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Would you support same-sex marriage in your state?

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Originally posted by: Jzero
Originally posted by: TMPadmin
I still stand by that statement as it pertains to religion; I never meant to misrepresent its meaning. However, the next statement I made about Gay studies in schools I will also stand by. This should never come about.

Since most religions still categorically exclude gays from getting married, it is impossible to accuse gays of "uprooting the institution," even from a religious perspective.

How can the gays damage an institution that they have no access to?

The problem is they are demanding access to it. Again, if you do not look at this from a religious view you WILL disagree.
 
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: TooOne21
Originally posted by: Jzero
Originally posted by: TMPadmin
I still stand by that statement as it pertains to religion; I never meant to misrepresent its meaning. However, the next statement I made about Gay studies in schools I will also stand by. This should never come about.

Since most religions still categorically exclude gays from getting married, it is impossible to accuse gays of "uprooting the institution," even from a religious perspective.

How can the gays damage an institution that they have no access to?

It damages the people in this country whose roots go back to when the country began.
It is who we are.

One Nation Under God

In God We Trust

And when did that "Under God" get added? Wasn't it some time in the 1950s? Yeah, that goes back to the roots of a different hate movement.
So... granting equality to people goes against who we are and damages the people in this country? Explain.

I think his arguement can go back further. Marriage was "founded" from a religious point of view not by any state or country.

Oh and One Nation Under God
and One Nation Under God
Just some reading.
 
Originally posted by: Harvey

None of this has anything to do with any "sacred" anything. What a religious sect want to about recognizing civil weddings is up to them, but we should not deny these civil rights to citizens because of their sexual orientation.

no one is denied civil rights because of their sexual orientation. where in marriage law does it require you to state your sexual orientation? you can be homosexual and marry an opposite sex, and that would be perfectly fine. again, what civil rights are denied because of their sexual orientation? everybody, regardless of their sexuality is subject to the exact same restrictions.
 
Originally posted by: Jumpem
Absolutely not. Marriage is a sacred vow between a man and a woman. Homosexuals can not simply redefine something to suit them.

Yeah! and Americans are red blooded white folks and in America you should speak English or get the hell out and ... :roll:
 
Originally posted by: TMPadmin
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: TooOne21
Originally posted by: Jzero
Originally posted by: TMPadmin
I still stand by that statement as it pertains to religion; I never meant to misrepresent its meaning. However, the next statement I made about Gay studies in schools I will also stand by. This should never come about.

Since most religions still categorically exclude gays from getting married, it is impossible to accuse gays of "uprooting the institution," even from a religious perspective.

How can the gays damage an institution that they have no access to?

It damages the people in this country whose roots go back to when the country began.
It is who we are.

One Nation Under God

In God We Trust

And when did that "Under God" get added? Wasn't it some time in the 1950s? Yeah, that goes back to the roots of a different hate movement.
So... granting equality to people goes against who we are and damages the people in this country? Explain.

I think his arguement can go back further. Marriage was "founded" from a religious point of view not by any state or country.

Oh and One Nation Under God
and One Nation Under God
Just some reading.

I'm ignoring your first link because it's to "Christianity Today" so I doubt it will be impartial.
The second link just agrees with my statement that it was added to the pledge as part of the communist hate movement. The pledge is a different argument altogether, but of course "under god" doesn't belong in the pledge.

But you can't explain how granting equality damages the people in our country either?
 
Originally posted by: cheapbidder01
Originally posted by: Jumpem
Absolutely not. Marriage is a sacred vow between a man and a woman. Homosexuals can not simply redefine something to suit them.

Yeah! and Americans are red blooded white folks and in America you should speak English or get the hell out and ... :roll:

Well, in America our national language IS English. If someone can't speak English they are at a disadvantage, maybe not kicked out but I will not learn their language unless I am in their native country.

If everyone is so much for separation of church and state why not make all those not married in a religion civil unions and those married in a church a marriage? This will clear everything up.
 
Of course! just because they're gay doesn't mean they should escape being as miserable as the rest of us🙂
 
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: TMPadmin
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: TooOne21
Originally posted by: Jzero
Originally posted by: TMPadmin
I still stand by that statement as it pertains to religion; I never meant to misrepresent its meaning. However, the next statement I made about Gay studies in schools I will also stand by. This should never come about.

Since most religions still categorically exclude gays from getting married, it is impossible to accuse gays of "uprooting the institution," even from a religious perspective.

How can the gays damage an institution that they have no access to?

It damages the people in this country whose roots go back to when the country began.
It is who we are.

One Nation Under God

In God We Trust

And when did that "Under God" get added? Wasn't it some time in the 1950s? Yeah, that goes back to the roots of a different hate movement.
So... granting equality to people goes against who we are and damages the people in this country? Explain.

I think his arguement can go back further. Marriage was "founded" from a religious point of view not by any state or country.

Oh and One Nation Under God
and One Nation Under God
Just some reading.

I'm ignoring your first link because it's to "Christianity Today" so I doubt it will be impartial.
The second link just agrees with my statement that it was added to the pledge as part of the communist hate movement. The pledge is a different argument altogether, but of course "under god" doesn't belong in the pledge.

But you can't explain how granting equality damages the people in our country either?


I wasn't trying to prove or disprove you, just some quick things I found. Both sides I guess.

There is some damage when you view marriage as a SARCRED vow between a man and a woman. There is something special (I'm not saying gays can't be special) about a couple who have taken on the responsibility to devote their lives to each other, raise children all in the eyes of God. Our nation was build with God in mind. Yes times have changed and we are now more liberal than ever. I suppose it's time to change everything we disagree with so everyone is happy and moral and justified doing things that were once illegal.
 
There are two different aspects on this, the benefits of the union has to do with the government and the law, in the eyes of the government there is no religion and no love involved. It is simply a civil union between two consenting adults which brings some benefits and some things that may or may not be beneficial depending on the future of the couple.

The love aspects does not have anything to do with marriage, it has to do with the couples feelings towards eachother, there is no law against two people who hate eachother to get married.

When it comes to the religious parts, it is up to the church to deny to wed the couple if they so wish, it has nothing to do with gays, lesbians or anyone else as long as they are two consenting adults.

I won't vote in this poll though since i am not an American.
 
Originally posted by: TMPadmin
Originally posted by: cheapbidder01
Originally posted by: Jumpem
Absolutely not. Marriage is a sacred vow between a man and a woman. Homosexuals can not simply redefine something to suit them.

Yeah! and Americans are red blooded white folks and in America you should speak English or get the hell out and ... :roll:

Well, in America our national language IS English. If someone can't speak English they are at a disadvantage, maybe not kicked out but I will not learn their language unless I am in their native country.

If everyone is so much for separation of church and state why not make all those not married in a religion civil unions and those married in a church a marriage? This will clear everything up.

The USA has no national language.
How about EVERYONE gets a civil union, and those who wanta church marriage go out and get a church marriage? That sounds like equality to me.
 
Originally posted by: TooOne21
I think that if they want to be together why don't they do it for love and not the monetary benefits.

Isn't that their real reason? Because apparently they are not in it for the Religious reason.

So, if they were to be together for love, they do not need a "marriage" or "Civil Union."

So if a straight couple wants to get married they are in it for love. But if a gay couple wants to get married, they are in it for money? Is that what you are telling me? Please, explain to me how retarded your logic is.
 
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: TMPadmin
Originally posted by: cheapbidder01
Originally posted by: Jumpem
Absolutely not. Marriage is a sacred vow between a man and a woman. Homosexuals can not simply redefine something to suit them.

Yeah! and Americans are red blooded white folks and in America you should speak English or get the hell out and ... :roll:

Well, in America our national language IS English. If someone can't speak English they are at a disadvantage, maybe not kicked out but I will not learn their language unless I am in their native country.

If everyone is so much for separation of church and state why not make all those not married in a religion civil unions and those married in a church a marriage? This will clear everything up.

The USA has no national language.
How about EVERYONE gets a civil union, and those who wanta church marriage go out and get a church marriage? That sounds like equality to me.

I stand corrected I apologize. No national language.

Now you are just being stubborn. Everyone knows that when you are married you need to sign state documents that you are legally married in that state. So getting married in a church already gets you the union.
 
Originally posted by: skace
Originally posted by: TooOne21
I think that if they want to be together why don't they do it for love and not the monetary benefits.

Isn't that their real reason? Because apparently they are not in it for the Religious reason.

So, if they were to be together for love, they do not need a "marriage" or "Civil Union."

So if a straight couple wants to get married they are in it for love. But if a gay couple wants to get married, they are in it for money? Is that what you are telling me? Please, explain to me how retarded your logic is.

I THINK he is trying to say that IF it were only for love they wouldn't need all the benifits associated with the marriage stamp.
 
The long and short of it is that they don't want to be treated differently than anyone else. That's inequality. This is America, which is supposed to be about equality.
 
Originally posted by: TMPadmin
Originally posted by: skace
Originally posted by: TooOne21
I think that if they want to be together why don't they do it for love and not the monetary benefits.

Isn't that their real reason? Because apparently they are not in it for the Religious reason.

So, if they were to be together for love, they do not need a "marriage" or "Civil Union."

So if a straight couple wants to get married they are in it for love. But if a gay couple wants to get married, they are in it for money? Is that what you are telling me? Please, explain to me how retarded your logic is.

I THINK he is trying to say that IF it were only for love they wouldn't need all the benifits associated with the marriage stamp.

Is he saying that only homosexual couples can feel love and thus do not need to get married? I object to that.
 
Originally posted by: TMPadmin
Originally posted by: Jzero
Originally posted by: TMPadmin
I still stand by that statement as it pertains to religion; I never meant to misrepresent its meaning. However, the next statement I made about Gay studies in schools I will also stand by. This should never come about.

Since most religions still categorically exclude gays from getting married, it is impossible to accuse gays of "uprooting the institution," even from a religious perspective.

How can the gays damage an institution that they have no access to?

The problem is they are demanding access to it. Again, if you do not look at this from a religious view you WILL disagree.

They are demanding access to the CIVIL construction. Very few want access to any religious approval, and for good reason - why would they want their relationship blessed by an organization that views them as evil and outcast?

Nor would the government be able to compel a religious organization to marry them.

It's fine to make the distinction between religious marriage and civil marriage, but you can't use them interchangeably.
 
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
The long and short of it is that they don't want to be treated differently than anyone else. That's inequality. This is America, which is supposed to be about equality.

ding ding ding...
 
Originally posted by: Klixxer
Originally posted by: TMPadmin
Originally posted by: skace
Originally posted by: TooOne21
I think that if they want to be together why don't they do it for love and not the monetary benefits.

Isn't that their real reason? Because apparently they are not in it for the Religious reason.

So, if they were to be together for love, they do not need a "marriage" or "Civil Union."

So if a straight couple wants to get married they are in it for love. But if a gay couple wants to get married, they are in it for money? Is that what you are telling me? Please, explain to me how retarded your logic is.

I THINK he is trying to say that IF it were only for love they wouldn't need all the benifits associated with the marriage stamp.

Is he saying that only homosexual couples can feel love and thus do not need to get married? I object to that.

I highly doubt that.
 
Originally posted by: Jzero
Originally posted by: TMPadmin
Originally posted by: Jzero
Originally posted by: TMPadmin
I still stand by that statement as it pertains to religion; I never meant to misrepresent its meaning. However, the next statement I made about Gay studies in schools I will also stand by. This should never come about.

Since most religions still categorically exclude gays from getting married, it is impossible to accuse gays of "uprooting the institution," even from a religious perspective.

How can the gays damage an institution that they have no access to?

The problem is they are demanding access to it. Again, if you do not look at this from a religious view you WILL disagree.

They are demanding access to the CIVIL construction. Very few want access to any religious approval, and for good reason - why would they want their relationship blessed by an organization that views them as evil and outcast?

Nor would the government be able to compel a religious organization to marry them.

It's fine to make the distinction between religious marriage and civil marriage, but you can't use them interchangeably.

HEY! We agree!
 
Originally posted by: TMPadmin
There is some damage when you view marriage as a SARCRED vow between a man and a woman. There is something special (I'm not saying gays can't be special) about a couple who have taken on the responsibility to devote their lives to each other, raise children all in the eyes of God. Our nation was build with God in mind. Yes times have changed and we are now more liberal than ever. I suppose it's time to change everything we disagree with so everyone is happy and moral and justified doing things that were once illegal.

What homosexuals are doing has no effect on the sacredness of a vow that someone else makes. By this logic, we should have already dumped the concept of marriage because millions of heterosexual Christians have ALREADY trashed the sacredness of their vows.

I'm getting married in November, and my marriage is not going to be affected in any way by gay people getting married, straight people getting divorced, or any other external influence. That vow made will be between me, my wife, and God. No one else is concerned and I am concerned iwth no one else.

You said earlier you don't have a problem with "civil unions." Churches will still not marry gays. How, then, are gays making marriage any less sacred?
 
These illegal aliens are not putting anything back into the economy. They are not working on the books. They are not paying taxes. They are not contributing to the well being of America, they are using us because they know we have a large percentage of bleeding hearts out there.

Which is the move to legalize it and make them actual citizens, who would have to pay taxes.

I completely agree with you though, ILLEGAL immigrants should not have the same rights as the rest of us... especially those who have to wait years to be legal immigrants or who have higher prerequsites to come to America.
 
Originally posted by: Klixxer
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
The long and short of it is that they don't want to be treated differently than anyone else. That's inequality. This is America, which is supposed to be about equality.

ding ding ding...

But we are human and it seems to be a human trait to want to be better than then next person. I don't know where this fits into the subject and I try not to live my life this way but it is true.
 
Originally posted by: TMPadmin
Originally posted by: Jzero
It's fine to make the distinction between religious marriage and civil marriage, but you can't use them interchangeably.

HEY! We agree!

But we disagree that gays are responsible for damaging the religious institution of marriage or are demanding access to that religious construct, which is what you have said repeatedly.
 
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