Why does the US government think they can control us? I am a straight man, but I still think that there is absolutely no harm between a man and another man getting married! And the same for two women. With all the real problems, like poverty and crime, why do focus on the trivial issues? I think the US needs to get it’s priorities straight.

Homosexuals should have a right to be happy and get married too. There should be nothing wrong with people loving a different way and wanting to get married. Don’t get me wrong, I love God and I am very religious and I know its a sin. Everyone sins, so why not let them get married and be happy instead of them bitching about it forever! They are people too and if they cant get married because they love different, then outter racial relationships shouldn’t work either. They are different, they love differently, it may NOT be a sin but its the same concept. Love is love, and when two people are in love, they want to share that love forever and be able to call themselves husband and husband or wife and wife. I say let them be, and grant them marriages and let people be happy!

i always thought the constitution was there to protect our rights not take them away. If you disagree with gay marriage, too freaking bad, it’s not your choice, it’s theirs. And i’m sure the religious right can find better things to worry about than Sponge-Bob promoting the gay agenda.

~Kate

I have a Gay sun in law. Took him 10 years to find out. He blessed me with three beautiful grandchildren and is still a brilliant father.He has his own love now and is very happy. I don’t agree with it all but that is my own personal feelings. I can only say that he lives up to everyone of his responsibilities well.Before anyone asks the children are in no way affected by this and are well adjusted. You see no-one forced an opinion on them , they formed there own.

I believe the word ‘marriage’ should never be described as a man and a woman joining together. No. It should be two people who are in love joining together. If homosexuals get married, they aren’t going to run through the streets and kill us all, it will have no effect on anyone if 2 guys or 2 girls get married. If they are in love, then what’s the problem? This isn’t like someone trying to marry their dog or someone trying to marry a child, this is two consenting adults. They deserve to be married as much as heterosexuals do. I do understand why a church wouldn’t want to perform the marriage, because some churches don’t condone homosexuality, but that is up to the church. It should not be completely illegal for gays to marry. That’s just wrong, and down right stupid.

I definetly do not believe in Gay Marriages. It is absalutly wrong! Even the Bible says so! I find it so sad that people are ruining their lives through gay marriages. Even if they aren’t married. It is very, very sad.

I think gay marriages should be allowed. Marriage was made for the people, not for the government to decide. I see no reason why gays should not get married; they are not harming other people in doing so.

While marriage is traditionally between a man and a women, we can not leave those who are gay behind. Any loving bond should be recognized, and we are discrimnating to those who are gay if we do not allow them to become maried. The reason people oppose it is because they are not adapt to change, but I think that if it is allowed, people will gradually become more accepting of the concept.

I am all for gay marriage i have two bisexual friends, and if they find some one who makes them happy who they love and want their left to be spent with then i congradulate them, those who think its a threat to the male female relationship are most likley insecure with themselves and their needs as a person, gay marriage should not only be legalized, but ignorent straight people need to be re-eduacated

Gay marriage isn’t killing anyone or stealing their souls. So come on. Everyone has the right to happiness no matter what their sexual orientation is. We’re all equal.

I think that everyone, male-female, male-male and female-female have the rights to marry whom they want…

In fact, I’m gay myself, so I don’t see why we should be discriminated in any form. it’s not because you’re straight, that you are better than us.

I don’t believe in any marriage though… I think you must be stupid to marry, because when something bad happens into the relationship, you have a whole lot of crap to deal with…

conclusion: EVERYONE IS FREE TO MARRY, but I won’t marry, I don’t see the use of it

This is how I look upon everything in life, (sexuality, religion, all decisions) if you are happy with what you are doing, and if that is the only way you can ever picture yourself alive, then I think you should do it, no matter what anyone else thinks of it, your happiness is what you make it. I decided that for myself years ago.

People have the right to their own decisions. It says so in the Constitution of the United States. This is taking away the individuality and the beliefs of a soul. It’s just like Hitler. So and so has to be THIS perfect to live in this country, if you aren’t that way, go somewhere else. Our forefathers gave us the right to individuality. Bush and everyone who agrees with this law ISN’T being fair to those bisexuals and gays who are attracted to someone of the same sex.

well honetly it’s not effecting me for gays to get married or be together. the certain states banning this is personaly to me infridgeing on certain rights.. mixing state with relgion.. which by the constatution is wrong..

as long as it makes people happy and not hurting anyone.. who cares right..

alot of fear and misunderstanding of gays can be mistruded.

i may not belive in gay marriages but who is to they can’t.. i meen they are together anyways and marriage is just a peice of paper by the state.. gays will still be together in the way they want to be.

there seem to be a large misunderstanding in the group of opinions presented here.

marriage is not in this case a religious institution. There are currently two non-disclusional modes of heterosexual marriage.

The first is that of religious marriage. In this sort, a couple is “united under god” according to the denomination of faith. Please note the difference from what is termed a civil marriage.

In a civil marriage, one is united under the “state”. That is, the couple is entitled to a large number of federal protections and previlages, not provided to non-married couples.

Now onto homosexual marriage.

ANY religion, if it is condoned by their “policy makers”, may grant and preside over homosexual marriages. For example, there are religiously married reconstructionist-jewish same-sex couples. There are not religiously married catholic couples. Their religion does not condone the marriages.

However, religious marriages do NOT give legal status. That is, even if a homosexual couple is religiously married, they are not entitled to the governmental privelages and rights which are given to the civilly married heterosexual couples.

In such, the issue at hand is an issue not of morals (that is to be decided by the churches), but of human rights. Go back to Locke, one of the largest influences on our country’s ideological basis. He says that, excluding someone being born with a talent or a disability, the “natural law” of the universe determines that all people are on equal standing with each other. Following from this, he says that the government’s role is to protect these rights.

I believe he speaks for himself.

It’s a matter of personal choice, why is it up to the government to decide who falls in love with who and wants to legally commit to each other? Not everyone is going to be gay, it won’t stop the human race from going on, though that would probably be the best thing…thats a totally diffrent discussion. Anyway, gay marriages doesn’t effect anyone else except the two people involved, I don’t think marrigae is that great, but it’s up to whoever wants to and no one else.

People don’t need to be married to show love. MArriage is a HOLY union. Biblically speaking people get married to have kids. I don’t completely agree with gay marriages, for the simple fact that it states in the Bible that they shouldn’t. It has always been my belief that if one were to live their live through and with the guidelines of the Bible then they’ll have a happy life. ;-)

What difference does it really make. Legal or not gay people are not going to love any one other than their life partners. So all this is utterly useless, a piece of paper is not going to change who loves who. And who stays together and who doesn’t. I think they deserve the dignity that piece of paper affords. But with or without that law, I hope everyone finds someone to love. Male or female or both.

how does it affect the people who are not in the relationship? if two people love each other and want to spend the rest of their lives together, y not? i once asked my mom when i was little if we could get married. explain that. gay marrige never hurt ne one

Well no duh, marriage is about love, commitment, and care. If you have those htings then you should be rightfully married to that person. No matter what gender they are, let people live happy and not afraid to be around one of their own kind.