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MopZ 934 cr points Send Message: 26 Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/4/12 Sure! I don't have a problem with it. It's totally up to the people though since it's the local Government that has the power and authority to recognize which marriages are official and not the Church/local religious authorities in most places these days.
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maffoo 53773 cr points Send Message: 31 / M / England Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/6/12 I'm indifferent to it. One the one hand I don't see any problem with gay marriage, on the other I don't see the point of it here in the UK, where we have Civil Partnerships(which as far as I can see are gay marriages in all but name - though I'm more than happy to be corrected on this My general opinion on it is that it won't do any harm, but it's not an issue that would affect how I would vote in an election, unless I had two otherwise identical candidates where one was in favour of gay marriage and the other was against.
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potatoprince 2056 cr points Send Message: Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/6/12 I might get bashed for this but personally I'm definitely against. And yes my religion is the biggest factor in why I think so. But instead of going out on that tirade and explaining why my religion believes so I'll just add a couple of thoughts I've been building up. There is nothing wrong with marriage. And there is nothing wrong with two loving- committed people raising a family (nuclear or not). I also don't think that gay couples cannot do a good job of raising kids. I've actually seen the opposite. A man and his partner successfully raised 3 kids that were from one of the man's previous marriages with a woman, put them through college and had the honor of seeing them graduate with PhDs in various fields as psychology and english. These views might seem like a "liberal Christian" so to speak but its just the opinions I have outside of the obligations and beliefs that I hold within the Catholic Church.
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Jsybird2532 9030 cr points Send Message: 21 / F / New York State Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/6/12, edited 10/6/12 maffoo wrote: I'm indifferent to it. One the one hand I don't see any problem with gay marriage, on the other I don't see the point of it here in the UK, where we have Civil Partnerships(which as far as I can see are gay marriages in all but name - though I'm more than happy to be corrected on this My general opinion on it is that it won't do any harm, but it's not an issue that would affect how I would vote in an election, unless I had two otherwise identical candidates where one was in favour of gay marriage and the other was against. To correct you. When traveling or living in a jurisdiction outside of the country where a same-sex partnership was legally formalized, the sovereign power over that territory may only recognize the two people as in a partnership if they are wed. In other words, if it is not called marriage, you may experience legal problems when travelling, even if that country has a law on the books (legislative, common or otherwise) that states it recognizes foreign same-sex marriages (ie: Israel, Mexico and a few other states, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:World_homosexuality_laws.svg&page=1) or actually allows them to be legally performed within its borders.
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maffoo 53773 cr points Send Message: 31 / M / England Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/7/12 Jsybird2532 wrote: maffoo wrote: I'm indifferent to it. One the one hand I don't see any problem with gay marriage, on the other I don't see the point of it here in the UK, where we have Civil Partnerships(which as far as I can see are gay marriages in all but name - though I'm more than happy to be corrected on this My general opinion on it is that it won't do any harm, but it's not an issue that would affect how I would vote in an election, unless I had two otherwise identical candidates where one was in favour of gay marriage and the other was against. To correct you. When traveling or living in a jurisdiction outside of the country where a same-sex partnership was legally formalized, the sovereign power over that territory may only recognize the two people as in a partnership if they are wed. In other words, if it is not called marriage, you may experience legal problems when travelling, even if that country has a law on the books (legislative, common or otherwise) that states it recognizes foreign same-sex marriages (ie: Israel, Mexico and a few other states, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:World_homosexuality_laws.svg&page=1) or actually allows them to be legally performed within its borders. Thanks for clarifying. I was thinking more about how Civil Partnerships are treated under UK law (which seems to be pretty much the same as marriage for tax and inheritance purposes), so I assumed that the change to "marriage" was symbolic. It hadn't occurred to me that it would have an effect outside our borders!
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MopZ 934 cr points Send Message: 26 Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/7/12 Jsybird2532 wrote: maffoo wrote: I'm indifferent to it. One the one hand I don't see any problem with gay marriage, on the other I don't see the point of it here in the UK, where we have Civil Partnerships(which as far as I can see are gay marriages in all but name - though I'm more than happy to be corrected on this My general opinion on it is that it won't do any harm, but it's not an issue that would affect how I would vote in an election, unless I had two otherwise identical candidates where one was in favour of gay marriage and the other was against. To correct you. When traveling or living in a jurisdiction outside of the country where a same-sex partnership was legally formalized, the sovereign power over that territory may only recognize the two people as in a partnership if they are wed. In other words, if it is not called marriage, you may experience legal problems when travelling, even if that country has a law on the books (legislative, common or otherwise) that states it recognizes foreign same-sex marriages (ie: Israel, Mexico and a few other states, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:World_homosexuality_laws.svg&page=1) or actually allows them to be legally performed within its borders. So, all the more reason to call it marriage then, right?
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-Elo- 10448 cr points Send Message: 18 / M / New Jersey Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/7/12 Marriage is about your love and devotion for a person. Your gender doesn't matter. Love is love.
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Tiekonduekid 3245 cr points Send Message: 101 / M / The academy Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/7/12 It should be love who you want to love but with that said marriage doesn't allow you keep loving I mean look at gene Simmons( before he married) he went out with the same girl for like until his kids were 25 but marriage does include rights
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WildTyger 9089 cr points Send Message: Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/7/12 Marriage is not about love. The belief that marriage is about love has spread only in the last few centuries in western cultures. In my culture marriage is for having and raising kids. Even if you get married and don't have kids your social status is lower than those with kids. Its basically equal to long term dating couples.
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Zerofaisal33 22044 cr points Send Message: Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/23/12 On a personal level I don't think being gay is right or natural for that matter, but even though I think that way I don't have the right to tell other people what they can and cannot do.
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JassieGoldfish 841 cr points Send Message: 17 / F / Fish Bowl Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 11/15/12 I'm not against Gay Marriage. I believe everybody has the freedom to love who they want to love and enter a serious commitment with them.
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Wrolin 7233 cr points Send Message: 18 / F / Norway Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 11/19/12 JassieGoldfish wrote: I'm not against Gay Marriage. I believe everybody has the freedom to love who they want to love and enter a serious commitment with them. Totally agree! Like a photo I saw on the internet today; Simba turned out well even tho he was raised by two guys!
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miserykitsune 4519 cr points Send Message: 19 / F / ireland Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 11/19/12 It's not legal here, but I don't see why it shouldn't be.
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ichigofes12 17774 cr points Send Message: 21 / M / scotland Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 11/25/12 Its going to become legal here, but I dont agree with it like many Christians and Muslims.
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TorekO 629 cr points Send Message: 25 / M / Israel Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 11/25/12 its not legal here but most people agree about same sex marriage here and I don't see a problem with it either.
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