so .. why does society shun same sex couples???
456332
I'm not judging anyone but the bible says it's wrong that's why he gave man woman to be his companion don't forget he didn't give Adam another man he gave him a woman for his company.
427913
I agree with you to an extent. I think as a society there is too much emphasis on labeling and marginalizing people. Everyone's different though. I'm sure plenty of people are specifically attracted to one gender and not the other, while some people could potentially be attracted to/fall in love with someone of the same or opposite sex. I think people should accept love wherever and however they find it.
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i havent read all the responses to this ques so sorry for any over lapping ideas.\ni am of the opinion that being attracted to the same sex is the most natural thing, and man woman marriage is a part of conditioning. well now that may be refuted. but marriage, relation or watever is a very personal choice. its like telling someone publically not to wear a bra but continue with a breif! i mean its ones choice whether he/she wants to b with a man a woman or both. if any one tries to stop this sort of personal desire or right, they are coming in the way of a person's regular life - and that my dear friends is the very basic threat to all our natural, basic and fundamental rights. this is the root cause of a lot of evil, disharmony and unhappiness to many people. live and let live. support those who want to b with people of their own sex. its healthy for them as well as people around them. being gay is like saying i'm happy, why come in someone's way of happiness? \nso yes...ultimatum - lesbian/gay marriages should be supported ad not banned. everyone has the right to a happy pesonal life that is spent in the loving wake of the one they chose to loose their heart to.
1023996
It amazes me that people are so hung up on gay marriage.  The "God didn't want it that way" crap holds no water, according to the Bible we should not kill, slavery is a good thing, adulterers should be put to death and women have no place in church leadership.........where is the logic to any of it??  I'm straight but I believe gays are treated in today's society is no better than African-Americans in Mississippi in the 1950/60's.  I really think it all boils down to fear and ignorance.
14150
First of all, how old are you? Second, same sex relationships are ungoldy, hence the non-approval from your folks. They know what's best. Respect them, and honor them.
473708
Because people fail to understand being gay is who we are.\n\nWhu are people straight?\nWhy are people people?
646371
It doesn't. I'm all for happy couples, and I don't care whether they're heterosexual couples or homosexual couples. Our society is improved when an individual is free to love the person of his/her choice, regardless of sexual orientation. I've heard it positioned that condoning homosexual unions somehow deteriorates the "sacred" institution of marriage. How is that? Heterosexuals have already done that, with no outside help!
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to MISS POLY...you rub your marriage in my face. \nI have no idea why people are so against gay marriage...I am gay, and I do NOT want to get married. But, in fairness, the legal protections offered Straights are denied the same tax-paying gays...Gays have no rights of inheritance, Social Security Benefits, etc. I have known couples who spent a life together, both contributing equally to the assests, who, in stupidity, did not write iron-clad wills. The family of one who had died, came in, broke the will, and took everything that the couple had amassed in a lifetime, leaving the guy left behind with nothing! Things are pretty sad in this world, and this prejudice just makes things sadder. Oh, and by the way...your question wording is cute. I am gay and gray...well, what's left of it, anyway. :-)
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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.
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Two people who willfully choose to join themselves in a committed relationship and who plan to stick it out through the good times and bad times, come hell or high water.\n\nSince this is the LGBT forum, I will add this. I am really angry about all the hoopla about gay marriage going on in my country (US) right now. So many people keep saying marriage is a one man + one woman only affair, but the fact of the matter is that marriage, at least in the US, is a LEGAL MATTER. If you choose to have a religious ceremony, it isn't legal until you get the marriage license issued by the state. Since it's a legal contract, I find it obscene that anyone wants to legislate that it can only be between a man and a woman. If marriage was simply a religious affair, then I would say it was up to the religious leaders of that faith to say who can and who cannot be married, but I find it repugnant that some people are not allowed to enter into a binding legal agreement simply because they happen to be of the same sex. The simple fact that I have two X chromosomes, and my partner is an XY gives us, automatically, all sorts of rights and privileges that are denied to other couples because they are the same sex. I am weary of people saying, "well, they can go to an attorney and make sure that they inherit each other's stuff, and they can go to an attorney and legally adopt each other's kids, and they can go to an attorney and give each other medical power of attorney, and they can go to an attorney..." because all of that stuff was just given to me and my husband when we married. No one in a committed relationship should have to spend thousands of dollars in legal fees getting their ducks in a row so that when something happens to one of them they can end up with a rotten judge in court and have it overturned in favor of "next of kin", who are, sadly, not always mindful of what their dearly departed would have wanted. It's all just offensive to me. \n\nOkay, sorry for the outburst. I will put my soapbox away now.
1003980
Its been quietly going on for some time.  The recent furor over legal same sex marriages has just put it in the public eye.  Lesbian priests, gay marriage, and western civilization hasn't fallen.
38062
I could care less either way.  I'm in a great heterosexual marriage.  I love every min of it.  Now who am I to deny the same pleasures to a couple of the same sex?  What if my neighbors were in a same sex marriage?  It wouldn't really affect me.  It's not like I'm forced to partake in thier daily life.
784269
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.
1009978
Because currently, it is a very taboo subject.\nPeople are scared of the unknown and things they don't understand, so to cover up for their ignorance they mock and disrespect gays.\n\nPeople can be real dumb sometimes.
452020
Because polygamy is WRONG.  Marriage is about commitment between two people, not three, four, or five.  And there's nothing wrong with homosexuality.  I think they have as much a right to get married as anybody else, as long as its only to ONE person!
1064338
I agree it may be easier in the sense of dominate and passive issues that men and women face. In as much; it can be equally challenging if not more worse because of cultural limitations. Gays generally don't show openly affection to each others as their counterparts. Gays, are not allowed to marry; which in itself can cause all sorts of family problems if the other becomes sick. Gays are not allowed as much as straights in regards to health benefits and insurance. Gays aren't afforded the same courtesy that heterosexual get on a daily bases. These facts commingled with the challenge people have in general relationships can make being in a gay relationship very hard.
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I am not sure I understand why you are under the impression that because a person believes that two people who are in love should be given the opportunity to be connected through matrimony is necessarily a cheerleader for the gay community. I think that all someone who is in favor of loving persons connecting through matrimony is in favor of is the confirmation that marriage is for people in love. Not necessarily heterosexuals, bi-sexuals, or homo-sexuals. To support the idea that something as beautiful as a lifetime committment to one another can only be reserved for one specific type of couple is, to me, more bizarre than I can comprehend.  There is no language in any of the bills that says you are required to like anyone in the gay community, or that you even are required to affiliate with anyone in the gay community, only that they can commit to one another in a \nrecognized ceremony.