There will always be people that disapprove of same sex marriage...
personally I can care less about those people that think it is wrong...
Everyone has a right to their own opinions...and I will respect that
Straight people have no idea how hard it is to be homosexual in the United States--I should know since I am gay
Gay people should have the same rights as straight people--enough said
Originally posted by Shoukan
There will always be people that disapprove of same sex marriage...personally I can care less about those people that think it is wrong...
Everyone has a right to their own opinions...and I will respect that
Straight people have no idea how hard it is to be homosexual in the United States--I should know since I am gay
Gay people should have the same rights as straight people--enough said
the reson straight ppl have a problem with it is because they don't understand and because it's not normal, and if your not normal i.e. retarded, disabled, geeky, nerdy, weird, religious... your aren't really accepted, but being gay is of the worst in this society.
Originally posted by The Force
the reson straight ppl have a problem with it is because they don't understand and because it's not normal, and if your not normal i.e. retarded, disabled, geeky, nerdy, weird, religious... your aren't really accepted, but being gay is of the worst in this society.
I still think that it would have to go through "phases" like I mentioned in my previous post - i.e. the "contract" or "union" for financial purposes before same-sex marriage would eventually become the term used in the US. It's just the mindset that so many people have about marriage that isn't easy to change quickly. There are plenty of people who support the idea, but if they want the opposers to back down, they may have to do this in phases. I'm not saying that's how it should or shoudn't be. I'm just suggesting that it may be the only way to make it happen. Does that make sense?
Im straight and i think gay people have their rights, i mean..they are people too so they should have the same marriage rights as any plain heterosexual couple should have. Gay people do not bother me, whatsoever, i actually have some gay friends, and i treat them normally and not as if they are some freaks.
I still think that it would have to go through "phases" like I mentioned in my previous post - i.e. the "contract" or "union" for financial purposes before same-sex marriage would eventually become the term used in the US. It's just the mindset that so many people have about marriage that isn't easy to change quickly. There are plenty of people who support the idea, but if they want the opposers to back down, they may have to do this in phases. I'm not saying that's how it should or shoudn't be. I'm just suggesting that it may be the only way to make it happen. Does that make sense?
Yes it does..
Originally posted by yerssot
it shows that a lot of people are very mindset about a stupid word
It seems that way, but coming from a very "churchy" background, I can sort of understand why the word carries that meaning to some people. A lot of what we call "progress" in our society in the U.S. has been dismantling ideas that were set in place by religion. I'm trying to avoid a "religious" discussion here, but it's difficult to do when it is so entrenched in the U.S.'s society. A lot of what religion has held on to has been very wrong and very suppressive, but I don't disagree with everything that religion says - just a lot of it! 😛 I believe that religion and "relationship" (with God & others) are two very different things. To me religion is about suppression and control, while relationship is about love, grace and freedom. I've been trying to see things through that mindset rather than the rigid religious mindset that I grew up under. I'm sorry if this post is going too far in the direction of religion & politics, but I'm afraid those are the very forces that cause there to even be a debate on the issue of same-sex marriage among lots of other issues.
Well, I think Christians would see that as the same thing. Still the same institution by God between a man and a woman. I think the issue with the Christian term marriage has to do with gender - not the particular religion or faith. I'm not attempting to say that this view is right or wrong - just trying to explain what's up with the mindset in the U.S.
This'll be closed, mark my words....I had a thread with the same question, and it got closed 🙁
Anyway, Same Sex marriage should be lawful and right. Because there is NO (I repeat, NO) reasonable arugment against it.
Go ahead, try and contradict me. I have the answer to every question this topic has to offer