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Question: What are your thoughts on Proposition 8!?
I would gladly sign a bill that allowed homosexual couples any rights they wanted as far as medical, taxes health care etc!.!.!. so far I haven't seen anything being withheld to indicate they want anything but to have the word "Marriage" apply to their life style so that people can't say that it's not normal anymore!.
Marriage is the only thing that is separating them from being completely accepted and legalized!.
It's not about rights, it's about marketing a philosophy and forcing people to accept it even though it compromises their own morals!.
It's unfair to impose this idea on all people, if they want special rights or the same rights as married couples, then let it be so but why does it have to be called a marriage!?
Marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman and why should we be forced to compromise!?
And if we did redefine marriage it still wouldn't be accepted as moral!.
No matter how you redifine marriage it won't remove the sin!.
You can call abortion a choice but it's still death!.
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I sit and listen to this debate time and again and still end up shaking my head!.
I am in an alternative lifestyle, BDSM!. When I see a couple together I have a bad habit of "assuming" that they are married and I might be talking to one or the other of them and say "Your husband" or "your wife" !. !. !. and then be corrected!. They will inform me that they are a couple, but they are not married!.
I'm finding that more and more people, in the lifestyle and outside of it, are not getting married!. Most couples seem to believe that the only really good reason to get married is to legitimize any children they might have!.
Then listening to people fight so hard to have the privilege to get married seems !. !. !. ironic!. I say this knowing, too, that it was the gays and lesbians who led the fight to be accepted when they came "out of the closet" in the 80s and 90s!. Without them leading the way, those of us who practice BDSM would still be well hidden and without the net I believe that everybody would still be in the closet!
I have many good friends who are gays and lesbians!. I respect their right to live their lives the way they see fit!. But since having children (other than adopted ones) is not a consideration I just don't understand why they want to get married!.
I am also 100% opposed to two men or two women raising a child in that environment!. Why!? Because it is NOT natural to have two daddies or two mommies and I think the divorce rate among gays and lesbians would eventually be more astronomical than it is between heterosexual couples!!! We all know how high THAT is!!! And who always gets hurt the worst in a divorce!? The children!.
All of the above are my opinions, of course!.
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Homosexuals should not get married because it is a RELIGIOUS practice and it states in the scriptures that it is not acceptable!. I believe however they can have a CIVIL UNION in which they are recognized by the state as a couple!. They should have all the rights, and medical benefits too!. The problem is that insurance doesn't want to cover these people isn't about religion or whats right!. Its about money that simple!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
What right do you have to determine the life decisions for anyone besides yourself!? Why do you care what other folks do in the privacy of their own lives!. When did this country become the purview of your religious beliefs!? Just keep your dogma out of other people's lives and stick to your own sad intolerance!. (Sorry for the rant, but people like you get me so angry!) Www@QuestionHome@Com
I think there should be a legally binding agreement but I don't think it should be called Marriage!.Like you said it is Between a Woman and a Man but in the same token it does not affect my marriage or what it means to me!.I am kinda sick of having this stuff shoved down my throat!.
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And if it does get accepted as a 'normal' marriage, what's to stop 3 or more people from getting married!? It's just as arguable!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Let me be blunt!. Legal marriage is completely devoid of religious meaning!. It has nothing to do with God, love, children, or family!. It is a legal contract, nothing more!. There is no logical reason to deny two adults of sound mind the ability to enter into a legal contract!.
People may tie whatever meaning they wish to religious marriage!. It's got nothing to do with the law!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
It's about equal rights under the law!. Marriage is a legal right (death row inmates are allowed to marry - it was deemed a basic human right by the supreme court)!. No one's fighting for the legal right to get married in a catholic church or any other church, we just want the right to get married in the eyes of the law!. It has nothing to do with your church, your marriage, or even you at all!. I don't know why you want to meddle in other people's lives while at the same time you say you don't want anyone interfering with how you live yours!.
It's unfair to impose your ideas of what marriage is on other people!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
My thoughts are that I am absolutely fed up with stes and the federal government pasing laws based on your, my or anyone elses religious beliefs!. It matters not one bit whether you believe homosexuality to be a sin or not as far as the law is concerned!. I respect your opinion and the mature way in which you worded it, though I do strongly disagree!. However, neither your religious opinion nor mine should be a basis for law!.
I have been married for 30 years!. Allowing same gender marriages cannot and will not compromise our marriage!. Only my wife or I could do that!.Www@QuestionHome@Com