Imagine if DOMA had been passed in the 1940's - it would have
legislated against interracial marriage. Any and all government
imposed/sanctioned prejudice, racism, and sexual-phobia makes us look
like a nation where the majority of us are scared penis-and-vagina obsessed
three year old rednecks with the right to vote (we're not, are we?).
Hopefully this is the first step towards a middle way, eliminating marriage from the government entirely and putting it back in churches & temples where it belongs, and giving government nothing but the right to extend certain benefits to any two consenting adults. Anything less is Bible/Koran/Torah-thumping and should be called out at every possible opportunity. It's ego madness given the power of law, and that's simply not what our country was meant to be about.
Bravo Coakley for perhaps forcing Pres. Obama to finally address the last great frontier of government-sanctioned hatred. The world will be a better place thanks to your efforts You can't have faith in the power of love and simultaneously fail to support the right of two human beings to express their love in a public union and get the same benefits as anyone else.
On the other hand, if you think gays and lesbians don't deserve all the same benefits (i.e. second tier of rights) maybe we should be figuring out how they can also pay a lesser percentage of taxes until they enjoy the same participation in society as heterosexuals. Seems like that would be a fair transition?
Hopefully this is the first step towards a middle way, eliminating marriage from the government entirely and putting it back in churches & temples where it belongs, and giving government nothing but the right to extend certain benefits to any two consenting adults. Anything less is Bible/Koran/Torah-thumping and should be called out at every possible opportunity. It's ego madness given the power of law, and that's simply not what our country was meant to be about.
Bravo Coakley for perhaps forcing Pres. Obama to finally address the last great frontier of government-sanctioned hatred. The world will be a better place thanks to your efforts You can't have faith in the power of love and simultaneously fail to support the right of two human beings to express their love in a public union and get the same benefits as anyone else.
On the other hand, if you think gays and lesbians don't deserve all the same benefits (i.e. second tier of rights) maybe we should be figuring out how they can also pay a lesser percentage of taxes until they enjoy the same participation in society as heterosexuals. Seems like that would be a fair transition?
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Marriage is the unity between a man and a woman. The bible says adam and eve not adam and steve. The alternative lifestyle group has been trying to force their agenda down the throats of America for too long with "hate crime" legislation and such. Christain beliefs are being defined as hate speech. I do not begrudge anyone's right to pursue happiness, however that happiness may be achieved. There are many benefits that gay couples should be entitled to but the fact remains, a marriage is between a man and a woman.
What if someone wanted to marry a goat. Who are we to say that that is any less a marriage than one between a man and a woman? Take it a step forward, one of them nambla freaks wants to marry a small boy, is that okay too? Strider wants self marriage, thank God that is a unity that wont create future freaks.
To be a homosexual is an abnormality, which is not to say they aren't decent human beings, but it is against nature and God's will. Humans are one of the few if not the only species that have homosexuals which should tell you something. That we as a predominately Christian society subvert our belief to allow homosexuality to be recognized as anything more than the abnormality that it is very disturbing.
@ Mike (posted 7/13/09) and well, everyone who is against same-sex marriage.
Are you so blinded by your imaginary friend that you can't see the difference between two consenting adults and a small boy/girl or animal? You are ridiculous! How dare you think that you have the right to push your religious beliefs on this subject. If you want the government to stay out of your church, then keep it out of state matters. Also, human beings are NOT the only species that have homosexuals. Do you even watch the news or read the paper or even a book for that matter? Homosexuality is in almost every species on Earth you closed minded religious idiot. Yes, this is an attack on you. You have no idea what you are talking about and believe that some imaginary person is telling you what is right and wrong because you lack the ability to think for yourself.
And this is not and will never be a 'christian society.' Most 'christians' claim to believe in god but go against everything that the bible says on a daily basis. You want to play your christian card only when it suits you. Its bullshit. Tell me why (without using the bible as an excuse) two adults shouldn't be allowed to make their own decisions in life. Tell me how two same-sex people getting married will affect MY marriage? Tell me when 'marriage' became something that the bible invented. Marriage has been around LONG before the bible or even christ was born. How is it a religious thing if people were getting married before religion? You and everyone who thinks like you is a bigot. It's that simple.
I say that religion should be the thing that is outlawed. It's the only thing on this planet that kills more people and deprives more people of basis rights than anything else known to man.
Feel free to email me if you would like to continue this any further.
I'm not taking a side either way here, only pointing out the fact that 31 states (that is, all of the states in which it was introduced as a referendum, decided by the people, not a court action), when it was put to a vote banned same-sex marriage or repealed court and legislative action allowing SSM.
Maybe it's time to change strategy to patience. Eventually, it will probably swing back around, and the bans will be rescinded. But for the time being, a majority of the people don't seem to care for it. Patient attention to making it more acceptable in society by various means will eventually change the minds of enough people to allow it, something court action and legislation, currently, cannot.
Mike, you honestly think that its correct to compare the legal union of two consenting adults who love each other to marrying an animal? And "adam and eve not adam and steve"? It sounds like you're just repeating what you've been told and not really thinking about the issue. I'm a female who has been married to the same man for 10 years (never plan to change that). My brother just told our family he is gay. Why would I not want him to have what I enjoy? A marriage with someone he loves and wants to spend the rest of his life with. If he decided to get married, it wouldn't change my relationship with my husband. The relationship of my next door neighbors has no effect on my marriage. If it did, then that's my problem, not the people next door.
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