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Title should speak for itself. Been hearing this on the news since 2.am this morning for past 4 hours, myself it aint me so I don't care.
Tell me what you think!
Tell me what you think!
muzikool said:Interesting this is brought up just now since it was a major issue a few months back, specifically in Massachusetts and California.
I'm not going to state my view but instead comment on a point that is frequently made by those who support gay marriage. Supporters state that homosexuals deserve equal rights under the law, and so same-sex marriages should be allowed.
Here is my thought: homosexuals do have the right to marry, just like heterosexuals do. Homosexuals do not have the right to marry a person of the same sex, and neither do heterosexuals. So equal rights already exist. Homosexuals have no fewer rights than heterosexuals... the rights are the same. To say that homosexuals do not have equal rights is to make a false premise for the argument supporting same-sex marriage.
TittleBitties said:right on muzi...i aint against the marriage thing but i kinda am scared of gay men i unno why i just do. No lesbos dang thats a different story .
Anyway...I think they have the same rights as us hetero people do just like muzi said.
gonaads said:There are some (homosexuals) that want to throw their lifestyle in yer face. Those make me very mad. They are the ones that want to be extremists. I hate them because they are not just living their lives they want everyone else to live it with them. I don't care as to the sexual preference just don't try to trow it in my face.
muzikool said:Yours is a well thought-out argument, gonaads, but I'm not sure that I can agree. I found this in the Legal Dictionary. I believe it is the definition that the courts have used for years to define marriage.
MARRIAGE. A contract made in due form of law, by which a free man and a free woman reciprocally engage to live with each other during their joint lives, in the union which ought to exist between husband and wife.
By this definition, marriage is not defined as ...a free man and the person he loves. By law, we are not specifically given the right to marry whomever we love. We are all free men and women, and accordingly we are all afforded the right that is layed out by the definition of marriage. In turn, we all have the same rights.
MARRIAGE. A contract made in due form of law, by which a free man and a free woman reciprocally engage to live with each other during their joint lives, in the union which ought to exist between husband and wife.
gonaads said:Now if the law was worded as to MARRIAGE. A contract made in due form of law, by which a free man and/or a free woman reciprocally engage to live with each other during their joint lives, in the union which ought to exist between human and human.
Then it's equal and everyone gets the same benefits as anyone else.
That is where their argument has always been. Remember that all court cases have always hinged on a "loophole". Wording is the way the law goes round.
Lee said:Well myself, it makes no difference to me what they do in their own back yard.
I was not going to say nething further till kool mentioned gay pride. I have always been confused why people that need to go on marches to scream about their sexuality.
muzikool said:I posted before reading this. Still, a homosexual is given the right to be a husband or a wife, in the same way that a heterosexual is given the right. I see that as equal rights.