how do you gay people feel about the gay marriage being called civil union?
967475
This whole "different but equal" approach didn't work for how blacks and whites were treated in the 40's and 50's and 60's, and it isn't gonna work for gays and straights now.\nSame is same.  Call it the same.
490449
I'm not gay, and i think they should. People should be allowed to marry who they want. The only reason people are trying to ban it is because of religious beliefs (i.e. conservative christians) getting in the way of non-biased desicions that could legalize it.
192672
Yeah it does but most people are scared of changing tradition or thinking outside the box. Gay marriage shouldn't be a matter of morality. It's a matter of rights. Gays have a right to pursuit of happiness like the rest of us. I don't think it's right that the government should say who and who can't be married. That just opens the doors for them to step into other issues that they should stay out of.
199651
Sorry this is a long one, but ignorant people make me so I think that most people are accepting of homosexuals today, but they aren't gung ho about accepting it.  I accept homosexuals for who they are and think they should have the right to marry.  I have gay friends and see no problem with their lifestyle.  However I'm not about to go protest in favor of it.  Not because I'd be embarrassed, but because I'm way too lazy to protest for anything.  Whereas we've all seen the bible thumping lunatics in the streets screaming to keep certain rights away from people they don't agree with.  They're too stupid to realize gay people are born that way, because if they admitted it they'd have to admit the bible is wrong, and at that point their whole foundation of life would crumble.  They're idiots who base their lives off of a fictional book(the bible).  If there was ever a proposition or something that I a voter could vote on directly, you'd have my vote.  People in love should be able to marry regardless of who they're in love with.  This is one straight man who is giving you his vote.
917310
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.
155078
Well most people fighting for gay marriage also call it civil marriage (to differntiate from religious marriage, no one wants to force any religion to marry same sex couples) or equal marriage rights.  Gay marriage is largely an oxymoron, because we don't want a special gay version of marriage, we want the same marriage that heteros get.  However the term gay marriage is what has caught on in the press, so that is what most people use.
580173
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.
1128341
The word "marriage". Just because these few people are divorced under circumstances which obviously bother you doesn't change the fact that the word "marriage" means the union of one man and one woman.\n\nIf you want the state to recognize other unions, then call them that - unions. Call them ALL unions. "Marriage" is a religious term anyway.\n\nAnd why does it matter if these people divorced? Mr. Clinton made it alright for anyone to commit adultery, and you're worried about people getting legal divorces and remarrying?
882560
Only one, Massachusettes.  Although recently a ruling was made by the New Jersey Supreme Court that they must offer equal rights to gay relationships but the name hasn't been determined.  Whether they call it "marriage" or "civil unions" hasn't been determined yet.
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.
121341
I'm not really sure if marriage is a federal issue right now.  It will be a federal issue if the right-wingers get their way and change the Constitution.\n\nIt will be legal on a state by state basis when enough people realize that the only real argument against it is of a religious nature and that there is a constitutional separation of church and state.\n\nThink about it, gay people should have the same rights as every other American and allowing them to be legally married would harm no one!
1094771
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.
1160673
Marriage is what you make of it. If you make it sacred, it will be sacred.\n\nI think most people have made a mockery out of what is supposed to be a very special thing.\n\nI also do not think allowing homosexuals to marry will "ruin" the sacred bonds of marriage. We straight people have already done that.
333275
Honestly, in my opinion i don't think anything of gay marrige! Its just like sayin why do Blacks and Whites marry or Japense and Korean.  Its been a proven fact you can't make yourself fall inlove with someone you just do!  Most people can't even controll who they do fall inlove with or if they Gay...Lesbo...or Strait (like me and you).  Im not saying that there right nor wrong but (i know your not but lets just say) If you were a lesbo would you rather live you'r life alone because they wont let you get married to the one you love! Once again im not saying why its right but its the law and we can't change it... go for Press I'll vote for you. ;)
940385
A same sex union forms a part of the framework of civil unions. Marriage is a more religious name for the same thing. There are a few differences depending on where the law exists, but essentially they are the same.
551910
Well its not really "marriage" is it.\n\nMarriage is recognised by God as a man and a woman.\n\nI think if two people want to spend the rest of their lives together, and they are gay.  Feel free, but its not natural so dont parade it around in front of others.
755186
I think civil unions are a step in the right direction.  But one of your points is not true.  Marriage is not a religious institution.  Marriage is a civil contract.  If a couple wishes to marry in their church, they do so.  But marriage is just as legal with no religious connotations applied to it.  Get married in a church without registering it with the government and you are not legally married.  Get married in your local government office and it's legal whether you are religious or not.  Religious organizations have the perfect right to reject it, though all do not.  Legalizing gay marriage will not force churches to perform ceremonies, that is up to the church.\n\nI think those people who "experiment" with their sexuality are exploring their bisexuality, many human beings are bisexual, not all act on it.  Most truly gay people know they are gay when puberty comes upon them.  Some try to go straight to please family, friends, churches and out of plain panic and fear.  If we ever learn to accept homosexuality as an innate sexual orientation people won't have that problem to contend with and we won't have gay people getting married to straights to try and please society.  Science has been exploring this for some time, and all nonbiased studies are pointing to homosexuality as being innate.  I believe they are on their way to proving scientifically what gay people already know, it is innate.  I'm cynical enough to believe when it is announced as a fait accompli that religious nuts and homophobes alike will ask as their first question "Is there a cure then?"  Some ignorance never dies.