Should gays be allowed to marry?

[oneone]

I just find it odd that they always refer to it as "gay mariage" but seldomly do they call it "lesbian marriage."

[Zombii]

Sure. Why not?

I don't see the bad part about it. In fact, [straight] guys
should thank them.

More wimminz for them.

[Bunneh]

Personally, I don't think people in general should be allowed to get married.

The government should not be concerned with legislating morality by giving people tax breaks for taking part in a religious ceremony. Just the idea of giving tax breaks to people for living together and being part of a "family" seems to overstep my idea of government responsibilities. Marriage as a federal institution should be abolished.

I'm fine on people choosing to live together. I'm fine on people going through some ceremony to show their dedication to each other. I'm not fine on the government trying to control what is viewed as "right" and "wrong" by giving incentives to people to get married. Especially if it discriminates against certain relationships by barring them those incentives.

So yes. I think it's wrong for gay people to be married. But I also think it's wrong for straight people to be married.

[Snakebite]

Originally Posted by Googlrr

They don't have beliefs. I don't believe in any sort of religion (I am a man of science!) and I would still get married.

Originally Posted by femur

No it doesn't. If they get married by state they get all those delicious benefits and it's just a nice thing to do to show your partner that you love them and they're the only person for you. And atheists, I believe, have a lack of beliefs. ;)

I meant what they believe, as in not believing in a god, etc.

Either way its stupid, I don't really care if they get married or not.
But they are contradicting the real concept of it, despite your definition.

[pronstar]

To the person who says people shouldn't get married at all:

People aren't getting married for tax breaks, so why even bring that into the mix? The incentive is that you have two people in the household that you need to feed so you're going to get more money, just like if you have a child you need more money for the child as well. People aren't popping out kids for $600 when it's going to cost them 100x that to keep them alive, it just doesn't work like that.

[Bunneh]

Originally Posted by pronstar

To the person who says people shouldn't get married at all:

People aren't getting married for tax breaks, so why even bring that into the mix? The incentive is that you have two people in the household that you need to feed so you're going to get more money, just like if you have a child you need more money for the child as well. People aren't popping out kids for $600 when it's going to cost them 100x that to keep them alive, it just doesn't work like that.

There's a huge difference between an adult spouse and a helpless child.

You get economic benefits and tax breaks for kids because you have to pay to keep them alive, but they don't add income to the family.

A spouse, especially pre-children, is more tan capable of getting a job and pulling their weight in the relationship.

And once again, it's not the government's job to give those benefits. You realize that the economic advantages of marraige are balanced by increased taxes for everyone else, right? In the end, it's basically non-married people paying for people to be married.

[k[ore]]

i don't think gays should be allowed to marry and i'm not religious. gay marriages are unnatural and counterproductive. i'm an atheist but i still believe in 1 man, 1 woman unification. anything else is a perversion that shouldn't be be embraced in marriage.

[flammable]

I think they should.
Who the fuck are we to say who should and shouldn't be allowed to love whoever.

[Mieps]

yeah they should be able too
they are humans too
and it isn't wrong since you are loving a human creature so o_0 as long as it aren't animals and kids you love it's okey
and people who love each other have to be able to marry each other
it doesn't matter you have a men-men or women-women men-women couple, as long as you are happy together

[Blix]

No whats the freakin point Haha gaya what i call it