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I'm Christian and I say hell -- go for it

If that means anything to you > .>

Well, I'm not ready to get married just yet, but assuming that I found the right man and wanted to settle down, I would like to have that opportunity. People debate that marriage is a religious Christian process developed by God, but don't Buddhists and Islams marry, as well? They certainly do, and I would like to have the same chances as everyone else.

Marriage in itself is over-rated. I can say that because in this country, marriage consists of a piece of paper, no other benefits to it. You really do have the same benefits in a de-facto relationship as you do in a marriage.

I'm neither for nor against gay marriages. If you can live with the same person and make the relationship work, then it doesn't matter if the relationship is between girl/guy, guy/guy or girl/girl.

An interesting point in regards to the church and their hatred for gay people and their want to 'cure' them is that they believe no person is born gay, and if you're not born gay, then getting married to someone of an equal sex would be not only morally wrong but would be denying who you truly are.

Of course, one could say no person is born left handed either, but, there are those who are born left handed and no matter how much you try to train them to be right handed, it doesn't work. Why anyone would think that the same does not hold true for sexuality is something I don't understand.

((All the above is my personal opinion and my dealings with churches and marriage in general))

I believe that if you want to marry someone, then you should be able to. Anyone who doesn't think that love is love and people are people is narrow minded and slightly arrogant. I, too, have much to say on this subject, but I will refrain on saying anything else for fear of sounding arrogant and narrow minded myself.

Ok this is what I have to say about it, if you're gay/bi go for it! It's you're life and we live in such a hypocritical country for them to go on with the whole thing. If I find myself happy with a girl, I'm going to be with her I'm not going to change myself just to be accepted! And for our parents, government, and just the public in general to sit there and tell us we live in a ******** free country and we can't be married to the person were in love wit is bullshit!

Well, I am in fact bi so chances are in my life time i'll be in love with the same sex. So i'd have to say I support gay marriage. Go to vegas or IL and you can marry there. I'm a huge supporter of homosexuality so don't get into it with me. ^_^;

Okay so I've read people's input so before I put in my two cents, I just want to clarify one thing (and I mean this politely, so please don't take it the wrong way):
Do you understand what seperation of church and state is? It says that the government can't tell the church what to do and vice versa. And while it seems good in an argument, especially for something like same sex marriage, it can't really hold up. The church (being whatever church it is) isn't telling the government what to do (and again vice versa). What is happening is that anti-organizations and churches put in their two cents to the voters, pulling upon those religious beliefs which directly affects how the people vote and politicians know that even if it isn't their own opinion, if they play to the people, they will get more support.


Anyway, my own opinion is that they should. I recently wrote a paper about the controversy and I had to present a logical reason why and, I know that this is kinda long but I really don't want to try to summarize so here we go:
(remember this was copy-pasted from my essay)
In joining the ongoing battle, I must agree with those for same sex marriage. In my research, I found that that by making same sex marriage illegal, we are in violation of the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution which states, "No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States." The dictionary definition of abridge is to "reduce or lessen...; diminish." So by not allowing same sex couples a union, we are "abridging" the rights of homosexuals not only where marriage is concerned, but with some of the benefits as well, like being able to decide where a partner is buried.
Some have argued that by allowing same sex marriage, we, as a society, would then be led to "homosexuality being taught in schools as equal to heterosexuality." I have a question for those who think this: Where in the curriculum of students of any age is marriage and sexual orientation being taught? If looking at a class schedule for a freshman in high school for example, where will you see "English, Math, Marriage and Sexual Orientation, PE..."? From my own experience I can gladly say you won't. Even while in sex education classes that were presented for one to two weeks in physical education classes or drivers education, few, if any, students hear specifically what marriage is or is not. Nor will they hear about heterosexuality versus homosexuality and which is right or wrong. The goal of these classes and presentations is to promote abstinence throughout adolescence to prevent the contraction of STD s and teen pregnancy. Evidence has shown that STD s- including but not limited to HIV and herpes- can be contracted no matter which kind of sex is being in practice.
Same sex marriage is also viewed as a threat to liberty because if churches or organizations are not accepting of couples, they can lose their tax exempt status. However, I see it as acknowledgment of them being people that are civilly bound and not necessarily accepting what they see as "sin." It is respecting the union, not the act of intimacy. It's really a rather small request and not hard to accomplish if these churches and organizations, specifically the Christian based ones, live by their own teachings found in the book of Matthew that states to "hate the sin but love the sinner." And will all of the US suffer because of this requirement? Will the economy collapse and our children be in danger? Not really.

Im gay and i support gay marrige 100% but one of my friends says he doesnt care about gay or lesbian or straight, if he falls inlove with someone, he falls in love with them for who they are, wether it be a girl or guy.