If we allow man + man marriage, in all fairness would we have to allow man + little_boy marriage?
464158
in some contries they already have Human+ animal marriage.\n\nand just like any other law.. people under 18 can't get married to a person over 18 without the parents saying okay...remember..
631327
I have found that some sects in Christianity have no problem with this type of ceremony.  I know that as my husband and I got married (he's catholic and I was raised jewish) that the Catholic Church would have no problem with us getting married and would request a neutral location and that clergy from both religions be allowed to preside. I think the 2 faiths are used to crossing over in some cases.
738565
I think so!!!! You should read the book called why men marry B****. It's really a good book!!!
3861
No I dont but the bible says a man and a woman are to leave thier families and become one with thier spouse. Always put him before any others and honor your marridge. Do not let anyone put preasure on your maridge and they had thier chance when you got married to speak or forever hold thier peace,,,perhaps you could remind them of that .....
823928
"I want to marry my dog"\nOk there's your example.  It is a slippery slope argument.  The institution of marriage was intended to be a sacred bond between one man and one woman.  What happens when you go outside of that?  The next step is polygamy.  Why shouldn't a man marry his favorite 12 women?  Let's take it farther: Why shouldn't a man marry a young boy, if the boy is consenting?  Why shouldn't beastiality be acceptable to the government as legit?  What about incest?  Why shouldn't a woman be allowed to marry a tree?\n\nThe danger is the cheapening of marriage and making a mockery of it.  This breeds apathy, which is what brought down the Roman Empire.
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.
35814
Do I think so?  Yes of course gay and lesbian couples should be allowed to get married if they choose.  However, the problem that you have in the United States, at present time, is that the "Powers that be"  are looking at marriage as an institute ordained by God, and then basing their judgements on gay marriage on the views of homosexuality in the Bible.  \n\nThis way of thinking is a problem for a couple reasons:  1)  The Bible speaks in reference to men and women joining together and looks down upon homosexual relations, well at the same time the Bible also says that men and women when joining together should be equally yoked.  Which to me means that if you are going to apply one section of the Bible to laws on marriage, you would also have to apply the Bible's teachings to all marriages in question.  So, people of different religous background and orientations could no longer marry, nor people of different ethnic backgrounds.  After all, why should we just apply one section of the Bible to marriage laws right?  2) We are supposed, as far as I understand it, have a seperation of Church and State in this country, to assure that religious persecution does not cross over into the laws of the land, which in this case is what I believe we have here.\n\nMy 2 cents.....
81509
Absolutely. I'm married and am hetero. And I think ANYONE (with certain AGE exclusions of course) should be able to marry ANYONE else. What is the freakin problem with that? Are people afraid that gay couples are going to multiply and spread their "disease" across America? That's total crap.\n\nNOBODY can come up with a rational, intelligent reason why gays should not be allowed to marry, Most people's sorry-arse theories include something like, "Well if gays can marry...WHAT NEXT, cats and Pygmies? The abolishment of polygamy laws???"\n\nLive and let live, America! Stop being so spineless and narrow-minded.
688106
Well\n\nIf the liberals get their way, it is a possibility we'll see it here. The uber-libs have no problem pushing for the redefinition of marriage to suit their warped views and political needs.\n\nMarriage is the spiritual and legal union between a man and a woman, P-E-R-I-O-D. Let everyone pursue their own happiness, be with whomever they choose. But if they choose to be with someone of the same sex, with something from a different species, or to attempt to mate with an oak tree, than take it for what it is. But what it is is NOT marriage.
538697
How about marrying a woman with more than one husband? I could benefit from my brothers, have plenty of time for myself, have plenty of help in caring for my children, but I might have to wait for alone time. \nCheck out the social heirarchy of gorilla packs and chimp tribes. Other primates have this sort of arrangement too, so its definately a part of our social anscestry.
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Personally, I don't believe it will damage our society. Most of the ppl in the world are very religious and believe marriage should just be between a man and a woman. But we are human beings just like them, except we love a person of the same gender. Theirs nothing different between us except that. Everyone has their own beliefs on this issue. I just say you can't help who you fall in love with!!! Been with my gf for 2 yrs now!!! And we're still goin!!
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I think it's a great idea.\n\nThe only real problem I have with homosexual marriage is that once you change the definition of marriage the freakshows will start coming out and demanding their right to marry animals and shoes and pieces of land ... how do you make the legislation so that consenting adults can marry but they have to marry other people. You know that as soon as you allow homosexual marriage but say it has to be between two people some guy is gonna sue for his right to marry a hole in a watermelon. The madness will never stop.
392945
I have nothing against same-sex marriages. I think it's really stupid how the government is not allowing it in the US. We have the freedom of religion. Wouldn't that mean that we have the freedom to choose what sex our marriage partner is? This topic is purely religious, and what happened to "seperation of church and state"? For the land of the free, there are a lot of useless things restricting our freedom.
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
747548
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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note about the answers above... the person was asking a serious question, don't tarnish it by using your christian-right disapproval.\n\nMy answer is yes, it's perfectly possible- you can enter into a civil partnership whatever gender you are recognised as.
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.