Coming from an area close to San Francisco, a breeding ground for gay men, I have seen how much the views on gays and gay marriage differ. I think this is probably because of the way each of us were brought up, and the people we were around. In California, it seems that gay people and marriage are accepted more so than in Texas, perhaps because California has chosen to legalize gay marriage. What's the difference? Why do gay people want to have the right to get married so much?
Persons against gay marriage believe that it is contrary to their religion for same-sex marriages. They see it incorrect for persons of the same sex to get married, and therefore believe that they should not have the same rights that most married couples receive. They say that the lifestyle is dirty and don't want their families exposed to that type of lifestyle.
Persons in favor of gay marriage believe that it is their right to have the same opportunities as “normal” couples. They feel that it is discriminating to not allow persons of different sexual preferences to have the same rights. Many gay persons want the right to get married simply because they want the law and government to recognize them as an actual married couple.
Many places across the U.S. have different views on this controversial topic. The more southern the state, the more against the unification of the same sex they are. I believe that the government shouldn’t be allowed to control the rights that couples have. What’s the difference? Who should be able to tell people what to do? When should the government’s power be limited?
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Did you hear? Prop 8 in California is still too close to call, but Arizona and Florida both passed propositions banning gay marriage. Arkansas also passed a law prohibiting unmarried cohabiting couples (both gay and straight) from adopting children or being foster parents.
That last one is really tragic. I mean, I think restricting anyone's right to marry the person they love is barbaric, but Arkansas, in trying to punish gay couples, has only made it harder for all those children who are wards of the state to be placed in homes. A great number of foster parents are unmarried and it's the children who will suffer because of this new law
I have heard that the ban on gay marriage passed in CA because of a last-minute advertising and door-to-door campaign conducted and paid for by of all things, the Morman Church. Aren't they still trying to avoid having to comply with the laws against polygamy? I think a monogamous marriage between two people of any sex is less a threat to the institution of marriage than polygamy, so this all seems pretty ironic. And really, what are people so afraid of?
I am from Georgia, and my parents were raised in the south, so I have been raised to think that gay marriage is wrong, so I might be a little bias. But my argument against gay marriage is that it is technically a religious act. I really could care less if gay people are legally considered a couple or not, but I don't think gay marriage should be legal because it goes against nature. If God intended for people of the same sex to get married, then why can they not give birth. I am sorry if I have offended anyone, this is just my opinion
Marriage is both a civil and a religious institution. Many atheists (straight) get married by a Justice of the Peace. And many gays (Christians) get married in churches even though the state government doesn't recognize it as "legal." So I cna see how a person might oppose gay marriage in THEIR church for religious reasons, but marriage makes a society stronger, since it creates households where peole take care of one another, have joint incomes for a higher standard of living, and all that good stuff. So what's to oppose from the civil point of view? Peace and love, cec.
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