Voters in Colorado, Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin ban same-sex marriage

[hockeygal 0]

Banning someone's right to marry is immoral to me. If it isn't hurting anyone else, live and let live.

Was marriage between two black people ever illegal? Was marriage between someone black and someone white ever illegal? I will have to look it up, but I am betting it was. Things that seemed immoral and wrong to people once are now things that no one would think twice about. This too, shall happen.

I was on a bus a while back with a bunch of little kids on a camp field trip. Their counsellor was giving them riddles. He gave them the one about a son, and a grandfather in an accident, the child is rushed to the hospital and the doctor looks at him and says, I cant operate on him, this is my son. How can this be? The kids tossed out a variety of wrong answers, and one shouted "Maybe it was a gay couple!" I thought it was funny that none of them were thinking mommy is a doctor (in this day and age!) but I was impressed by the two dads theory!

[Alex+R 0]

Banning someone's right to marry is immoral to me. If it isn't hurting anyone else, live and let live.

Was marriage between two black people ever illegal? Was marriage between someone black and someone white ever illegal? I will have to look it up, but I am betting it was. Things that seemed immoral and wrong to people once are now things that no one would think twice about. This too, shall happen.

I was on a bus a while back with a bunch of little kids on a camp field trip. Their counsellor was giving them riddles. He gave them the one about a son, and a grandfather in an accident, the child is rushed to the hospital and the doctor looks at him and says, I cant operate on him, this is my son. How can this be? The kids tossed out a variety of wrong answers, and one shouted "Maybe it was a gay couple!" I thought it was funny that none of them were thinking mommy is a doctor (in this day and age!) but I was impressed by the two dads theory!

Marriage between races was in fact illegal, as recently as the 20th century.

Hilarious story, btw.

[vocalize 0]

Was marriage between someone black and someone white ever illegal?

that's why we have marriage licenses to this day

http://www.mercyseat.net/BROCHURES/marriagelicense.htm

Edited November 8, 2006 by vocalize

[Elphie 0]

I cant believe just how many ignorant and bigoted people who think that just because a child knows about gay people that they might catch it or be pressured into being gay.....

wow I would hate to have such a closed mind....

[chri'stina 190]

Some of us do not think gay marriage should be called "marriage". And guess what, a lot of other people in the country agree. So I'll have to 'agree to disagree' because I'm not changing my mind on this anytime soon. And don't try to tell me that I hate gays.

[Elphie 0]

you can have alot of fun with vaseline..... even in a heterosexual house...

Happy to know I'm not the only one who knows Lots of ways vaseline is useful.

I don't know what a lot of you feel that a certificate of marriage stands for, but I personally feel that getting married and having that certificate is a statement to each other that you are committed to that person and want to spend the rest of your life with them. Who are any of us to tell anyone that they shouldn't be allowed that? There is nothing wrong with two gay people wanting to be married, what is wrong is that they are told they are not allowed to.

Edited November 8, 2006 by Ereshkigal

[vocalize 0]

Some of us do not think gay marriage should be called "marriage". And guess what, a lot of other people in the country agree. So I'll have to 'agree to disagree' because I'm not changing my mind on this anytime soon. And don't try to tell me that I hate gays.

But you do admit that you should have the right to force your beliefs on other groups who you don't agree with, corect?

[chri'stina 190]

Some of us do not think gay marriage should be called "marriage". And guess what, a lot of other people in the country agree. So I'll have to 'agree to disagree' because I'm not changing my mind on this anytime soon. And don't try to tell me that I hate gays.

But you do admit that you should have the right to force your beliefs on other groups who you don't agree with, corect?

do you?

What if I don't believe murder is wrong?

[vocalize 0]

Some of us do not think gay marriage should be called "marriage". And guess what, a lot of other people in the country agree. So I'll have to 'agree to disagree' because I'm not changing my mind on this anytime soon. And don't try to tell me that I hate gays.

But you do admit that you should have the right to force your beliefs on other groups who you don't agree with, corect?

do you?

What if I don't believe murder is wrong?

marriage between people you don't approve of doesn't hurt anyone.

[chri'stina 190]

Some of us do not think gay marriage should be called "marriage". And guess what, a lot of other people in the country agree. So I'll have to 'agree to disagree' because I'm not changing my mind on this anytime soon. And don't try to tell me that I hate gays.

But you do admit that you should have the right to force your beliefs on other groups who you don't agree with, corect?

do you?

What if I don't believe murder is wrong?

marriage between people you don't approve of doesn't hurt anyone.

hmm I don't 100% agree. But that's ok, I don't think we will agree on this.

[vocalize 0]

hmm I don't 100% agree. But that's ok, I don't think we will agree on this.

And we don't have to.... the only thing we have to agree on is it's unconstitutional to force christian beliefs on non christians in this secular country

[chri'stina 190]

hmm I don't 100% agree. But that's ok, I don't think we will agree on this.

And we don't have to.... the only thing we have to agree on is it's unconstitutional to force christian beliefs on non christians in this secular country

It's not just Christian beliefs. I don't think my Hindu in-laws would like it either.

I don't necessarily think you have to be religious to think that marriage= a man and a woman.

Edited November 8, 2006 by stina&suj

[Jenn! 918]

I don't necessarily think you have to be religious to think that marriage= a man and a woman.

In fact. I think marriage should be left for the churches to handle, and civil unions to the state. I don't understand why the state is involved in marriage in the first place, since it's a religious institution.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I think marriage should be left for the churches to handle, and civil unions to the state. I don't understand why the state is involved in marriage in the first place, since it's a religious institution.

[Cristy 4]

I prefer KY jelly and I would read that book to my kids.

I believe that since the world is made up of all kinds of people children should know it. I even teach them about closed minded hate filled people....and I know they won't become that.

Really? Do you teach them about polygamists too? How about other forms of group marriage? How about group sex without marriage? Marriage with animals?

The fact is that you only want to teach your children to be open minded about what YOU believe is acceptable, not what anyone thinks is acceptable.

Did you ever notice that gays and lesbians usually don't approve of polygamy? I wonder why that is?

Of course. They will learn as it is age appropriate. They know about polygamy. I would not teach a 10 yr old about sex with animals but if they ask about it I will explain it to the best of my ability in an age appropriate way.

I just don't understand who certain people think they are that they have the right to tell 2 consenting adult who they can and can not love. It is like you lose all of your rights as a citizen in your country if you are gay. Very sad.

Edited November 8, 2006 by cristy