Lets hear your views on same-sex marriages?
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I dont think it should matter to others when two people of the same sex want to get married. I mean, its not harming them in any way, shape, or form. Why do they have to be in someone elses business and stop someone else from being happy. Just because you arent happy with your life, you shouldnt throw around complaints about what others are doing with theirs, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU. \nReligious people who said "God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve" need to open their eyes. Society is changing. People are changing. They aren't changing in a way that they are becoming gay, it's just that people are having more courage to come out of the closet because society is slowly becoming more accepting (more or less, except for those who are still prejudice). There have always been gay people and there always will be. Why are we tormenting them just because they are different? Is it right to torment someone because of their race? their ethnicity? their culture? their age? their religion?\nNO, its wrong to do that! It's wrong to point out a certain group of people and shun them for their preferences. Denying them the right to marry who they love is denying them the right to happiness.\nIn the Declaration of Independance, it clearly states that we are entitled to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" but with the government banning same-sex marriage, gays and lesbians are denied that right. They are denied the right to the "pursuit of happiness" because they are shun and belittled for being who they are. \n\nThere have been studies on this. It is proven that homosexuality is not something people CHOOSE to be, it's something that they are born with... something that they cant help. Don't tell me its bullsh*t because it has been proven and unless you give me SCIENTIFIC facts that proves otherwise, this is my belief. AND PLEASE DO NOT USE THE BIBLE AS A SOURCE TO TRY TO PROVE ME WRONG. The bible is entirely too religious for me. I am agnostic. I do not know what the bible says (except for the outline that homosexuality is a sin) and I really don't care what it says. You want to know why? IT'S BECAUSE IT'S A BUNCH OF NON-FACTUAL PIECES OF BIASED OPINIONS AND STORIES. I don't care for stories and I may listen to those opinions, but I do not agree with them.\nI have my own opinion and you may not agree with them, but at least I'm not teaching you to discriminate on anyone. You cannot and should not shun people for being who they are. This type of discrimination is unjust, it is unfair to the homosexuals and bisexuals, and it is just plain wrong.\nYou may think that homosexuality is wrong, but I think that homosexuality being discriminated upon is wrong.\n\nYou people have to open your eyes...
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I won't get into the sin thing, since I'm a Humanist and that's a religious concept, but it does seem to me that, if one of the reasons societies promote marriage is to promote stability, then it doesn't make sense to discourage same-sex couples from marrying.  Denying gay couples the right to marry is not defending marriage.
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I don't know if marriage is a basic human right.  Living with dignity, access to clean water and decent food, those seem like human rights.\n\nMarriage is a convenient financial arrangement.  For that reason I think legal unions between gays should be allowed.  Right now a partner cannot be "next of kin" if the other is in the hospital.  Most employers and states don't recognize a partner as a beneficiary or a dependent for insurance.  Gay couples should have the same rights for this.  \n\nFor the people who are against it, I am not sure why.  It really doesn't affect them.  I also don't get why gays are barred from adopting children.  Is a kid better off bouncing around from group home or foster home to foster home?  Don't you think that kid would choose a stable loving household over institutional care?
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I'm a lesbian in a committed long term relationship (over three years and counting!) and of course I wish it were legal.  The only argument against it is a religious one and since marriage is a legal institution and not a religious one, that shouldn't have any bearing on the subject.  Besides which, just because the majority of people feel what I do in my personal life is not for them, does not mean they should be able to make decisions control what I do and feel in my personal life.  This has happened in the past with races and cultures and the majority of people controlled what (for example) the African Americans could and couldn't do (segregation, voting etc.) and we now recognize this as wrong.  I'm hoping that we can overcome this one day as the other races have.
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I think gay marriage is the least of our problems right now.\n\nLet 'em get married if they want.  If you don't believe in gay marriage- don't marry one!  Seriously.  \n\nAs someone once said, "I think gay people should be allowed to get married.  They deserve to be as miserable as the rest of us."\n\nBTW... England now allows for same-sex unions.  They don't seem to be doing bad.  In fact, their economy is MUCH better than ours!
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I believe that same gender marriages should be allowed and I am happily married and not cheating on my spouse.But I do agree with you. Divorce and adultry are blatant attacks on marriage so they should be banned to if they are going to use that arguement against same sex unions.
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I dont think that wanting to spend your life with that one special person, (no matter race, creed or sex) is a bad thing! If your in love and it's true than who is it hurting to make it legal?\n I dont think that homosexuals should be segregated!! I think that gay marriage should be legal! It should be every individuals choice!
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You can read all about this issue here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_South_Africa
527126
Okay- I did a Public Speaking presentation on same-sex marriage. (BTW, not only homosexuals want to get married to people of their own gender, bisexuals would like to do it too; if you use "same-sex" marriage, it's more professional, since that's what the news media has termed it recently.)  In the sources, I've put all the internet sources I used.  I'm not sure if this will help, since you didn't specify if it could be an online newspaper or if it had to be a print newspaper.  Good luck!\n\nNOTE: For the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (last link), I used Articles: 1, 6, 7, 12, and especially 16\n\n(PS- I can't remember where I found it, but I remember one of the pros was that married people pay more taxes, so that if same-sex couples were allowed to marry they'd be charged under spousal income tax laws and more money would flow into the government.)
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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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Anyone who loves one another should be able to marry.\n\nIt is sham marriages without love that should be illegal. And divorce, too. Same sex marriages are less likely to end in divorce than straight marriages. Why don't all the people who claim to be standing up for "family values" try to make divorce illegal? I think that they are all thinly veiled gay bashers because if they really cared about family values they would try to reduce the divorce rate.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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If two people want to live together, they should live together -- regardless of sex.  I'm not a big fan of institutional marriage -- all those Biblical concepts (marriage, gays...) are misinterpretations.  Let people do what they want - as long as they don't infringe upon other people's rights.  Practice tolerance and minding your own business.\n\nPeace.
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same sex relationships dont bother me in the slightest. yes i believe they should be allowed, and yes, it should be called Marriage. I'm straight too, so i dont think this affects me on any level, but i try to look at it from a different standpoint...what if i were straight, in a world that was homosexual? what if i was the minority, wanting the right to marry someone of the opposite gender?
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I agree.  Women should also be able to marry multiple men.  This is just the legislation of morality, and there is no victim, as long as the participants are all of legal age.  We have legalized a lot of other things (such as domestic partners and sodomy), and there is no real reason in my mind for this last holdout.  If you are going to legalize some of it, you might was well legalize it all.