No im not gay but i dont think that it affects anyone if two people that love each other to marry even if they are of the same sex.  If they do get married how do you feel it will change your life so that you actually are against it?
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If gay people are allowed to marry, more of them will be encouraged to spawn and reproduce gay children, eventually killing off the human race.\n\nWhatever. It doesn't matter who the next guy gets married to.\n\nI think it's silly that a lot of people use the Bible to support their facts. But maybe the Bible was written by some geniuses after all. I mean... if gay people were allowed to marry, then their divorce rate added with the heterosexual divorce rate would result in a higher cummulative divorce rate, right? And with the divorce rate as high as it currently is, it's really difficult to keep marriage sacred! =P
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Being gay is not a choice. Gay people should have every right to marry the person they love and want to spend the rest of their lives wih, just they same as straight people. Telling them they can`t would be the same as telling black people that they can`t get married because of their skin color. Why should anyone be denied the rights that other people have based on something that they can`t help?
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I see no reason why gays shouldn't be allowed to marry.  Some people say it detracts from the marriage of straight people.  How?  If  a man and a woman have a good marriage, how does the fact that two guys across the street or two girls across town are married make their marriage any less valid?  How does preventing gays from marrying make an abusive marriage better?\n\nFrom what I see, the opponents of gay marriage mostly oppose it because it's against their religion.  If that is so, then they should come out and say that.  But they won't, because then gays could cite "Freedom of religion" arguments, and thus claim a constitutional right to marry.  Remember, "Freedom of religion" also includes "Freedom from religion".  And every conservative with 2 brain cells to rub together knows that they will lose this issue once they start fighting on that front.  \n\nIn my opinion, if the US ever does manage to pass a so-called "defense of marriage" amendment, it will soon become the 2nd time an amendment was repealed.  To me this issue looks like the civil rights debates of the 50's and 60's.  That has pretty much resolved itself - this will, too, with the same result.
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I'll put my own marriage up against anyone else's marriage any day.\n\nI'm proud of what we've done together.\n\nMany, many, many Gay / Lesbian marriages are worthy to be admired and  would put many, many, many Hetero marriages to shame on any day.
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He is still a gay man who is married to a woman . You can't deny your true sexual orientation , You will still be attracted to men if your sexual orientation is gay . If a gay man marries a woman and consummates the relationship he will always be attracted to men and will most likely eventually cheat on his wife with other men .
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Yes. If someone's 'true happiness' involved violating someone else, I would deny them.\n\nSome folks are sick and their happiness would cause pain to others.\n\nAs far as gay marriage and same-sex union, I don't care what these people do if it doesn't effect me or my community in a negative way. I go to church with, work with and socialize with gay folk and they are just like you and me with the exception that they enjoy the romantic attention of someone of their own gender.\n\nDo I have to approve of their lifestyle, no. But that is my business. I have my own opinions and have a right to them. Being called a 'breeder' is not necessarily nice but that is the view of some gays. They don't approve of my way of life but we learn to live together. I have nothing to do with their true happiness.
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Marriage is a man made concept.  There are no marriage ceremonies in nature. Homosexuality is genetic. Our genetics are "God"s" will. To be anti-homosexual is to be anti-"God". To be anti-gay marriage is to be anti-love. There are some very sick people in the world who think they speak for God and goodness.\nLater:\n(Gina below just e-mailed me and said this answer is the stupidest thing she's ever heard of, that if we allowed gay-marriage there would not be babies and our species would die out. : )  So, is it a "sin" for heterosexual couples who cannot have babies to get married?
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You can marry the person you love and want to spend the rest of your life with, while they can't. Laws against same-sex marriage impose an arbitrary, and essentially religious view of marriage on people who do not believe in it, for no reason other than to maintain the status quo. It is ridiculous to say that you have the same rights because you can't marry someone of the same sex either; you obviously don't want to.
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Good morning, dearheart. Good for you. here's my take on gay marriage. I've been married to the same wonderful lady for the last 26 years. She drives OTR semi for a living and I'm a housewife. We both wear wedding rings and feel as married as the next heterosexual couple but I can get none of her health benefits. How my union is hurting society I can't fathom as our relationship has been monogamous for all of it's 26 years and that same union has lasted longer than many heterosexual marriages. There are couples on the LGBTQ site here that have been together for over 40 years (which is a great thing in its own right) How can their love be hurting anyone? Good luck and Blessings on you.
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The whole gay maariage thing is so bothersome to most because the gay people want to get married in churches \nnot even taking into account the act in itself is one of the sins of the bible and marriage well the word itself has been throughout\nhistory as the joining of a man and a women.  I do believe most Religious doctrines are upset that the use of marriage is being thrown around like the word is not a sacred bond between man and women that the word marriage should only be used to describe that bond of two opposite sex period.  Gay people must realize that word is sacred and is defined in the bible and many other books that have been written outside of the church sector.\nUse coupling, use partnering.  Marriage/married is a sacred word so if people are making this choice in life to be commiting a sin in the eyes of GOD then they should find their own word to remark on there relationship.
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Gay people exist and many want to get married. The only thing stopping them are homophobics and politicians. And personally I don't think either homophobics or politicians have enough intelligence to make decisions on such things :)
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Who knows why our country's doing anything it's doing. I agree with you completely. I'm sorry that you and your partner, as well as all other homosexuals, cannot show your love by marrying one another. Love is love. I don't think it matters if you're a man loving a man, a woman loving a woman, or a man loving a woman. If your heart is true you should be able to get married. Bottom line. I hope that you and your partner will one day have the same rights as the rest of us. And that this prejudice will end; to any degree it can.
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Because polygamy is WRONG.  Marriage is about commitment between two people, not three, four, or five.  And there's nothing wrong with homosexuality.  I think they have as much a right to get married as anybody else, as long as its only to ONE person!
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I beleive that if the supreme court decides, (not sure about the NEW supreme court or future) they would choose FOR same sex marriages. Popularity isn't the issue here. Honestly coast to coast right now if people voted in a private booth for or against civil rights, sadly I don't think our country would choose it. It ws decided because it was the right thing, dispite the prejudiceness of the country. Straight marriages are not going to crumble because of it. It would remove one argument of gay sin as sex -when married. It would give us equal rights (no special rights) for property and visitation (upon sick or dying) and the other 1700 rights and privilages given straight married couple automatically imposed or implied when legally married. I beleive I'll see the day. At least the hope of it keeps me going and the faith in our legal system.
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Is it controversial? Notice the difference in arguments!\nGays do not want marriage; they want to have their behavior accepted.\nMarriage (monogamy) is by definition a union between one man and one woman.\nNo law prevents gays from living together, sharing their possessions being on each others wills and insurance policy even being head of household on their income tax\nThey want a legal requirement that their lifestyle be approved of by non homosexuals   political correctness diversity etc.
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Marriage, straight or gay, should not have anything to do with any government.  Period.  It is a decision to be made (or not made) between the individuals involved.\n\nNice avatar, btw.
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love is love, no matter if the sex is the same.. \nim not a les but i feel that everyone should have a chance in a married life. Gays/les should have the right to get married