Should gays be aloud to marry?
358163
Nope gay peoples should never allowed to get married.\nBecause marriage for for a man and a woman and it leads to a family. They should find their way of dealing with each other and leave the marriage thing for people who wants to have a family
937742
In all seriousness, I know a lot of gay people that believe marriage is meant for man and woman, but believe they should at least have a civil union. they both contribute to each other except of course the reproductive aspect.
848215
I don't think the government accepts gay marriage in any form yet, you will have to wait until gay people are given the right to be miserable and need a prenup!
903786
I am against gay marriage.  Committment ceremonies are fine. But marriage- no.
192672
Yeah it does but most people are scared of changing tradition or thinking outside the box. Gay marriage shouldn't be a matter of morality. It's a matter of rights. Gays have a right to pursuit of happiness like the rest of us. I don't think it's right that the government should say who and who can't be married. That just opens the doors for them to step into other issues that they should stay out of.
1119301
Probably the same reason a lot of US states won't.  They say it's wrong because God created man and woman to be together.  and the devil created homosexuality.  People in general just don't accept things that they don't understand and what they have been taught and always have thought was wrong.  I think if two people love eachother who cares.  Does the governor or all these protestors or the judge of the courthouse have to go to the wedding or go to their house?  NO they don't.  I think there are bigger issues than this that states and countries should worry about.  This shouldn't even be an issue.  Its not fair that when two people of the same sex want to get married they get a protest outside their wedding but if two people who have a 60 year difference want to get married they can without any problems from the outside world...Its just sad to think that a 80 yr old man can marry a 20 yr old woman and its ok, even though the woman is only marrying him for his money but two people, of the same sex...which shouldn't even matter, who love eachother want to make a commitment to one another the entire world thinks its their right to come in between it just because God says its not right.  Let God do His job and they should do theirs.\n**by the way I'm not a lesbian...I'm married to a man**
727359
Of course, if they want to.  They should have the same rights as straight people.
157027
I personally think gay marriage is good.  People get married all the time, why shouldn't they be allowed to?  It's a personal choice and doesn't hurt anyone any more than it would if I got married.  It may even lower the divorce rate,since they tend to stay together longer than most straight couples, at elast from my experience.  The thing I found most ironic is Elton John went to England to get married.  Didn't we fight for freedom from England to be allowed to have our own lifestyles without persecution?  Then why ccan't gay couples have more than commencement ceremonies and enjoy the legal and financial benefits that come with any marriage?  I really don't have any information on why a gay couple shouldn't get married, Sorry.
838322
The law should be upheld as it stands... Church and state SHOULD STAY separated. The constitution clearly states that ALL men are created equal... Not STRAIGHT men are created equal. I think EVERYONE should get a chance to marry the person of their choosing and it's prejudice to say they can't. It's unfair. What if the world were based on homosexual relationships and the heterosexuals weren't allowed to marry? They would feel the SAME way about it. People who believe that marriage is only a union for heterosexuals are extreme bigots and shouldn't be allowed to have a say in it.
185925
If you ask me, it would be the same as straight couples marrying. Who am I to say who or what a person is? As long as someone is happy, that is all that matters. And if marrying someone of the same sex makes that person happy, then by all means, go for it.
187875
It's idiotic to outlaw marriage for a group of people.  And turning it into a word game of "defining" marriage to be only between differently-gendered people is obviously an attempt to do that without the honesty to acknowledge it.\n\nThe idea that the government has to encourage hetero marriage to perpetuate the species is obviously crazy.  The species has always perpetuated itself, including during the vast majority of human history when marriage didn't exist at all.  Anyway, it's not like gay marriage is going to lure anybody away from a healthy hetero marriage.\n\nAnd if you think gay people are Hell-bound, great.  Why interfere?  They're obviously only going to be marrying each other.
776425
Bigotry. If homosexuals were allowed to get married, it would only effect those gays and lesbians who got married. It would not effect married straight people or single straight people at all, but some straight people are against gay marriage because of a dislike of gay people and want to deny gay couples marriage to make the gay couples lives harder even though it has no effect on their own lives.
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.
1095831
I agree.  Any marriage between two consenting adults, be it gay, lesbian, interracial, or interreligious, is perfectly fine in my eyes.  Love is love and should be honored, not condemned.
1114971
Wow Marcell, You have really demonstrated what is wrong with conservatives. So I assume you mean that giving gays like myself the right to marry is a "special right" because we didnt have that right before. Wow. I think its likely you would be quoting mythology in all your arguments. My firmly held belief is that you cannot explain things rationally to people who believe in an invisible man in the sky who sees everything they do and is waiting to smite them if they step out of line. Its just nonsense, and the sooner more people reject this mythological hysteria about virgin babies and magic boats that hold millions of animals and prophets falling from the sky, the sooner people will adopt reason in its place. But whether or not people are willing to question their dogma, I'm still going to fight for a womans right to choose, for full rights and inclusion for gays, etc. I'm not going to let someones silly mythologies and superstitions stop me...
1068992
I personally think it is silly to want the state involved in any marriage either straight or gay. Marriage is a formal ceremony stating your intentions before God it is a travesty and an abomination to invite the state to take part in such a union. I have a marriage license but only because my minister required it. I think if I was to get married now I would find a minister who would agree to do it with out the states intrusion. Regardless of if I was marrying a man or a woman. Although as a bisexual I don't think I would ever get married again.
231122
Gay marriage is absolutely a civil rights issue.  By preventing any two consenting adults from marrying, solely because of their homosexuality, you are discriminating against them.  It is unfair for gay couples to be prevented from marrying.  \nA common argument (of fundamentalists) is that since a gay couple cannot naturally reproduce, they should not be allowed to marry. But many straight couples cannot naturally reproduce either. Another common argument is that gay marriage will promote pedophilia. Statistically, most pedophiles are straight white males. \nGay marriage does not affect anyone but the couple themselves. It will not "turn" anyone gay. It will give couples equal rights to insurance, shared property, and the same rights as a heterosexual married couple.  \nWhile each of us has the right to our own personal belief about whether or not homosexuality is, as you said, an "abomination", we do not have the right to force our personal beliefs on others in such a way as would affect their lives and happiness permanently.  \nAfter all, if someone told you you could not marry solely because you were straight, I imagine you would be upset. Straight may be normal to you and I; but to gay couples, being gay is their reality.