Should the name for Gay Marriage be changed?
155078
Well most people fighting for gay marriage also call it civil marriage (to differntiate from religious marriage, no one wants to force any religion to marry same sex couples) or equal marriage rights.  Gay marriage is largely an oxymoron, because we don't want a special gay version of marriage, we want the same marriage that heteros get.  However the term gay marriage is what has caught on in the press, so that is what most people use.
783301
Unequivocally NO! If they chose that life style then so be it, but as far as benefits are concerned out of the question.  Societies fall from moral decay and that is a fact, and ours is well on it's way, I do believe all this gay and lesbian stuff is about to blow up in their faces.  It is a life style that destroys the vary meaning of marriage between a man and a woman, In my opinion they are an insult to humanity.  I believe it is time our religious leaders and government gives these people a loud and clear message that the party is over and will not be condoned by our society.
921133
It depends on your culture and the law in your country. When my mother married, she had to change her name to my father's surname. This was a long time ago. A name is only a name and does not change the person .
428820
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.
414580
No i dont think gay marriage should be banned why would people want to keep someone from marrying the person they love. they dont keep a man and women from marrying each other when they love each other. So why should they keep two people from doing something that they want to do.
298235
No.  The federal government is currently run by morons who are afraid to legitimize gay marriage because they are under the dilusion that it might somehow impact the Church (even though the religious and legal institutions of marriage are totally and completely separate and any Chuch can refuse to marry anyone they want for any reason they want).  Same-sex partnerships essentially have no legal status in the US, so their existence is virtually irrelevent to the immigration process.  It's not fair but that's the way it is.
580173
Marriage is a religious "Christian" institution. Gays should be allowed to join in legal "unions" that have all the same benefits of marriage. But to call it marriage is like a buddhist claiming he wants to have a Bar Mitzvah.
1055190
I think they need to CREATE a new name!
769285
I'm against gay marriage,I'm against preferential treatment to any1. I don't think my city ought to pay for special events for gays. They wanna be gay fine, just leave me and mine alone!\nBorn with it or becoming gay is not normal any way,shape or form. God created Man and Woman to be as one and reproduce and to love and live for him. Man what a mess we made of all that!
107314
Why not?  But the churches will still publicly fight it just for calling it marriage.  I say let people do what they want and just fix the issue with the benefits problem so it's not abused, and totally ignore the churches just like they totally ignore facts and science and other opinions.
1077767
Actually the issue is not a big deal.\n\nChurches and religious organisations are not forced to marry same sex couples.\n\nIt should simply be based on couples leaving together in order to get fair legal social benefits....\n\nThe recognition should have stayed at that ...\nIt's actually the churches that brought the issues and named it marriage per say... and so it became an issue.\n\nI am not bothered by same sex marriage at all on the contrary, I am not peaking and sneaking into my neighbors life on order to watch on which side of the bed they sleep.\n\nAs for children, Same sex parents or not, societies around the world are being challenged in many was and there is no past models that seem to be the answer for all....\n\nAll what I know is this, mistreatment of children in the name of religion, or alcoolic hetero parents or abused children or any other form of child neglect is a major societal issue. Instead of focusing on offset issues such as same sex marriages we should be more concern on the welfare of children and dignity of our elderlies and their be kind to our neighbors.
217027
I support gay marriage all the way. Civil unions sound like a good way to keep the "sanctity of marriage" while still giving gays equal rights, but actually civil unions only give a portion of the rights that marriage gives and are more easily contested in court by family members. Gays and lesbians would still be denied equality that way. I also think the "sanctity of marriage" argument is bogus, as the definition of marriage not only differs with culture and religion, but has also changed within this country several times over the centuries. See the link for a short and amusing "history of marriage in America."
729898
Find an argument for gay marriage that I cannot use for bigamy, incest, etc.\n\nO.K. Me and my Mother are two consenting adults who want to marry each other. Why can't we? By your standards we should be able to also.\n**************************************************\nAll I'm stating is that once you change the definition of marriage, there is no stopping it. Gay people CAN get married, so long as it's with someone of the opposite sex. \n\nIf you're argument is that the definition of marriage is two consenting adults who love each other, then anyone can argue that they can marry their relative. Why can I not marry two women? If we are all in agreement and we all love each other, why can't we all get married?\n\nWhat is your argument for changing the definition of marriage? Every argument leads to other types of marriage such as incest bigamy etc.\n\n***********************************\nI also can't believe how Separation of Church and State has been so distorted. Separation of C&S was designed to keep the government out of the church not the Church out of the Gov't. There is nothing that says people cannot make laws that coniside with their religous views.\n\n************************************\n*******************\n"I certainly hope this person is kidding, because if they aren't, we should all be very afraid. There is a vast difference between two consenting adults engaged in a loving relationship and incest or bigamy. They are very different things and frankly there is no logic in this answer what so ever. "\n\nExplain why it is different? Is it because you think incest is wrong, unnatural, immoral? I think gay marriage is wrong, unnatural, and immoral. Why is your standard better than mine? If you want marriage to be b/w two consenting adults who are the same sex, what difference is it that someone wants to marry multiple wives or their relative? Again, I'll say it again. Any argument that can be used for gay marriage can be used for big./incest. Why homosexual and not incest? Once you open that door there is no shutting it.
382967
i think it would be beyond weird to change it.  that tradition is way outdated.  it is so wrong.  even if today, a woman doesn't feel that she is losing her dignity to change her name for a man, it is still representational of that.  your name is who you are.  why would you change your name?  it is so obviously an issue of men needing to own a woman's entire identity.  men would never be willing to change theirs. if both men and women changed names, it would be easy to say it is just a way to show how much we love each other and plan to make a new life together.  when people question you, you can just say that you are planning to be the same person you have always been (in name and in personality), just happier and more devoted to your husband.  does your husband support this decision?  surely if he wouldn't be willing to change his name he can understand why you wouldn't want to.  the world is so full of people who just do things because that is how it has always been done.  they don't even question it.  this is how history repeats itself and ignorance, fear, and hatred never die.  you are doing the right thing by staying true to who you are.  don't worry about them!
226412
as you said in your question, you would just change it from one to the other, legally of course at the courthouse, \n\nhowever if your looking for a literal translation there is none for english names, those words did not exist in our history.
434115
People seem to think if gay marriages occur it will somehow ruin the sanctity of the institution.  They also seem to think the ethics of the world will go to pot.  I think that's crap, though.  Straight people have been ruining marriage for years.  And, homosexuality is there, marriage or not, it won't increase the amount of gay people or anything like that.
753963
I do not care in the least bit if I get thumbs down but I will ALWAYS stand by my beliefs that gay and lesbian marriages are morally wrong and they should not be able to marry as heterosexual couples do. Hetero couples marry for the procreation of our species, a gay and lesbian marriage is a selfish one, they cannot procreate our species in the way GOD intended. In the way that GOD made man (and woman) to do. It defies the natural way of life and creation. Just because it fits in a hole doesn't mean you should shove it there.