #1 · answered by E_Tard 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I think that they should be allowed.
Some denominations (including the Metropolitan Community Church, Quakers, Unitarian Universalist, and United Church of Christ) already perform same sex marriages and some others (including Reform Judaism and some Anglican Community/Episcopalian churches) perform same sex unions, although these marriages and unions are not recognized by the United States government.
The First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof".
Current US law appears to respect the establishment of certain religious marriages while prohibiting legal recognition of other religious marriages and unions.
When the government shows a preference for one law abiding adult citizen over another it is discrimination.
2007-03-05 12:44:00 · answer #2 · answered by χριστοφορος ▽ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
100% approve!
There is nothing wrong with gay marriage. Marriage is good for the economy, encourages strong family ties, and promotes monogamy.
And for the record, gay marriage will not lead to polygamy, and will not destroy western civilization; the same idiots, said the
same thing about interracial marriage back in the 1910s-20s when people were trying to amend the constitution to ban mixed-race marriages.
To be pro-family is to be pro-gay marriage.
2007-03-05 12:40:38 · answer #3 · answered by Liberals love America! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i APPROVE of gay marriage... okay 1st off... i dont see why anybody has to freakin care with who other people are in love with... 2nd... homosexuality in the 21st century is becoming such of an issue...its like on how long ago when the negroes were finally accepted by whites. more and more people are accepting people who they are... so eventually in the near future, the gays will be the norm one... and also, people cant HELP it the way they feel... nobody has any idea what it feels like unless they actually go thru it themselves...and the way how the world is treating gays....it just breaks my heart. anyway, i think you can marry/love whoever the **** you want...
"think of the adopted children! they will take after their gay parents" said a homophob...
"well, straight parents have raised gay kids" said a gay
so stupid.... "only tall people can have tall kids" -its like saying stupid things like that.... grow up and learn to accept everybody...no matter who they are!
2007-03-05 11:58:46 · answer #4 · answered by kangball15 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think gay marriages are like any other marriages the are an expression of love and are a human right not a hetrosexual privliege.
2007-03-05 11:52:11 · answer #5 · answered by Tara143 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My opinion on gay marriage is that, if I were to vote on it, my vote would be that I would legalize it. I am gay. I want equal respect and the same rights as everyone else.
It's really all about what I just said. And it's about the belief that no one chooses to be gay. I didn't choose it. I realized that I am and I accepted what I am.
It is not morally wrong, in and of itself. And it would not be politically wrong, ......
IF
.... it were proactively legalized by the voters or by the legislature(s).
But it is both morally wrong and politically wrong for the courts to legalize it. I am absolutely convinced that the judges in Massachusetts were liars. And a lie is both morally and politically wrong.
2007-03-05 12:25:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your not gay why would you have a problem with it? Personally I think marriage is based on any two adults who are in love.
2007-03-05 11:44:16 · answer #7 · answered by eag13579 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
What school are you going to that they would ask this kind stuff??
I believe they even took out the reader books that even talk about same sex relationships! (For example- I Have 2 Dads).
The only help I'm giving you is go back on to other similar question /s and look what people answered to them.
2007-03-05 11:59:50 · answer #8 · answered by Bluelady... 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yet another school project on gay rights.
I'm for them.
2007-03-05 11:43:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
I think its great that two people who love each other to get married and I don't find it should be any more different for gay or lesbians then it is for straight people.
2007-03-05 11:41:43 · answer #10 · answered by Michelle 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋