do you think gay marriage should be banned. explain?
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.
271871
Marriage is based on a religious Principal your not going to get them to accept gay marriage. And I don't think they have to corrupt it because a minority wants to make it so. I do think that there should be civil unions without religion so gays can finally make it legal.
911046
I agree. I think it was Conservatives that switched Civil Unions to GAY MARRIAGE to freak out church goers to vote. Someday America will look back and regret their decisions just like they did with slavery, women and civil rights. This is clearly a violation of church and state. But I think that a grandmother and her caretaking granddaughter should be able to enter into a civil union to if they life together to enjoy the same rights. Family is more complicated these days then a man and a woman and the divorce rate will tell you that.\n\nI DON'T WANT GAY MARRIAGE!!!\nYou straight people can have it, sit on it, spin, and repeat three times.\n\nAND the fact the conservatives deny gay people marriage only further helps us to "corrupt your children" into polyamourous life styles, cause gay people are so "much cooler" role models. LIKE SEX IN THE CITY!!! and the whole metrosexual trend amoung straight huys so that they can get more punany and justify being players.\n\nOf course, some gays, but especially lesbians would benefit: Adoption, Inheiritance, Medical Insurance and Patient Rights, etc. So I do want Gay Marriage for them (Just not for me---at least at this point in my life).\n\nBut actually, here is a nifty solution:\nAbolish governement recognized marriages alltogether.\nYou get a CIVIL UNION at the Court House.\nYou get the Sacrement of Marriage at a Church.\n\nThen Priests and Ministers could be more selective and curb the divorce rate...But wait, that is how they make money by leaching off social needs. So why don't they let all those rich, over-embellishing, excessive-spending gay people get married and take their money???\n\nWell I am just as happy to keep my $ and my freedom!
570712
I personally think that anyone who wants to get married should!  To me, the what happens behind closed doors should remain behind closed doors and I do not think that any judicial system should have the right to say if it is wrong or right!
1090507
In my opinion, you have hit the nail on the head.  In my opinion, the acceptance of the current Judeo-Christian definition of marriage violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment.  It may be struck down by the supreme court on those grounds.  I think it is also important to remember that just because the majority is in favor of something does not make it right.  That is a part of the genius of our political system.  We have a judicial branch that is not directly accountable to the people.  This, in theory, enables them to make the right decision even when that decision is not popular.  I am a Christian, but I have to admit I have some serious problems with the constitutional amendment banning Gay marriage.
124540
My view is this: If two people want to be married, fine go ahead and it doesn't matter if they are gays or not! But also they should know if they get divorced or have kids they should have the same rights as everyone else! Not because they gay or straight they should be able to take the responsibilities of what they law says it's accordance to the law!
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
1054559
The Ban Gay Marriage law is wrong.  Bush said it himself, people should be able to choose how they live.  That should include the gays too.  I didn't think the Senate had the power to veto a law, I thought only the president did.  I never learned much as far as all that goes, but I still believe that gays should be treated equally.
222479
NO!!!!\n\nAnd let me give you TEN reasons why not:\n\n01) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning. \n\n02) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall. \n\n03) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract. \n\n04) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal. \n\n05) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Brittany Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed. \n\n06) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children. \n\n07) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children. \n\n08) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America. \n\n09) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children. \n\n10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.
96350
I have no problem with gay marriage.  Some people feel it is a sacred institution. I feel it is far from that.\n\nFirst, we must remember that marriage is not a holy ceremony.  It is a civil ceremony. It is a contract. It was added to the church after it had been in place. That is why you do not have to at church to marry. People who are religious who want to have it there can.\n\nSecond, the divorce rate is so high I feel people do not take it as seriously as they should.  If two people that they want to share their lives together, they should be allowed to do it. I bet the divorce rate would go down if gay marriage was allowed.\n\n  \nAnother argument I have heard is that once we change this then people who want to marry multiple people will have a better chance of getting that passed.  The law would not be changed so much that the jump to polygamy would be made possible.  It would still be with two people who love each other.\n\nSo to recap marriage is not a religious ceremony.  Marriage is already flawed, as people get divorced about half the time.  We will not have to worry about people pushing polygamy, as it would be an illogical argument.
667224
Gays should be allowed the right to marry. There's nothing morally wrong with it! If too people are in love then why not? If they're happy together and are already going to share there lives together, why not give the same rights as everyone else. Everyone who's so against it needs to just back off. If you're so against them, don't go to a gay wedding. Pretend that they don't exist like you normally do. Go bury your heads under the covers and read your precious bible. Believe it if you will, but don't ruin other's peoples lives over it. Does the bible preach about loving thy neighbor or something like that? Then why are christians and the like so close minded? If they have an all accepting God, then why aren't they? Let the gay people have their marriages and their lives. It isn't hurting you any!
850864
Congrats on coming out!!...Although I totally agree with gay people being allowed to marry, we have to examine the political climate of what we're dealing with.  Anytime another group is pushed into a corner they are gonna be on the defensive.  This is what's happening with gay marriage.  Christians (being riled up by the Republicans) feel it's an attack on the "sanctity" of marriage.  I won't even try to get into all the ironies of that statement, but it is in fact how they feel.  The gay community feels that a fundamental right is being taken away and so the push for legalized marriage intensifies.  \n\nThe only solution for this situation is for the gay community to back off for "marriage" and to push for civil unions.  Having all the same legal rights, benefits, and legal consequences (divorce) as marriage..but not calling it marriage.  This would be a true separation of church and state, it would ease the Christians minds of marriage being on the attack and essentially take away any arguing points on the issue. It would allow the gay community to benefit form what straight people have been enjoying for centuries.\n\nUnfortunately we live in such a political charged atmosphere that such compromises have to made to get a solution.  It isn't necessarily right...but it's the best way for us to realistically achieve our goal of legal rights.  If the marriage push continues by the gay community it's only going to cause increased tensions  and our ability to enjoy equal rights will be a long time away.
1112316
The theory that gay marriage is wrong because it somehow threatens male-female marriage is a crock of shite.  Tradition is no reason to continue a practice.  To say that we should prohibit gays from marrying because we have not allowed it up til now and marriage has traditionally be between a man and a woman it no different that that standard answer your parents gave you when you asked why you could not eat your dessert first -- "because we say so."  Makes no sense.  It offers no logic.  Guess what else is tradition -- traditionally we don't let jews play at our golf courses.  And traditionally we don't let blacks marry whites (there were actually laws on the book in most states, so it went beyond tradition, it was the law).  Traditionally, children slept on their stomaches, until the scientists told us that the chances of SIDS skyrocketed when an infant doesn't sleep on its back.  So don't give me that tradition garbage.  We don't continue doing things just because that how it has always been done.  The american people deserve better than that -- we deserve to know how it benefits the overall society.  The bottomline is that monogomy and marital committment is a major benefit to modern society, whether it is between opposite sexes or the same sexes.
1103199
In response to Pieceo..whatever, are you comparing gay men and women to monkeys?  You probably don't think Americans of African descent should be allowed to vote either huh?  Our present government is a fascist regime that feels the need to micromanage its subjects.\nCivil unions are not an exceptable substitute.  Why?  Because they do not come with the tax breaks and financial advantages that marriage does.\nPeople say that the "sanctity of marriage" should not be tainted by gay love.  I challenge that.  I think that the "sanctity of marriage " is tainted by people who are abusive, and in loveless marriages because society says you should not get a divorce, or society says you should be married by a certain age.  Isn't love the basis for marriage?  To have and to hold for better or for worse?  What part of those vows can a homosexual not fulfill?  \nBIG BREATH. okay, I need to stop ranting now.  sorry  Oh and by the way, the reason people first came to live in this great country was to get away from oppression, because there ARE countries that are much worse.  Let us never forget this is the Land of the FREE and Home of the Brave.\nI'm really done now.
223697
Yes it does.  Some people refuse to open their minds to any lifestyle that does not fit their own.  Look at all the states that added anti gay marriage legislation to their state constitutions.   People should live and let live.
343100
I support gay marriage, and here's why.\n\n1. Gay marriage would in no way threaten traditional marriage any more than it is already. Straight couples do a good enough job of that themselves.\n\n2. Sure gay couples can't have biological children of their own. But if it's gonna be illegal for that reason, then straight couples who can't have kids shouldn't be able to get married either.\n\n3. While some religions prohibit gay marriage, this should have no bearing on US government policy. Separation of church and state, remember?\n\n4. To those who say homosexuality isn't natural: how many animals have you watched lately? There's plenty of gay cats and dogs and whatever else.\n\n5. Kids aren't any more likely to turn out gay with gay parents than they are with straight parents. Considering that most gay people today came from straight families, I don't see a correlation between sexuality of the parents and sexuality of the kids.
953253
You can't make decisions based on if you know someone involved or not.  You have to be empathetic or not to gay marriage regardless.  If one of your family members is gay, that doesn't change whether it is right or not for gays to be married.