<p>But see, it you’re not giving any justifiable reason why they shouldn’t be allowed to marry except for the idea that it’s “yucky”. We don’t make laws based on what is “yucky”, or what is “unatural”, we make laws so that everyone is equal, and right now gays are certainly not equal.</p>
<p>have you asked yourself why gay people throughout history have always been shunned by society? The only reson gay people were burned at the steak in the past or judged by others or whatever is because it’s just not something normal. It goes against nature. People may become more and more open to the idea as time goes by, but people will always think of it as a preversion or deviation to some extent. Unless the whole world is convinced that gay people are no different from straight people, they will never have the right to get married.
imo it’s not because gay people want to get married. They want to do it because they can’t. It’s in human nature. I mean, straight couples can spend their whole lives living together unmarried. I doubt that the gay people will actually get married once they have the right to do so. (excluding some of course, some are actually sincere about it).</p>
<p>No, only people like you think it is “perverted” . people like me find it perfectly natural, it exists in all aspects of nature. </p>
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<p>You obviously don’t fully understand what getting married entails. It’s far more than some church ceremony. When two people are legally married they get tax refunds, benefits, if one dies they partner takes ownership, if one unconcious or deathly ill the partner has the right of medical consent. if they adopt, and one passes away the other partner has the right of the child.</p>
<p>Because gay’s can’t get married, they get none of that. No support from the government or the law. How is that fair?</p>
<p>I knew all that.
So basically what you’re saying is that they just want material benifits and they don’t really care about their “love” or “affection for one another”.</p>
<p>O come on. If you had a child with someone, then that loved one died, how would you feel when that kid is stripped away and you learn you have no say.</p>
<p>Maybe you should stop thinking of everyone as being as greedy and selfish as you apparently seem to think. SO you feel homosexuals than have absolutely no feelings for others, almost as if they are dehuman. Yea…those thoughts existed several decades ago…during the time of slaves.</p>
<p>I didn’t say they didn’t have feeling. You implied it. And if that “love” was so sincere and honest, then a piece of paper saying “legally married” shouldn’t matter at all.</p>
<p>If it doesn’t matter at all to you, then why aren’t you against abolishing all marriages entirely? To you, it is some scheme that people do for monetary benefit, so why support it? </p>
<p>I already told you the importance of getting a marriage license sot he couples can help each other when they need to.</p>
<p>alot of countries have legalised gay marriage. If they really wanted to, they’d emigrate. Gays shouldn’t try to force their gayness down peoples throats. Some people won’t accept the idea, just do what you want somewhere else and save yourslef the trouble.</p>
<p>How is wanting to get married “forcing it down people’s throats” and if you don’t “believe” in homosexuality then you are pretty naive</p>
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<p>If your homophobic or something and gay people bother you, don’t spend all your time with them. Avoid them. Ignore them. Do what u want somewhere else? Or you,personally, could leave. Problem solved</p>
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<p>But see, that’s the point: America is suppose to be the greatest country in the world: the place where all men are created, equal rights for all, pursuit of happiness…yet it’s AMERICA and people like you who refuse these rights to certain Americans. </p>
<p>And someone getting married, in the private of their lives…and being gay, in the private of their own homes, isn’t shoving it down our throats. </p>
<p>In fact, it is your “sanctity of marriage” bs that is being shoved down their throats, so don’t try and spin it the other way.</p>
<p>All I know is that gay people aren’t hurting me by being gay, so I could care less whether they get married. That’s their business.</p>
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<p>Haha, he’s Egyptian.</p>
<p>Yea, this was a couple of pages ago, but I’m pretty sure that Fides et Ratio is saying that if gay marriage was legalized, then he wouldn’t want to be forced to prefor marraiges for gay people under the church, which I’m pretty sure won’t happen, churches being forced to marry gay people, if gay marriage was legalized.</p>
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<p>While I didn’t know he was Egyptian, I automatically assumed this thread’s topic about legalizing gay marriage was geared toward America, because that has been the biggest controversy lately. </p>
<p>And I don’t really care if they accept gay marriage in the church,the real issue is the legal side of marriage.</p>
<p>What should happen is that the government should allow gay couples, and all couples for that matter, to get a marriage license from the state, and then they can get a blessing from the church they attend (if they do), and if the church won’t give them a blessing, they can do without, or find a new church that will.</p>
<p>I already made it perfectly clear that I don’t give a crap if someone is gay. He can be gay on his own time. And when did I say I hang out with gay people; one gay friends is not hanging out them. Besides, he’s not even in the country now.
Look, sooner or later, gay marriage will be legalized. I’m just saying it’s not right and if I were a priest, I would never agree to it; but that’s me.</p>
<p>I don’t really care whether gay will mary themselves or not – let them do whatever they want to do. What really shouldn’t happen is getting kids from orpahanages by officially married gays.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s a good idea for gay people to adopt.</p>
<p>Why not? If they are going to be loving and caring parents, why should it matter?</p>
<p>a baby should have a mother and a father. Having two momies or two daddies can confuse them.</p>