Nice list.
Darkdante said:
Gay people already have all the same rights everybody else does, if you want to marry a person of different sex, then the rule applies to you.
If your gay, heterosexual, black, white, jap, *****, flip, jew, it does not matter.
The same rule for marriage applies to everyone, no matter your sexual preference, or race etc....
That's the way it should be, not the way it is. Canada and Spain are the only countries where the legal status of same-sex marriage is exactly the same as that of opposite-sex marriage, though South Africa is due to fully harmonize its marriage laws. Other nations all have residency requirements that apply to same-sex marriage that do not apply to opposite-sex marriage.
In the United States, there are at least 1,138 federal laws "in which marital status is a factor." A denial of rights or benefits without substantive due process, assert the proponents of same-sex marriage, directly contradicts the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution which provides for equal protection of all citizens. For instance, a heterosexual US citizen who marries a foreign partner immediately qualifies to bring that person to the United States, while long-term gay and lesbian binational partners who have spent decades together are denied the same rights, forcing foreign gay partners to seek expensive temporary employer or school-sponsored visas or face separation.
Why should we change rules simply because you are gay?
I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not here, so I'm going to assume you are not. The rules should be changed to protect the rights of the minorities. There isn't much more to it than that.
Civil unions are the way to go, marraige was not created for same sex relationships, just like marriage was not created for me to marry my brother so we can get tax credits.
Marriage was created for 2 people that love each other, and sexual preferance was never an issue untill massive amounts of homosexuals started coming out of the closet. Now, people wish to exclude them from marriage in order to suppress their rights as human beings.
If your trying to label me as a homophobe, then knock yourself out. Proving that however will take considerable more effort.
I don't think you are a homophobe. I think you have a very hard time seeing other peoples point of view.
This mindset, thats why, thats how, it directly affects everyone.
Our population needs children made, our government needs new children to support it, and so our government supports those that make children.
I could maybe understand what you were saying if the Death rate was higher than the birthrate, but it isn't.
I believe you said "normal".
And while you may be politically correct in calling being gay normal, by the definition of the word "normal" it is not. Because if it were we would not be having this conversation.
And I'm not against homosexual marraige, because there is no such thing.
You create a "civil union" with all the benefits of marraige, I'll support it if thats what everyone wants. If you change the history and definition of marriage then I'll support it. But you just can't include yourself in something because you "feel" like it.
It is normal to love another human being, and that's all these people homosexual people are doing.
And yes, there most certainly is a such thing as homosexual marraige, just not in the United States.
If I didn't know you better, from that last paragraph, I'd guess you were a republican. What about when black and white people felt like they should be included with intreracial marriage? That worked out just fine. You really need to try and put yourself in the shoes of the people whose view you do not understand.
