Where Do You Stand, On Gay Marriage?

Question

As more and more gays fight to marry and have it recognized as marriage, where do you stand, and are they entitled, to the same rights? And either way, make your position clear.

Answer 1

My position is "Go on with your bad self!" I'm gay, and one day, I Will be married whether the law says I can or can't! And when me and my future husband are married, the person who marries us is going to say, "I now pronounce you husband and husband! You may now kiss each other!"

Answer 2

In terms of the legalities, I think gay couples should be able to put their partner on their medical insurance, and have the will made the same, and all the other things that a marriage certificate brings. I personally think we have bigger fish to fry, let gays get married. I hope they realize the divorce rate would probably equal that of heterosexual couples. The rights would be there anyway in distribution of property and the like there, as well. Nissan Corporation made a very bold move recently, by making it so common-law and gay partners can be put on the employees benefits package (401K beneficiary, life insurance medical insurance and so on). Other companies will likely follow suit. I think the government has got into our personal lives far too much as it is. Can I get any more clear than that? I am a conservative, politically. I still think what folks do with their lives is (as long as it's not harming others) NOT the government's business.

Answer 3

Gay marriage is a touchy issue for most Americans because gays are on the list of the most hated minorities in the country, right up there with pedophiles and athiests.

I am a very law-abiding, practical male. I fully respect all group rights and rights from infringement.

The problem here is that marriage gives federally recognized benefits, under marital benefits. Benefits that are given to those who are married, which is supposedly a religious institution.

Back when marital rights were born, they never once thought about gay marriage, or even interacial marriage. Rather than calling them civil benefits, they used a church term, based on marriage.

You cannot give one set of American citizens a right and then deny it to another American, especially on the grounds of religion. It's fine if churches do not want to marry gays, that is within their rights and I would never wish to force them to doing so: that is taking away their rights.

However, these benefits need to be given. Gay couples pay taxes and work like everyone else, yet get none of the thousands of rights married couples get, and civil unions only provide a fraction of the rights full marriage affords.

Its a unfortunate circumstance based on semantics. Gays just want equal rights, and the church wants to protect their antequated institution. Unfortuantely, neither will settle.

The problem is, civil unions do not give a FRACTION of the benefits marriage gives. Anything less than all the rights given in a marriage is not only wrong, I believe it is inherently unconstitutional.

And to the person who thought my post was a bad post, try finding another gay marriage advocate who supports the church's right to say no to marrying gays. I assure you, it'll be hard. People get married in court rooms all the time.

Marriage is no longer SOLELY a religious institution when a court room can issue a marriage. The government should not be preaching anything religion says.

Answer 4

I don't care if a man wants to marry another man or a woman wants to marry another woman. That's their business and if they're happy, then they're happy. I hate it that the government is trying to keep them from getting married. It's none of their business anyway. I'm raised to think that gays and lesbians are wrong for their lifestyle, and I think so, but I agree that they should be able to marry, because that's just like telling me that I can't marry a man that I love because of who he is and the couple we would make. I think Gay Marriage shouldn't be banned and I think that they are entitled to live in society and be treated just like everyone else. I have gay friends, and I guess that's why I feel this way. Telling them that they shouldn't be able to get married would be like turning against them, and I don't want to do that. I support them in all of their decisions and I always will.

Answer 5

I think that the term needs to be clarified. There needs to be something that has equal rights for all people. How evangelicals preceive marriage is this garden of eden thing that all thing are great. But all relationships take alot of work. It is the same type of love, commitment and where you can cherish each other. That is what truly matters. There are people in this world who never achieve that partnership where you are another persons everything. For these reasons alone, is why I am for Gay Marriage

Answer 6

I am in a civil partnership right now... which is the UK version of Gay marriage.

Should this be confused with religious marriage absolutely NO! It grants certain civil rights but has no religious recognition. It is thus an honourable British compromise which I would commend to everyone.

Clearly the religious folk are uncomfortable with Gay Marriage so why upset them needlessly?

BUT should we be allows to have the same CIVIL rights (in other words the ability to be recognised as next of kin in medical emergencies and the ability to inherit property on death of our partner etc... ) ABSOLUTELY YES!

and anyone who says otherwise is being an oppressor an unjust and unfair person and is probably sinning in the eyes of God.

You may not agree with the practice of same sex love but even in the most fundamentalist traditions your religion will tell you that it is God's place to judge and punish not yours! As humans we have a duty to treat all God's people fairly and equally and clearly denying someone their civil and human rights merely because you don't approve of their bedroom practices falls a very long way short of that ideal.

Answer 7

Love is on the inside. When you understand that what does the flesh matter. All they want is the same right as anyone else. The right to say this is my Love and I have it on paper and in a ring. So not allowing it does what, denies them a peice of paper. They will live together and nothing else that way will change.

Love is beautiful. True love is even harder to find. How strong is the love when you must go against the "Norm of socity".

I am for marriage, all marriage.

Hugs Kim Lynn

Answer 8

Too early for this subject in the election. And to tell the truth, if it never comes up between now and Nov 8, none of the candidates are going to complain. When the issue forced itself into the limelight almost on the eve of the last Presidential election, I could hear the Dems shudder. It was the last thing they wanted to become an issue in the campaign. They wanted only the war to be the issue. Their handling of it did not win them any states. They want this election to be about the economy and the war. They really don't want to talk about taxes on citizens, immigration or gay marriage. To be truthful to the Liberal agenda in these issues would cost them more votes that it would gain.

Answer 9

Of course there should be gay marriage...I live in Canada and it is legal here. in the 1960's we had a Prime Minister ..Pierre Trudeau who made the famous speech..."the government has no right in the bedrooms of the nation" There is not a single reason gays shouldn't marry if someone loves someone whose business is it weather the people are different sex or same sex? I mean I don't care who you go home to every night as long as your happy then I'm happy for you....

Answer 10

To those who think gays are ruining our social culture or whatever, you're wrong. Our society is already ruined, and their marriage isn't going to make it worse. I think gays should be allowed to married everywhere in the world. Who cares if their marriages won't last as long? It's their problems, not ours. Same with different sex marriages, if it doesn't last long, sucks to be them, and if it lasts forever, I congratulate you. They have every right to get married.

If you’re going to say they are not allowed to married because the Bible said they can’t ‘cause marriage is for unification and reproduction, then you’re saying infertile women are NOT allowed to get married because they cannot reproduce.


gulliver t , you are a fool to believe that. Are you saying that we are only born to make more children? That’s our only purpose? That’s stupid. What if an infertile woman cannot make a baby? What happens to her? Do we kill her? Take that into consideration, then try and answer intelligently.

Answer 11

Gay people have a hard time fighting for same-sex marriage because they call it that "same-sex marriage".

I think the term "marriage" only applies to a man-woman relationship. If same-sex couples want to have the same rights and previledges as them, they should call their partnership with another name like "domestic partners" or something else. And a democratic government must be able to recognize these partnerships to achieve true democracy.

"Equal rights for everyone"