To gay marriage backers:

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It is better to have loved and lost that to have never loved at all...

But then again I'm the passionate type.

Yes, but this doesn't mean a person arranged to marry does not have the same passion as those who happen to have "fallen in love" after months or years.

Oh, well I have nothing against people choosing to marry people their parents have arranged them to.

Then only respect marriages that last, but don't make assumptions.

Why shouldn't the definition of marriage change? And what if it did? Would your opinion on homosexual marriage change?

I already said you wouldn't need to picture yourself as a woman, and I'm thinking your refusal to at least try to see this from the direct perspective and to connect yourself with someone who has very few differences from you might explain why you have such rigid opinions.

You shouldn't dictate your child's love life at all, unless they're practicing adultery or doing stuff with young children or something.

We shouldn't legalize polygamy or "approve" of anyone's relationships that don't have to do with us.
In my opinion, any two consenting adults should have the opportunity to get married. No one can know whether they're in love or not, and if they get divorced you have no right to judge other people getting married by them.

Last edited by sarolie on 05 Jun 2008, 7:28 pm, edited 2 times in total.

It doesn't matter. If you're in love, get married, if you're not, get divorced. May the couples be hetero or homosexual, it doesn't bother me, and to be honest I don't even care. Just the fact that so many right-wingers get riled up over this is pretty laughable. You don't like gay marriage? Then don't have one! That's what I do and it's been working so far.

Last edited by Phagocyte on 04 Jun 2008, 10:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.

y no marriage? marraige means more than religion now. lawful sh*t. marraige is a nessecity for a long term partnership in MOST cases.

mankind has the inability to accept difference...

That's absolutely horrible and I really hope it's not true.


I DON'T! Damn I always knew I wasn't human.

For a Christian, most sins are forgiveable, including all forms of sexual indescretion. While it is true that the integrity of marriage as an institution and a holy sacrament is on the decline, there are still couples who uphold it. Don't make the mistake of thinking that adultery is a trifling matter which we can laugh about later. It isn't. To have the church forgive you is one thing. But God is the final arbiter of these matters. The decline of virtue and morality has done its best to mock things like marriage, family, and the home.

Since straight people are just as susceptible to sin as the LGBT folk, that's all the more reason to consider ourselves and each other on more equal footing. Anyone can be a decent, moral person, no matter their sexual orientation or background. I really believe that.

Is the traditional definition of marriage sacrosanct? I don't know that it is or is not. I don't know how I feel about the whole issue, but on the secular side of the equation, gays and lesbians deserve to have full civil and legal rights. That is only fair. On the religious side of things, some churches already recognize same-sex marriages. Other do not, and will not. And they should not be change this policy. Again, only fair.

Last edited by sarolie on 09 Jun 2008, 10:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I now think all (bigoted) christians should be forced to marry... muslims

OR

all homophobes should be forced to marry... other homophobes of the same gender

That'll learn 'em

Why should anybody be concerned with the people that strangers marry or go to bed with? There is not basis in reason for this concern. I can see the Yucchhh! factor at work, but that is emotion, not reason.

ruveyn

Frankly, given what I have been led to understand goes on between heterosexuals, I think we should be banning heterosexual marriage and sex. (I mean, seriously. Yuck!) [/sarcasm]