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I think so - esp if both couples are happy. Why the heck not. Besides this is 2007 and not the dark ages :o)

wow, for someone named tranquility youre sure tryin to open up a can of worms!
of course it should be, what the hell is the difference a woman and a man or two women or two men!?!? marriage is about love and commitment, so if two people love each other and want to commit to each other no one has the right to stop that.
with all the crap goin on in the world today, two people being in love should be celebrated and embraced i say.

love is a private matter. whenever it became a matter of courts–i don’t know–but that was a big mistake.

For the United States, all I can say is “separation of church and state”.

Once you remove the religious factor, there is really no reason two people of the same gender of consenting ages should not be able to join into a contract which gives them a tax break. While also having to go through the same horrible mess, in the case it doesn’t work out and they get divorced. The government really doesn’t concern it’s self with regards to heterosexual marriages—for the most part it is simply a change of status; but to the two people involved in the union—that’s where the relationship matters.

I would guess that if they make it ok in this sense, then they’d have the military and positions within the government to worry about.

i think as long as two people are in love and comitted to each other it shouldnt matter if there the same sex.

I think a good side is that many of them would want to adopt children in order to have a family..

And there are so many children that were left by their parents.
Maybe that would be positive.

I dont see why they want to get married, after all marriage is a symbol of an institution which by definition hates gays.

Im all for some form of partnershit which gives them the same legal rights as a marriage though, but wanting to get married when your gay seems somewhat, paradoxical to me.

I think the issue has to do with equality.

I think the instution of marriage should be abolished. it has outlived it’s usefullness..
If you want to be with someone for the rest of your life, why do you need a state or church sponsered piece of paper?

silly, in my opinion..sorry

my spelling is horrible.

anyone should be able to marry anyone they love regardless of anything.
Marriage is all for legal purposes anyway. My husband and I were together for 7 years before we got married. And the only reason we got married is that I could put him on my insurance. We already lived together and had a child together. To us it’s just a piece of paper.

Doesn’t matter to me

NO WAY!

NOT A CHRISTIAN!!!!!

*Laughs to self* Sorry…

OK, now that I’ve gotten that off my chest, I have to say that I am totally impressed that FIRST I read Crackhacky’s Wiccan thread without seeing a single reply pelting it with passages from Exodus. Then, I come here and find an entire gaggle of persons admirably and sensibly defending the rights of all Americans to wed. Today is a good day!

I’m not really sure that I can add anything of substance to this conversation, as everyone seems to be on the same page already. For my part, I’ve always thought it would help the public discourse if we transitioned the legal language away from the word “marriage” and employed a more secular terminology. There is no legal precedent whatsoever suggesting that two persons of the same gender cannot join into a voluntary union, so let the churches have their sacred “marriages” and keep religion out of public law where it belongs.

K, that’s it :)

Super TeeJay i believe the reason no one massacred my post was because i wrote right on top that i didn’t want to hear it :). This post, however, surprised me too. :). Those Christians can be vicious…

(I mean no rudeness to Christians)

No.

just no. your not going to elaborate on that. your the first… come on. it’s ok.

are gay marriages allowed?

this reminds me a lot of the guy that sued Hooters for not letting him be a waitress….see if anyone can figure that out.

In NJ they are not called marriage they are called unions. Same sh*t.

yeah, as long as everything is equal DoubleO.

ÅKSLOGISTIC® : maybe he had man-boobs….

ah, so is it about the semantics, or the institution..I can never understand either side of it. Are there benefits to being married?

do Gays just want the right to marriage because they do not have it, or what?

this issue seems like such a non-issue compared to other things, not to put anyone down

Crack, the guy lost his suit..it was called frivolous, and thrown out…see, waitresses are female, not male, and Hooters only uses waitresses

Umm, yeah. As long as both in the marriage are comfortable with it, it’s fine.

well couldn’t he be a waiter?

they do not have waiters at hooters..do you know hooters?

yeah, i know hooters. it doesn’t matter..

the whole waitress thing is kinda their…thing..the guy was just looking to stir it up…later, they offered him a position, as a kind of mascot, he refused

I dont think they should, gay is wrong in my religion

what is your religion (if you don’t mind me asking) I assume it Christianity of some sort…

gay is pretty natural..not saying it is right or wrong, but it exsists.

HEY, please do not start the religion bashing here..Bob is too young to even have a religion, no offense Bob.

sorry! just curious. how many religions are against gay-ness? Does anyone know?

I think it is mostly the Fundamentalist..Christian, Muslim, Jew…not sure about the lesser religions.

Some believe that homosexuality is natural to mammels, and it is a temptation to be avoided, like violence and anger. I think a lot of the religious reaction to it is based on this, but it is not spoken of openly, because that would mean everyone is a little gay, haha

I think the bias against homosexual or bisexual people is taken way too far. In my town, homophobes are more common than racists. I just think that everyone should be allowed to have their own opinion and love whoever they want, be it a man or a woman. Also homosexual urges may be do to hormonal imbalances, and uncontrollable to the person. How can hormones be ‘wrong’? “Gay is wrong.” That’s like saying ‘Black is wrong’ or ‘Hindu is wrong.’ That kind of bias is what segregates human beings and forces them into untrue generalizations.

See i don’t put gayness and race together. it just doesn’t mesh for me. I have the opinion “why should i care…?”

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“Gay Marriage” is really something that needs to be brought up in a church/parish. It’s not something that should be legislated, as ‘marriage’ is a religious institution.

All government acknowledgments of Marriage should be abolished, as that’s a direct connection between Church and State. The State should only recognize Civil Unions, and remove any associations with marriage between citizens. This removes the benefit gap between civil unions and legally recognized marriages, and removes the religious nature of the legislation handled by politicians.

If a homosexual couple wants to get Married in the sacred sense of the term, they really need to find a religion that allows or is open to it.

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