Arguments supporting Gay marriage?

Terrell Voltz: It would probably help young people coming to terms with their sexuality. Without marriage, there is the unsettling question, "Who will take care of me when I'm old and/or sick?" Marriage creates kin and assuages some of that worry.I always liked that point.☼...Show more

Mitchel Demry: You can do whatever you want

Lynn Hollars: Gay marriage should be like any other marriage...after all we are people,just like straight people...we love each other and there's no moral reason why gay marriage should not be legalized

Faviola Dewire: 1. Marriage is defined by the US Constitution. It didn't even exist before the constitution. So the government has the right to change the definition of marriage.2. Every culture throughout all of history has accepted gay unions as the exact same thing as heterosexual marriage, and so should we. 3. Marriage is natural. Marriage is found in many species in nature. Science has proven that many species deve! lop ceremonies to establish a legal commitment bonding them together. 4. Marriage is entirely a legal matter. It isn't sacred. It has no relationship to religion and churches have no right deny gay marriage. 5. Human life is sacred. This means we are to treat all humans with respect and honor. Each human life has value and worth, just because he is a human being. If we accept that human life is sacred, then we must also accept that the origin of human is sacred. As we know the origin of human life is the homosexual union. No human life has its origin in the heterosexual union. Therefore, gay marriage must be sacred....Show more

Dorinda Metzer: I don't think it should be legal. I'm old fashioned.

Sunshine Holets: Acting upon the request of the Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States House of Representatives, the General Accounting Office identified 1,049 benefits, rights, and privileges only offered through legal marriage. These n! umerous legal protections are only given with the legal status! of marriage, and when a person is prevented from entering the legal status of marriage with the person that they love due to them being the same sex, they are denied equal protection under the law....Show more

Reyes Brunell: Heterosexual marriage should be outlawed.

Lulu Bukowiecki: Love. What else do you need? If you're not involved what argument do you need? Better yet, why are you arguing?

Jesse Pirieda: Why shouldn't gays suffer equally?

Ulrike Hert: Both state governments and the federal government have granted *many, many* legal and financial rights and benefits to married couples. Granting those benefits to heterosexual couples and denying them to homosexual couples is discriminating, and as there is no valid basis on which to justify discriminating between the two types of couples, such discrimination violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The only argument *against* gay marriage seems to be religious in nature, an! d basing the awarding of secular legal and financial benefits by our government on one religious group's beliefs violates the First Amendment. Think about it this way: You have two couples who live side by side. One couple is an 80-year-old man who's been married to his 25-year-old trophy wife for a year or two when he drops dead. The couple next door is a lesbian couple who are both 80 also and have been together for fifty years when one of them drops dead. The man married to the trophy wife leaves her as his widow, but also has four ex-wives, all of whom he was married to for eleven years. Under the current Social Security laws, the trophy widow and all of the ex-wives *all* get to collect the dead man's Social Security benefits if those benefits are higher than what they've earned on their own record, but the surviving partner in the lesbian couple doesn't get a penny of the benefits of her deceased partner of fifty years, even if she was disabled or maybe stayed home to! raise the couple's two adopted children, never earned much herself and! the deceased partner was the breadwinner. How is that fair? How does that promote stability and respect for marriage and monogamy? To make it worse, imagine that both the deceased lesbian partner and the deceased man have estates of four million dollars which they wish to leave to their respective partners. The trophy wife pays *0* in estate tax because of the marital deduction, the lesbian partner, if both had died before the end of 2008, pays approximately $1 million. Gay marriage opponents use the "will of the people" argument, but the majority does not get to do anything they want to in a constitutional republic like ours...the constitution and judges exist to protect the rights of minorities when the majority would infringe those rights. The majority of the population in the south in the 1950's was violently against school segregation, but that didn't mean the Supreme Court should have gone along with the "will of the people" in Brown v. Board of Education - segregati! on was wrong and the Supreme Court was right to declare it so even in the face of massive public opinion to the contrary. Gay marriage opponents also use the "slippery slope" arguments that allowing gay marriage will allow incestous marriages, marriages to animals, etc. This is simply not true, as with these other instances there are independent, valid, non-religious reasons to ban them, reasons which do not apply to adult, consenting human couples who happen to be of the same gender....Show more

Leif Serabia: A kind notion, but ineffective. I'd tell them not to put their lives on hold for me (us).*

Octavio Roylance: it doesnt define you as a person god would rather your happyits amazing that finally thousands of people can finally be happy together so what? all it is is allowing people to marry the people they love...Show more

Jude Colbenson: Between my parents and I, we probably have more gay friends than straight, and the hot-button topic of marriage o! ften comes up at gatherings, especially since several couples have rece! ntly travelled to make their relationship legal (we live in New York). Invariably, one of the straight friends will say to a gay couple "We're not going to get married until everyone can", which seems to produce mixed reactions. Some thank them whole-heartedly, wishing more straight couples would do the same, while others (with whom I tend to agree more) seem touched by the thought, but ultimately think that this is not enough to affect any sort of change. What do you guys think? Generous and necessary, or sweet but ineffective?Obviously if all straight couples were to do this, it would make more of a dent, but unfortunately, the country is a bit more divided....Show more

Flor Lizardi: There is no good reason it shouldn't be? Why should the basic RIGHTS of appx. 10% of the population get decided on by the majority? Rights are rights and they should not be voted on.Same-sex marriage is the only thing I can think of that doesn't hurt anyone, doesn't cost anything and ye! t is still illegal.

Adan Alipio: I agree it's silly. That's not enough to even be a blip on the radar.

Gus Leiby: I'm a Christian and I'm gay. We were all created in the image of god so idfc

Simona Bulwinkle: To God we are ALL his children, and he made us the way we are supposed to be...whether we are lesbian, gay, transgender, etc.

Jose Bouliouris: so I'm an evangelical Christian. for some reason I have a thing for gay, lesbian, transgender...anything you can think of. personally, I am straight, but I sympathize greatly with lgbtq+'s. my parents say it's wrong that I shipped something gay ((when they found out)), so from that point on I kind of keep it a secret that I like these kinds of people. I think that God can still love lgbtq's but I'm not sure if that's right. a friend of mine told me that he was pretty sure that practicing gay was bad/ a sin, but liking it wasn't.I don't know what to do about this?? is there something wrong with me? please ! help!!...Show more

Anton Waln: While I certainly appreciate the s! entiment, I would rather they didn't do this.If you want to get married, do so. A marriage is about the relationship and commitment of two people. What others do or deal with should never come into the picture. This is one of the arguments from anti-marriage proponents. When heterosexuals refuse to marry (which is a sign of support) the anti-marriage proponents only see "see - gay marriage DOES effect conventional marriages!!". It's just giving fuel to their fire.I'd rather see thes sorts of couples spend money to post TV ads, or something of the sort. Making a public declaration of their support. Showing that any Joe Schmoo and Jane Doe are getting married, but they want ALL people to have that right.To me, it would just seem more impactful....Show more

Sherrill Botting: They are wrong, many LGBT people are Christians.

Derrick Cacioppo: Are you seriously asking this question? Why should people have the right to vote or why should people have the right to speak ! freely.

Pam Rampadarat: 1. There are also human 2. There are also looking for status 3. There are also looking for recognition husband and husband or wife and wife 4. They dont want to be different

Mikel Bethay: If you are in the United States, then there is one firm, solid argument. The Constitution guarantees equality for ALL PEOPLE. And since homosexuals are people, they deserve equality.

Floyd Labuda: I am against homosexual marriage, but i will say this. THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE NO SAY IN WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR BODY. It's not marriage because God said that marriage is to be between a man and a woman.

Cody Shimko: Of course, I am a Christian and I love them too! They are people just like us and deserve to be accepted and loved. We are all equal and God made all of us! If he "hated homosexuals" then why would he create them in the first place?! God wants us to love and accept them, they deserve to fit in with society. They are blessings to the w! orld. LGBT always here for you

Irving Jordahl: should abort gay ! marriage

Mandy Mustaro: Jesus would say that you're the only Christian in your family, and that you're more qualified to witness to your parents than vice versa.

Logan Bero: I'm touched that someone would feel that way, but I think that's completely unnecessary. Just because same-sex marriages aren't allowed, doesn't mean someone else should give up their dreams to prove a point. Besides, it wouldn't make much of a difference anyways. D:

Tyrone Disanti: i think its a great idea. if i was straight, i'd do the same.

Mayola Sylva: You, need, to, use, less, commas. lol anyways, I think it's really kool that some people do that. I think all straight couples who claim to support gay rights should do that. I say if you're straight and support gay rights, yet you choose to still get married you're just taunting us. You saying "ha ha we can get married and you can't because you're gay which means you're stinky and gross" and it's just pathetic. If you truely ! support gay rights you would be sympathetic with us and you would refuse to get married until we can. but this is my opinion. =)...Show more

Tobie Oshea: Gay marriage goes against creation. It shouldn't be legal in any state or the whole country. This nation is under God. We can't go against how God setup the world and destroy His creation. Male and females balance each others thoughts and emotions gays cannot do this. Male and females balance each other. Homosexuality is scientifically proven wrong by reading or looking at an anatomy book. No one is gay it is a choice.

Esteban Faggett: I'm pro gay marriage and I need some help on facts and pros to it as well. Suggestions? Thanks!

Particia Thorton: The practice of homosexuality is destructive to the human soul and God gave His warnings about this in the Bible. Supporting gay marriage is a sin because it means to support homosexuality. Iniquities (sinful tendencies) pass down the generation line if they ar! e not removed by the Blood of the Lord Jesus. Homosexuality is caused b! y iniquity and the Blood of Jesus cleanses the iniquities of all who accept Him as their Saviour.After a person accepts the Lord Jesus as their Saviour, they are transformed and made a new creature in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). So the gay person would be changed and so would the alcoholic, liar, drug addict, fornicator etc. It's the power of the Blood of Christ and the Holy Spirit in the believer that brings about this transformation.REDEMPTION BY GRACE THROUGH FAITHBecause mankind is incapable of meeting God’s standard of perfection necessary to abide in God’s presence (Romans 3:19-20,23), God sent His Son Jesus Christ to pay the total debt for the believer’s sins and mercifully credits to his account Christ’s righteousness (Romans 3:21-28,5:1-11; 2 Corinthians 5:18-21). Jesus’ gracious act of atonement was complete and covers all sin (Colossians 2:13-14; 1 John 1:9). Salvation is not based on good deeds but according to the mercy of God (Titus 3:4-5). Believer! s are justified by faith; it is a gift by God’s grace (Romans 4:3-8; Ephesians 2:8-9). A true, living faith will result in a desire to live a holy, loving life of good works (Ephesians 2:10; Galatians 5:6; James 2:14-26), but failure to be absolutely successful at righteous living does not negate the believer’s justified status.If you sincerely say this prayer, your sins will be washed away, you will be redeemed to God, be saved from eternal torment and inherit the Kingdom of God:"Dear Jesus, I am a sinner. I repent of my sins. Please forgive me and save me by your shed blood; come into my heart. I want to receive you as my own personal Lord and Savior. Amen"...Show more

Nancy Mansell: marriage is about love and not gender...I'm a gay, I must be secret? We are all tax citizens.http://www.findbilover.com

Rosalva Steinmann: So many dumb reasons why people think it should be illegal, love is love ok. Put yourself in a position where you can see their perspectiv! e. Imagine the U.S illegalizing the straight. What if this world was th! e total opposite? You're a male and you wish to marry your loved one. But YOU CANT. because it's illegal to do so .. Think about it.

Anton Waln: Because marriage is supposed to be about 2 ppl in love, it's not supposed to be based on gender but on love. If 2 straight ppl can be in love and get married then they can and there is no reason why 2 men who are in love shouldn't be allowed to be married also. This is America, Land of the Free! Why am I not free to marry the woman I love and want to spend the rest of my life loving???I was born in America and should be granted the same rights to marry whomever I love just like the next person!...Show more

Dorinda Metzer: gay is good.so is bi.if you love someone you shoud be able to get married.other people have no right to say what sex you can love.

Alisia Sutphen: Love is love no matter what, even if a woman falls in love with a woman and a man with a man it should be reconised

Silvia Stclair: Really love ! the answers I'm getting! Seems like more of you are saying it's really sweet, but ultimately ineffective, but more people than I was expecting are saying they wish more straight couples would do it.

Sol Bayn: Top Ten Reasons to Make Gay Marriage Illegal01) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.02) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.03) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.04) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn’t changed at all like many of the principles on which this great country was founded; women are still property, blacks still can’t marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.05) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage we! re allowed; the sanctity of marriages like Britney Spears’ 55-hour ju! st-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.06) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn’t be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren’t full yet, and the world needs more children.07) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.08) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That’s why we have only one religion in America.09) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That’s why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven’t adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.Note: This is strictly sarcasm, not intended to be serious....Show more

Dominic Sciancalepo! re: It is great that people are trying to help and even a little action from a few can make a difference but they would have more impact by writing and calling members of the government and complaining to them. They are all out for reelection and they know when people start calling they are losing votes. Tim

Oda Mauson: That is incredibly sweet and supportive. I would be wonderfully touched if anyone ever said that in my presence, and I got a little warm fuzzy reading this. But sadly those who go against gay marriage will not care if several heterosexual couples do not marry. Still, it's wonderful.

Joie Kemmis: Nothing is wrong with you. In the eyes of God, we're all equal. It's the interpretation of different religions - and even the same one - which has us trying to separate and judge one another.

Hilde Heskett: Marriage is about Love.

Pam Rampadarat: I'm happy for them.If two people love each other, they should be able to take the marriage vows an! d take that final step in their relationship.

Babette Deloe: marr! iage is about love and not gender....before i justify why i am for gay marriage, why dont you justify why you are against it??but before you do, let me clear some things up....people say that marriage is for a man and woman......then why in biblical times was marriage mostly for the joining of two families rather than the two people??...yes that is true...but the main reason why people are against gay marriage is mostly because of the nonsensical ideas about marriage and same sex couples.......people say that marriage is for starting a family and possibly raising children......the reality is, the reason why people marry is because they are in love or at least think they are in love.........another common reason why same sex marriage is not approved of also has something to do with the many myths about homosexuality......many will say that same sex couples are incapable of forming loving and commited relationships........they are not only capable....but show it also.........! ...and anyways, if being gay was all about sex, then why would someone waste time getting married??......why wouldn't they just have sex and abandon the person they were with??...why go throught the trouble of getting married??...thats what i would like to know.....furthermore, homophobes cannot base their discrimination on homosexuals simply because they believe its a choice either.....even if being gay is a choice, why would you still have something against them??i mean...obesity is also wrong because the bible speaks out against over eating........most people choose to be obese by eating so much.....but most people are mature enough to not make fun of them......so even if being gay was a choice, then how does that justify hatred still??these are some of many things i will never understand when it comes to the hatred people have for homosexuals........and then to point out places in the bible where hatred for homosexuals is approved??....that's f***ing bull****.......thom! as jefferson once stated that it is the governments job to ensure all r! ights of all people are secured.....and if the government refuses to do so, then the people may form their own government........why are rights being taken away from homosexuals and the bible is being used as an excuse??......you know the bible was not written how we read it today.....you know that a book written in a dialect that no longer exists MUST contain errors.....even if God did inspire the writing of it....God did not write it himself, humans did, and humans are fallable.........also, God did not translate it into the languages of today, humans did, and humans are fallable.........we cannot continue to believe God's word is only limited to the bible, we must believe that God is within us all......God is not only in a church....God is not only in those who spend their life morbidly by being conservative christians.......God is within all of us..........and its about time people start accepting that........its about time people start believing that even if God made "! Adam and Eve and not Adam and Steve"......God's real plan is love.......to love one another just as Jesus did.....to NOT judge others......to judge others is playing God........Show more

Norine Lomonte: Because besides maintaining a sense of inequality and being unconstitutional, it makes no damn sense! KKKrischan fundies scream about the decadence and debauchery of the "gay lifestyle" and how gays seem to live to sleep with anyone and anything that moves. Yet they see some couples who are willing to make a long-term commitment to one another, and all they can screech is that "marriage is meant for a MAN and a WOMAN to establish a bond and start a family."Gee - I wonder if it bothers them knowing how many straight couples are doing that very thing WITHOUT feeling that being "blessed in their union" by the Church is totally unnecessary?...Show more

Clare Hoard: Marriage is a religious term. To ask for gay marriage is not to ask for equality, it is to want to thum! b your nose at God and to try to force the majority of people into exce! pting your lifestyle.Ask for something that has all all the same rights as marriage but has a different name.That would take compromise, something that people on the gay agenda side seems not to be able to do....Show more