If a candidate supported recognizing a gay marriage from a legal perspective only (i.e. the couple could file taxes jointly, make medical choices for one another, inherrit property, etc.) but not requiring a church or religion to perform/recognize the marriage would this influence your support of the candidate?
2007-06-26 03:34:39 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
I'd vote for a president who wants government out of marriage period.
2007-06-26 03:40:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Truthfully, the gay marriage issue will have NO impact on who I vote for. There are too many other things that I think are more important. So this would not influence me, negatively or positively. They could marry them in a church or ban it, and I would not care if the candidate was capable of fixing the war, national debt, national health care, and other issues that effect us all. I guess, if push came to shove and there were two candidates that were essentially the same, it might have an impact on me, but the likelihood of that is nearly nil. For the sake of argument, though, I would support legal marriage of gays. Doesn't matter to me if they marry or not.
2007-06-26 03:41:52 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A candidate's support for gay marriage or civil union will not keep me from voting for him. I think we have other more important issues like homelessness, healthcare, global warming, unemployment and ending the war in Iraq. These issues concern me much more.
What's wrong with gays getting married anyway? So many of them already live together as though they are married. Why would anyone object to the rights that marriage provides being bestowed on those who share a monogamous relationship? Certainly, this is not an affront on regular marriages. And those of you who think it's sinful, if it is a sin, the gays will have to answer for it to God. Stop worrying about what other people do and take care of your own household.
2007-06-26 03:55:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Churches are not required to perform marriages.
There is separation of church and state in the US and churches do not hold power to determine what is legal or lawful for the nation. Religion influences people in political power to make decisions for the nation. People in political positions steer law in order to gain political power. And in time, religious views change, laws change, and people gain equality.
In Alabama, 2002 interacial marriage was made legal. There are a lot of folks who thought that people who coupled with someone outside of their race did not deserve equal rights. They also believed that interacial marriage would corrupt the holy sanctity of marriage and what god intended marriage to be.
Mary and Joseph were married by the government agency first and then by the church six months later, because the church performed marriages once per year. The church did not recognize the validity of their legal marriage until it married them through religious ceremony.
2007-06-26 03:53:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
While gay marriage is not a priority for my choice of candidate for president, I would not vote against a candidate for openly supporting gay marriage.
I think there are more important issues facing candidates for president.
For example, I think it would take a lot more than Bush suddenly accepting gay marriage to make him a decent President.
2007-06-26 03:39:43 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. G 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is a non issue created by the media to focus our attention away from the real issues that matter to the survival of our freedoms. It would not make me vote for or against him. The vote would be based on the real issues that affect our nation.
2007-06-26 03:41:07 · answer #6 · answered by El Pistolero Negra 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not vote based on only one issue. I would need to know how the candidate stands on ALL the issues before I would make my decision whether or not I would vote for them.
2007-06-26 03:37:42 · answer #7 · answered by Leah 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I absolutely would not vote for anyone that supported such.
If you are asking as to "civil unions", I do not support this either, yet I may vote for a candidate that would support such (but anything termed marriage is out of the question).
2007-06-26 05:24:00 · answer #8 · answered by Calvin 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No this issue should be left to the individuals a president should stay out of this.
2007-06-26 03:49:34 · answer #9 · answered by yohannes g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gay marriages do not kill or destroy families like a war does.If one values true freedom then we should take this with a pinch of salt. Better still why not a gay president.
2007-06-26 03:42:49 · answer #10 · answered by thumba 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋