Poll: Do you support gay marriage?

[Pegghead]

I absolutely support it. As for the religious aspect, I myself am Catholic and at a recent marriage equality rally I saw in my city there were many priests in attendance and multiple local churches sponsoring the event, so times are a-changin' in that aspect.

Besides, wouldn't it be unfair if a member of a long-term, loving, same-sex relationship died and all their posessions went to distant family due to the whole blood-thicker-than-water chestnut (like that Stief Larsson guy)?

 

[Idlemessiah]

I support gay marriage because a lot of people need to realise that it's not a big deal.

 

[Vegosiux]

Yes, I support gay marriage.

My concience won't let me not support it.

Double negative! Always so confusing for a second.

Pfsh. You know, to negate something slavic languages you have to negate every word! Having 4 or more negatives in one sentence can happen without actually trying to be deliberately confusing! We don't say "I never did do anything to anyone, anywhere", we say "I never didn't do nothing to noone, nowhere."

Also, let gays marry each other, seriously.

And to all slippery slope arguments how that will lead to people marrying dogs, I say I have just as much credibility when I say banning gay marriage will lead to banning heterosexual marriage.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

I couldn't give a damn either way, as long as they don't try and marry me...

 

[Grey Day for Elcia]

Pfsh. You know, to negate something slavic languages you have to negate every word! Having 4 or more negatives in one sentece can happen without actually trying to be confusing! We don't say "I never did do anything to anyone, anywhere", we say "I never didn't do nothing to noone, nowhere."

I have no idea what you just said. And now I have a headache.

OT: you know, this whole equality argument, and "gay people should be allowed to marry" thing, is kind of pissing me off. Why? Because gay people are already allowed to get married in, like, every country. Just not to someone of the same sex. Heterosexual people have that exact same rule. So... gay people and straight people do have the same rights.

I get what you mean, but you're saying the whole thing wrong.

The "we want the right to marry the people we love" argument is equally as dumb. I seriously don't want that defense to be rewarded and I'll tell you why: what if I love children? Can I now marry a child? Oh, I can't because they're a child? But I want the equal right to marry the person I love. See what I did there?

People should be allowed to marry any adult they want, regardless of gender, sex, creed or race. But some of these arguments are going at it the entirely wrong direction.

 

[Grey Day for Elcia]

I find your 'tache very arousing. Will you marry me?

I couldn't give a damn either way, as long as they don't try and marry me...

SHIT!

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

Those quotation marks were pretty damn inflamatory.

Of course I'm in favour, it doesn't affect me in the slightest.

 

[Tsun Tzu]

I support it in theory.


I'd prefer the entire marriage system be overhauled, at least in the eyes of the government. Something like all "marriage" like traditions, independent of culture, falling under the same overall banner of "Civil Unions" and each gets the same financial benefits and tax breaks.

...I admit, I'm not familiar with every culture's take on marriage and it'd naturally be limited to non-violent/non-bestial/non-fuckedup sorts, but it seems like it'd be a good bit fairer than the current exclusionary (I'm aware of the apparent hypocrisy of that statement) system.

At least that way they'd be able to legally call it whatever they'd want without some archaic nonsense preventing them from collecting tax benefits or handling their loved one's affairs in the event of said loved one's death.

 

[Avalanche91]

The bible is 2000 year old. I admit that the 10 commandments are good rules to live by, but I can not consider everything written there absolute.

In this particular part of Europe, gay marriage has been allowed for more then 10 years, and I can assure you the churches are still running empty and there are still a lot of people getting divorced. Nothing changes at all.

 

[Grey Day for Elcia]

Since man could write and record, marriage has been used to define a Man and a Woman together.

Actually, it was when a man purchased a wife from her current owner. A man could purchase many wives and they had no say in it. Fork over the cow, the money or the land (now a ring) and she's all yours to do with as you please--rape her, force her into slavery or sell her to an axe-murderer.

Want to try and tell us how that's relevant?

Oh snap. I dun tore your argument down.

 

[Starik20X6]

Supporter. Why should the term not be changed? The only argument I've really heard against it is because it'd (somehow) ruin the 'sanctity of marriage'. News flash: we live in a society where people can get married and be divorced within 72 hours. Marriage lost its sanctity a loooong time ago.

Thing is, if you are heterosexual- it doesn't matter to you. It literally only matters to the people who do wish to marry a member of the same sex, and if you're not that person why do you care if they're getting married or not? It's not your business is it? Nobody can convince me that their anti-gay marriage is nothing but homophobia. If you aren't homosexual, and you're whinging about gay marriage, then you're going out of your way to be upset by something that would have absolutely no impact on your life whatsoever if you otherwise paid no attention to it.

Oh, and as for the "lets not change the definition of a word" thing... Remember how the word 'gay' used to mean happy?

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

I find your 'tache very arousing. Will you marry me?

I couldn't give a damn either way, as long as they don't try and marry me...

SHIT!

Haha! That would be the most hilarious grounds for a marriage ever!

 

[Grey Day for Elcia]

I find your 'tache very arousing. Will you marry me?

I couldn't give a damn either way, as long as they don't try and marry me...

SHIT!

Haha! That would be the most hilarious grounds for a marriage ever!

It would also be a hilarious divorce document; "Reason for severing marriage: he shaved his 'stache."

 

[Grey Day for Elcia]

Oh, and as for the "lets not change the definition of a word" thing... Remember how the word 'gay' used to mean happy?

And slave was an employment position, lol.

 

[Scarim Coral]

I support it since if two gay couple can find genuine love for each other as oppose to some of the loveless marriage between a man and a woman (that Family Guy sum it up better than I can).

 

[Roggen Bread]

Might have already be posted, but
Boopity bloops.

Wow. This was freakin' awesome.

But even before watching this video.

Let the gay peaople have their marriage, what right do YOU dipshits have to ban it?

oh - and to the tradition bla-di-blah.

traditions change and get lost eventually. And this is a good thing, because quite a lot of them are brutal and unnecessary.

Look at our islamic friends.
How often do you see news about them executing some poor sob in a VERY brutal way?
In an islamic country, which one slipped my mind, there were 15 (FIFTEEN!!!) TEENAGERS stoned to death, because they dressed "too western" (specifically: EMO-style-ish)

Guess what. THIS also is a (religious) tradition, you know, like your marriage blabla.

And I seriously hope, that you find this wrong too.

 

[schtingah]

Let's give women the right to vote... but let's not call it voting. Voting has always been a man-only thing. It seems illogical to share a term that also is used to mean a completely conflicting and opposite meaning.

 

[L. Declis]

Of course I support gay marriage. I'm not a bigot, or ignorant (at least in regards to this matter).

I personally think that gay people will have much better married lives- why? Because they had to damn well fight for it. They won't be taking it for granted like most stupid, drunk, Vegas going hetero-couples who divorce a few hours later.

Maybe heterosexual people should have it taken away? "No, you can't get married until you appreciate the value of the ceremony". This was a joke. Sorta.

Personally, I dislike the religious overtones of the whole thing, and I can't think of a good argument against gay marriage, but there are an awful lot FOR gay marriage.

Also, don't put quotation marks around marriage, OP, it's offensive and makes you look like a "bigot". It's okay though, I put quotation marks around it.

Also, why do people think the phrase "It's just my opinion" shields them from any criticism? If you place it into public, you're allowing people to criticize it. And don't think that saying things like "Keep it classy" suddenly means that no one will call you on your views.

 

[Grey Day for Elcia]

Pro-tip: don't argue with anyone who claims to be religious.

"Tell a devout Christian that his wife is cheating on him, or that frozen yogurt can make a man invisible, and he is likely to require as much evidence as anyone else, and to be persuaded only to the extent that you give it. Tell him that the book he keeps by his bed was written by an invisible deity who will punish him with fire for eternity if he fails to accept its every incredible claim about the universe, and he seems to require no evidence what so ever."

Sam Harris explains why.

 

[Grey Day for Elcia]

Let's give women the right to vote... but let's not call it voting. Voting has always been a man-only thing. It seems illogical to share a term that also is used to mean a completely conflicting and opposite meaning.

Oh shit. That was pretty smooth, lol.

+10 internets