what are your thoughts on same sex marriage?

Question

Please get detailed on what you really think ... please dont put things like "i hate it!" or "i think it's cool." i would really like to know what you think and your opinions about it.

Answer 1

I think it should be legalized...Why are we as a nation supporting heterosexual privialages such as marriage? We try to tell everyone we are seperate but equal but we can't give people the time of day for a marriage. I don't care if you call it a civil union or a donkey's face...as long as they get the same privilages as the Jones' next door.......If you have spent the last 20 - 30 years as someone partner but just because you aren't family, you aren't allowed to see your partner die in the hospital......What about gays being able to adopt children....We can all seem to agree that there are too many unwanted children in the world but the couples who want children happen to be gay.......

I'm going to stop before I get to deep into this question......

Answer 2

I think that it should definitely be allowed because there are so many rights and benefits that people can only get through marriage (and not civil partnerships, etc.)... glsen or glaad has a list of over 1001.

Plus it is not the government's business or my fellow voters and taxpayer's business who I love. If they see me as a woman and I happen to love someone that they percieve as a woman too, so what? Love is love, and there is no reason that people should be denied equal rights just because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

I think that civil partnerships are not good enough because they are not equal... and even if they were, they'd be separate. And didn't we learn back in the 60s that "separate but equal" doesn't work?

I do not see any good reason not to let gays marry. It will not break up the sanctity of marriage, it will not harm children, it will not be an abomination unto the lord, and it will not do anything else except allow people who truly love each other to finally have the rights (like visiting their husband/wife in the hospital, getting custody of a kid if the spouse dies, etc) that straight couples get.

Answer 3

I am in favor of same sex marriages. If two people love each other and want to commit to each other, and reap the benifits of marriage that others enjoy then by all means. A little more consentual love between adults couldn't make the world a worse place. People that go home and get off are happier then those that don't.

I think that the people who are against same sex marriage generally are either against it due to homophobia or due to an archiac religous belief that 99.8% of them have never bothered to look up in thier bibles but rather have been told that by thier religious leaders. I think if they are against same sex marriage, then they shouldn't marry someone of the same sex, and beyond that it's none of thier damn business.

As for the homosexual community that is saying that civil union isn't enough, that they want marriage, and that the only diffrence between marriage and civil union is the word......I think if they are going to use that arguement then they no longer have the right to complain when someone uses other phrases to describe homosexuals (fudgepacker, rug muncher, dyke, nancy, etc) because those are just words to.

Answer 4

To me, same-sex marriage is no different from any other marriage. It's two people who (think or really do) love each other, and decide to spend the rest of their lives together (or not). Marriage doesn't mean what it used to in terms of "together forever" in the Western world, so I don't buy the argument that same-sex marriage will destroy the institution. I don't think GLBTTQ* people could possibly mess it up any more than heteros do.
Even if marriage as an institution wasn't in shambles, I think that it's still everyone's fundamental right to marry.
I also think, though, that it's not fair to demand that religious officiants must perform same-sex marriages. In Canada, very technically, every marriage officiant MUST perform marriages for anyone who asks if they are able to, regardless of sex. This applies to everyone, even priests, imams, and etcetera. While I also think these people SHOULD be willing to do this ANYWAY, if they're not due to religious reasons, it infringes on their rights under the charter if you force them to perform the ceremony.
It's a bit of a grey issue in some ways, but I definitely support same-sex marriage just as much as I support hetero marriage - but I'm not really a big fan of marriage to begin with.
Oh, I also support same-sex adoption. It should be based on personal ability and stability, NOT sexual preference (pedophilia notwithstanding).

Answer 5

Regardless of the morality issue surrounding same sex marriages, I believe that in terms of human rights and equality, everybody should be allowed to marry the partner of their choice. It is pure discrimination to tell someone they cannot marry the one they love because they're of the same gender.
I think alot of people focus so much on the morality of homosexuality that they overlook the human rights issue. All individuals in society should enjoy the same liberties, anything less than that could not be described as a fair society.

Answer 6

I have plenty of bi/gay/lesbian friends, most of which I grew up with. While I myself am straight, I have nothing against the holy/civil union of a same-sex couple. I've seen that their love is just the same as the one I share with my husband.

One good example that I give people if they say "same sex couples can't share real love, so they shouldn't be married" is the situation between my mother and step father. She married him out of convenience (she admitted this to me RIGHT in front of him), and that there really wasn't love there at all. He had a place for her to stay, and people were starting to look at them as "living in sin", and he basically told her to marry him or get kicked to the curb. Just goes to show you how much better a hetero-marriage can be.

And if you want some interesting answers, take this into a religious forum, or a government based forum, as well as the Lesbian/Gay/Bi/Transgendered one here. You'll get a VAST array of different answers, guaranteed.

Answer 7

i'm a lesbian and I think that gay marriges are great/wonderful I have no problem woth it in fact I hope soon noe day to be a woman wife.because think about ti wouldn't it be cool to wake up in the same bed next to a person that is the smae sex as you I think that it would be so totally awesome you guys can make love and have sex all night what right what fun.

Answer 8

I don't understand it at all. I can't help but think it has to do with weakness of character. Everyone knows there are things we should not do- and one is; having sex with anyone we feel attracted to. But evidently some do it anyway and then demand equal rights to continue. I don't get it. It's not about love. Love is free. We are free to and should all love each other. But this is about sex, and you can't have sex with anyone you want. I don't know how some people can allow sex to overpower their mind so easily, and then continue to want to legitimize it. Does this mean pedophiles will soon want equal rights? Why do people allow sex to rule their lives and why should we legitimize it? I don't get it.

Answer 9

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.

Answer 10

Under the U.S. Constitution, all rights and privileges extended to one group of citizens must be extended to ALL citizens. For me, same-sex marriage is about equality. The states have no legitimate interest in denying same-sex marriage. Massachusetts already proved that.