I do not feel we should deny anyone the personal hell that marriage can offer! We should all have a right to it! Now my wife will kill me....
You are so bad, first you push Brody down that big slide and now this. :nono1:
Gay Marriage - poll added
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You are so bad, first you push Brody down that big slide and now this. :nono1:
You are so bad, first you push Brody down that big slide and now this. :nono1:
At least I am honest.
I do not feel we should deny anyone the personal hell that marriage can offer! We should all have a right to it! Now my wife will kill me....
Thanks BobbyJ, I was gonna say, I think gay people should be able to be just as miserable as straight people
I do not feel we should deny anyone the personal hell that marriage can offer! We should all have a right to it! Now my wife will kill me....
That's my thought as well. Unless there is suddenly some new, irresistible incentive, I don't expect I'll ever get married again. Learned my lesson!
However, I see this issue much like the abortion issue. Those people who regard the issue as a religious one aren't going to change their minds. And neither are those convinced it should be a personal decision.
I don't feel passionate about either of these issues for either side. That usually doesn't please anyone, but it's my position. Or lack of one?
I do not feel we should deny anyone the personal hell that marriage can offer! We should all have a right to it! Now my wife will kill me....
Now that is what I call equal rights! Yea man!
That's what my married friends all tell me! :funn:I do not feel we should deny anyone the personal hell that marriage can offer! We should all have a right to it! Now my wife will kill me....
I would hope so, since the latter would be a violation of church and state. People obviously have the right to protest to thier church about not accepting gay marriage, but the state should not get involved.
If gay marriage is just a legal agreement providing all the same benefits straight couples enjoy, and does not involve forcing a religious entity to legitimize the union, everything is cool.
Y'all are making this waaaay too complicated.....
Marriage is a legal contract based upon a license issued by the Government. A ceremony "seals" the contract. The ceremony can be held in a house of worship, the beach, mountains, backyard, Las Vegas, etc.
So, we have two parts. To legalize gay marriage, all that is required is for the Government to begin issuing marriage licenses to same gender couples. The same rights and obligations that are conferred to heterosexual couples would also be granted to gay couples.
The next question is, where do you get married? It is possible to get married in a church ceremony. I believe the United Church of Christ opened their doors to gay marriage ceremonies and gay clergy a few years back. Any change in a church or other body of worship would necessarily have to come from within that religious body itself....no "help" from the government.
Marriage is a legal contract based upon a license issued by the Government. A ceremony "seals" the contract. The ceremony can be held in a house of worship, the beach, mountains, backyard, Las Vegas, etc.
So, we have two parts. To legalize gay marriage, all that is required is for the Government to begin issuing marriage licenses to same gender couples. The same rights and obligations that are conferred to heterosexual couples would also be granted to gay couples.
The next question is, where do you get married? It is possible to get married in a church ceremony. I believe the United Church of Christ opened their doors to gay marriage ceremonies and gay clergy a few years back. Any change in a church or other body of worship would necessarily have to come from within that religious body itself....no "help" from the government.
Y'all are making this waaaay too complicated.....
Marriage is a legal contract based upon a license issued by the Government. A ceremony "seals" the contract. The ceremony can be held in a house of worship, the beach, mountains, backyard, Las Vegas, etc.
So, we have two parts. To legalize gay marriage, all that is required is for the Government to begin issuing marriage licenses to same gender couples. The same rights and obligations that are conferred to heterosexual couples would also be granted to gay couples.
The next question is, where do you get married? It is possible to get married in a church ceremony. I believe the United Church of Christ opened their doors to gay marriage ceremonies and gay clergy a few years back. Any change in a church or other body of worship would necessarily have to come from within that religious body itself....no "help" from the government.
There is more cost involved than just making it ok for the lcense to be issued. Our tax law for example, is written in such a way that it specifically defines marraige as being between a man and a woman. All these laws would need to be amended - no small task.
I think this is a great discussion and I , too, am SO happy to see how many people share this view. It also warms my heart. 
Gordy, this might help explain things a bit better. It is a concise description of civil marriages and civil unions and their differences created by GLAD:
http://www.yffn.org/admin/spi/marriagevsunion.html
Gordy, this might help explain things a bit better. It is a concise description of civil marriages and civil unions and their differences created by GLAD:
http://www.yffn.org/admin/spi/marriagevsunion.html