Gay marriage? What's the worst that can happen, right?

[sylvester37]

If we force the churches to marry homosexuals and redefine Gods law on marriage then what is next marrying animals? Marrying brothers and sisters? Where does it stop? Should we force citizens to allow homeless people move in with them? How about for every starving drug addict everyone is forced to take turns giving him food or shelter.

[crosbey]

Homosexuality is healthy, natural, and safe. It occurs in over 1500 animal species (while prejudice against homosexuals only occurs in humans) and modern studies/research have shown that there are zero negative consequences (except for those related to repression of their sexuality or by discrimination, both of which are caused by homophobes who hate on gays). Some of the world's greatest and most successful civilizations, such as Rome, have accepted gay marriage. Canada has legalized gay marriage and it is doing great politically/economically/socially/societ… -- the people there are well off, happier, and more open-minded. None of the horrible stuff that those against gay marriage predicted actually happened anyways...

If you're so confused as to where things "stop and end" regarding marriage rights, just go by this:
"Any two consenting adults who love each other should have every right to get married."

==> Gay Marriage is healthy and normal if it involves two consenting adults.
==> Interracial Marriage is healthy and normal if it involves two consenting adults.
==> Incestuous Marriage (between siblings) can be acceptable if it involves two consenting adults. And supposing that they adult/get a donor so as to avoid producing unhealthy/deformed/ill children.
==> Animal-Human Marriage (Bestiality) isn't acceptable because animals can't give consent to sex/romance, which makes bestiality forced marriage and rape.
==> Pedophile Marriage isn't acceptable because children are too young to give consent to sex/romance, making it forced marriage and statuary rape.
==> Necrophiliac Marriage (Human-Deceased Human) isn't acceptable because the dead can't give consent, making it rape/desecration of a corpse.
==> Human-Inanimate Object Marriage isn't acceptable because inanimate objects can't give consent.

Understand? Simple.

Also, in regard to your "forcing" argument...it wouldn't be force at all. The government can't "make" a church marry two homosexuals, but societal pressure and loss of followers could result in a church changing their policies to accept gay marriage.

And it isn't wrong just to ask to be accepted and treated just like every other citizen of your country.
How would YOU like it if you were told that you were a second-class citizen just for loving women?
Not much, I would assume.

[jaren12]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYZ49eCro2E

[madison86]

Actually, no one can force churches to marry homosexuals, and even pro gay marriage legislation can't force a church to do so. Gay people tend to get married in gay-friendly churches (or not even in churches at all).

The slippery slope argument is invalid. An animal cannot legally consent to marriage, first off. Incest tends to stem from mental illness or abuse, and if it doesn't stem from mental illness or abuse the off-springs it produces are much, much more likely to have birth defects. Forcing people to take homeless people in is a violation of an interpretation of the Third Amendment, and also takes people's right to privacy away, and we already pay taxes that fund drug rehabs, but forcing people to give them food or shelter directly is ALSO unconstitutional.

There is NO single reason why government recognition of gay marriage shouldn't be legal -unless- the government also decides to not recognize straight marriage.

[herald]

Human + Animal = Someone with a mental health problem marrying and having sex with an animal which cannot give consent, which is animal cruelty.

Brother + Sister = Incest

Homeless people moving in & drug addicts = Nothing to do with marriage whatsoever (How the **** did you come up with that)

Homosexual + Homosexual = 2 consenting people who are attracted to members of the same sex for a reason which they have no control over and which has bee observed in hundreds of animal species so is perfectly natural. No harm is being done.

Being gay is not a choice. It's natural. Bestiality and incest aren't. It's quite simple.

[muireach]

Yes and then Angels and Demons will be marrying each other and Lucifer himself will conduct the marriage ceremonies!!! AHHHHHH

Please, take your ignorance somewhere else. Do not speak about homeless people and drug addicts and then speak about God, because Jesus walked with those people. He fed the homeless and saved the addicts and the prostitutes and people of all kind. Jesus was homeless himself and wandered the country with his disciples, because his home was the church and the church was corrupt. Jesus died for all mankind's sin, not just the righteous people, for the so called righteous people were the ones he rebuked the most. Learn a lesson from your Creator before you try to preach about him.

[breasal]

They legalized gay marriage in Canada a number of years back. None of the terrible things religious bigots predicted would happen came true. The only thing that changed is that they don't call it gay marriage any more. They call it marriage. God bless!

[ned]

I don't care about churches marrying me. I want the city to recognize a valid license to grant me the same civil rights that married couples get.

Your church ceremony means absolutely nothing.

The rest of your argument is incredibly irrelevant and illogical.

[augustus]

How can someone who posts so many questions about same sex marriage still be so uninformed.

We have no interest in forcing churches to do anything.

Marriage is a LEGAL institution and thats what we want.

Now go play in traffic, sonny.

[clem84]

How can someone who posts so many questions about same sex marriage still be so uninformed.

We have no interest in forcing churches to do anything.

Marriage is a LEGAL institution and thats what we want.

Now go play in traffic, sonny.

I don't know, I actually laughed fr a second at that comment: marriage is only for a man and woman... Hmm last time I checked marriage had to do with love.