If you are a heterosexual couple in the US and you get married, that marriage is RECOGNIZED EVERYWHERE, so why is it that if homosexuals get married they are only to have rights in the state they are married in? IMHO that is like people are plugging their ears saying la la la la la.
I feel that there should be some sort of federal law that protects EVERYONE.
What do you think?
2007-09-04 01:15:33 · 10 answers · asked by waywildcherri 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Why not do away with marriage and make civil unions for all, so that benefits from insurance, parenting and death are all equal. This country is all about equality.
2007-09-04 03:20:11 · update #1
Amen to that! GO GAYS! XD
And I would like to respond to Gerry's comments:
Yes, I have seen two males dogs humping. Dogs hump peoples' legs! D'you STILL think they've got more sense than us? Cause if you asked me: I'd be pretty freaked if a guy walked up to me and tried to hump my leg! *.*
2007-09-04 01:47:42 · answer #1 · answered by ferrisulf 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There IS a law to protect everyone. It's called the Marriage Act. It has always protected everyone against immoral unions like father/daughter etc. All the prohibitions are male/female. Interestingly, it doesn't state that two men or two women can't get married. That is because the idea of two men or two women getting "married" is absurd. Every race, creed, nation, religion for millennia have all recognised that "marriage" involves male/female unions. Full stop. This is the natural order of things. Homosexual activists simply want to pervert the clear meaning of the word to make their unions more "legitimate".
2007-09-04 01:38:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm not gay but seriously, if you think that gays getting married are going to have any kind of impact on you or your life, then you are delusional. Really, why do you care if Neil and Bob have a "certificate" or not? They are still going to be together and still be gay... it's a pointless stupid arguement.
Edit for k716: No, we shouldn't look to the animal kingdom to justify behavior, but stating that said behavior doesn't exist in the animal kingdom is both ignorant and misleading. Sexual deviation from the norm is a naturally occuring phenomena, which would lead you to believe that that behavioral exception occurs in the human species as well, and is NOT a product of bad parenting, exposure to Libarace, or witnessing two men holding hands. Thanks for your concern though. Next...
2007-09-04 01:54:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Marriage License Laws for a man and a woman to marry vary from state to state. Although there are differences between the requirements in the various states, a marriage between a man and a woman performed in one state must be recognized by every other state under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution.
Clearly says man and woman.
I don't make this stuff up.
Get A Grip
2007-09-04 01:26:00 · answer #4 · answered by Get A Grip 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The Constitution is pretty clear about giving little power to the Federal government and a lot of power to the states. It specifically says that unless a power is granted directly to the the Federal Government, it belongs to the state.
The power to regulate marriage is not specifically granted to the Federal government.
2007-09-04 01:30:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Given2fly, in your link, the first paragraph describes animals' sexual behavior that includes "...promiscuity, sex between species, copulation with dead animals, homosexual and bisexual sexual behaviour, and situational sexual behaviour and a range of other practices among animals other than humans." I also just saw on Animal Planet where a male animal (kangaroo) tasted the female's urine to see if she was receptive to mating.
Based on your oh so enlightened example, we should just throw our morals and equate our sexual guidelines to follow those of the lower life forms on this planet. Well no thank you. I'll keep my standards up high and always follow God's teachings for sex and intimacy.
2007-09-04 02:58:46 · answer #6 · answered by kaz716 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are provisions in the Constitution stating the majority shall not decide the rights of the minority. I believe it was the 14th Amendment that made interracial marriages legal. And the 9th Amendment is the equal protection clause.
2016-05-21 00:46:37 · answer #7 · answered by dreama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems to me that since marriage is, by definition, the joining of a man and a woman, to say that gay couples can marry is to deny the substance and point of marriage.
I know this is a very bad metaphor, but its like making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but instead of using jelly, you just use peanut butter twice. That isn't a peanut butter and jelly sandwich at all. But thats what some people want it to be called.
2007-09-04 01:26:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Do you ever see 2 male animals mate with one another? Do you ever see 2 female animals mate with one another? This should tell you something! Animals have better sense!
2007-09-04 01:26:12 · answer #9 · answered by Gerry 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
A Penis goes in a vagina
2007-09-04 01:28:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋