Are religious people the only ones who think gay marriage is ridiculous?
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Ten Speed,\nYou should check out how many heterosexual Step parents ruin their children's lives by incestous rape... even Lot had sex with his two daughters, so if a chosen of "god" does it then its Divine sanction?. Being Gay doesnt make you a Sex-Maniac, notice most rapists are Heterosexual? It is people like you with so much ignorance in ASSUMING every gay man wants to get you in bed that breeds Hate Crimes and discrimination. Take a look... Most gay people are wayyyyy better looking that regular guys, why would they want YOU unless of course you looked like Tom Cruise or Colin Farrell\n\nGay doesn't only mean 2 men but can also mean 2 women. \n\nStimpy,\n\nYou must be like what..12 years old? A man who wants to be a woman is not called a gay person, that is a Transgendered person or Transexual. Equip yourself with knowledge before unveilling your ignorance\n\nGay Marrigae is NOT ridiculous if it is done with Love of two people. There are some pretty ridiculous straight marriages too, like getting married while half-boozed with tequila? And joined in Holy Matrimony by a priest that dresses as Elvis? Its ridiculous but it's ridiculous fun.... \n\nNOTHING is THAT ridiculous if it makes the loving couple happy... whoa re WE to tell them how to live their lives when we ourselves are trying to do well withour own?
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I've said it before, and I'll continue to say it. Sheer insanity is the ONLY force driving anyone to oppose Gay marriage, for there is NOT ONE consequence resulting from gay marriage that would harm anyone / anything anywhere in this universe.\n\nGays can make marriages worthy to be admired.\nGays can effectively lead children into adulthood.\nChildren raised by Gays are not harmed/damaged in anyway.\nGays have careers, own homes, participate civily in communities all over the place.\nGays pay taxes and contribute much to the economy all over.\nGay marriages will NOT threaten the human species.\nGay marriage will NOT affect "straight" marriages.\nGay marriages will NOT diminish the number of "straight" marriages commencing from year to year.\n\nTo be sure, Gay marriages will require levels of responsibility equal to all the tasks that come with the package. In many ways the scenario will be no different than heterosexual marriages.\n\nThis is NOT a religious matter.\nThis is a civil matter.\nThis is about love, affirmation, responsibility with family matters and life decision matters.\n\nThis is the 21 century of reality. Gay marriages will NOT contribute ANY harm to the life of things on planet earth. Only the insanely driven and/or sleep walking bigots would think otherwise.
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Why not?  People complain it is against God.  so those who feel that way should decline wedding invitations from gays.  MAN makes these rules and uses God as an excuse.  There are religions where a man can have many wives; do you  hear anyone complaining?  Anyway marriage does not have to be a religious ceremony.  People get married every day by a Justice of the Peace, a Mayor, even a ship's captain.  atheists get married.  what's the big deal?   so all the people who think this is a sin, would leave the "sinners" alone,  after all isn't it their God's job to judge them?  and to "punish".  They do believe their God gave them "free will" don't they?
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Yes, the religous folk do seem very contradictory at times. Personally, I believe that a lot "religious people" (Think Dana Carvey as the Church Lady) miss the point of their beliefs. And that is acceptance. The way gay marriage is being protrayed in the media is almost laughable if it weren't true. Them not being allowed to get married is just another form of discrimination and this time in history will be marked for this civil right. I don't believe people will start marrying sheep or some other idiotic claim these people make. It's just fear of the unknown and the fear makes these people want to get rid of it. \n\nAs for sex, it's a natural thing. Whether you believe me or not, religion is a way of controlling behavior, look back to the Middle Ages if you don't believe me, and sex is one of those urges though totally natural, suppressed. Just like nudity (see Genesis) or other "sins." As for why these people speak of it constantly, well, let's just call it "sexual frustration" and thus they must get the frustration out of their system. It's a lot like if you had a fight with a friend and have to vent to someone so you feel better.
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Not really.  What really pees me off is that it is 2006 and there are still so many people who believe in a magic sky fairy that created fruit munching simpletons that lived in a magic garden.  I don't care if their names are Adam and Eve Adam and Steve or Ron and Nancy.  They are myths, and the vast mass of the human race will remain a pack of backward cretins who interfere in the lives of those few of us who can think clearly as long as these myths are taken seriously.  Take for example the gay/lesbian issue.  Here is a list of objections to homosexuality NOT rooted in the arbitrary myths of religion:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n.
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People, in this case women, who like to try to throw a monkey wrench into the fact that God created men, women and marriage for the purpose of trying to keep stuff like this from happening. The act of homosexuality is even disgusting to God!
660997
im all about that first amendment,\n\nbut get their god(s) out of the science classroom please,\nthank you\n\nand this idea of theocracy is insane, no gay marriage cause of "gods law", this is bunk,\n\nabortion - an atheist can find abortion immorral and ask his govt to make it illegal and is not imposing his religion, \n\nbut to say we want gods laws to be the laws of america, and thus we want gay marriage wrong,\nthis im anti-
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Absolutely NOT I also will not ever change my views on this i dont care if you give me a thousand little thumbs down its just plain wrong...its adam and eve not adam and steve!\n\nThis is based on all my relgious training and views and beliefs by far gay marriage is not right . I don't hate them but im not for it for sure.
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First, I must once again I must couch an objection to the term "gay marriage" because gay people aren't looking for a new form of marriage... they're trying to join everyone else in  marrying the person they love.\n\nSecond, I think the series of answers saying "hey!  I don't object!" probably establishes that not everyone has a problem, and I'm glad they don't.\n\nHowever, as far as those who have a problem with the notion, I have read the Bible quite thoroughly, and yes, I must admit most of those who object to the concept of "gay marriage" do so because of what is written in its pages.\n\nThe thing about it, though, is that if you pay real attention to modern Christian doctrine, very little of it comes from the words of Jesus, at least in America.  It would probably inconvenience the lives of Christians far too much to have to admit Jesus forbids them most of their judgmental actions (along with quite a few other things like keeping excess wealth, publicly donating to charity and being recognized for it, eating non-kosher foods, divorcing and re-marrying, etc).\n\nFor the moment, Christianity largely seems to have become a movement for those who don't want to be righteous so much as they want to be self-righteous, which always comes with a core of egotistical judgmentalism.  It isn't enough for most people to be faithful, they have to find a way to scorn those who don't share their faith, and it often manifests in movements like this, to forbid other people rights they feel entitled to themselves on the basis of the fact they don't like the minority choice.\n\nI would object to that notion, and so would the Founding Fathers, on many grounds, though they are often pointed to as supporting the idea of America as a "Christian Nation".  To that, I would have to quote Dave Chappelle:\n\n"Hmmm... let's see... 'We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, and are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, among those being life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness'... that's a good start.  Get over here n*gger!  Bring me my dinner or I'll kill you!!!"  \n\nSo, the Founding Fathers may not have been the flawless thinkers on the subject of human rights or protecting the minority we'd like to think they are.\n\nOn the other hand, though, I would also have to quote the man who actually WROTE our Constitution, James Madison:\n\n"I must admit moreover that it may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of separation between the rights of religion and the civil authority with such distinctness as to avoid collisions and doubts on unessential points. The tendency to a usurpation on one side or the other or to a corrupting coalition or alliance between them will be best guarded against by entire abstinence of the government from interference in any way whatever, beyond the necessity of preserving public order and protecting each sect against trespasses on its legal rights by others."\n\nAnd:\n\n"Experience witnesseth that ecclesiastical establishments, instead of maintaining the purity and efficacy of religion, have had a contrary operation. During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What has been its fruits? More or less, in all places, pride and indolence in the clergy; ignorance and servility in the laity; in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution."\n\nOr, to put it another way:\n\n"There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong"\n\nThere may be conflicting quotes by other Founding Fathers, but honestly I think when it comes to considering the American Constitution, what James Madison had to say about the matter probabl
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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.
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I say that everyone should do what they think will make themselves happy.\n\nI probably would not marry someone from another religion.  Too many differences.\n\nBut that's just me.
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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**
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I agree with you 100%. It is very sad to think that these people are missing out on the privilages of marriage just because of some moral objection to their lifestyle. I was under the impression that there was a separation of church and state in this country.
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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.
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I can't imagine.  I believe that marriage is a religious thing.  Civil unions are what the government should offer -- to everyone.  Churches should perform the weddings -- therefore, the Southern Baptists would not have gay weddings, but the United Church of Christ would.\n\nAnd then maybe everyone could be happy.\n\nAnd by the way, thank you for your support.  My partner and I have been together nearly 15 years.\n\nThank you again.\n\nReynolds Jones\nSchenectady, NY
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I've said it before, and I'll continue to say it.  Sheer insanity is the ONLY force driving anyone to oppose Gay marriage, for there is NOT ONE consequence resulting from gay marriage that would harm anyone / anything anywhere in this universe.\n\nGays can make marriages worthy to be admired.\nGays can effectively lead children into adulthood.\nChildren raised by Gays are not harmed/damaged in anyway.\nGays have careers, own homes, participate civily in communities all over the place.\nGays pay taxes and contribute much to the economy all over.\nGay marriages will NOT threaten the human species.\nGay marriage will NOT affect "straight" marriages.\nGay marriages will NOT diminish the number of "straight" marriages commencing from year to year.\n\nTo be sure, Gay marriages will require levels of responsibility equal to all the tasks that come with the package.  In many ways the scenario will be no different than heterosexual marriages.\n\nThis is NOT a religious matter.\nThis is a civil matter.\nThis is about love, affirmation, responsibility with family matters and life decision matters.\n\nThis is the 21 century of reality.  Gay marriages will NOT contribute ANY harm to the life of things on planet earth.  Only the insanely driven and/or sleep walking bigots would think otherwise.
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Marriage is a religious "Christian" institution. Gays should be allowed to join in legal "unions" that have all the same benefits of marriage. But to call it marriage is like a buddhist claiming he wants to have a Bar Mitzvah.