Gay unions or marriages

[sirenofthestorm]

Hi guys show your support for Civil Unions, Gay Marriages or opposed.

http://www.marriagepoll.com

These results will got to Congress.
I personally think that if you love someone you should have all the rights and privledges that a union between two people inherit from teh government.
Hell I date exclusively women my whole life until the past two years....so I am biased.

[LadyJ]

Someone posted this the other day. I already voted:thumbsup:

[housecat]

Just voted... gays should have the same rights as anyone else IMO.

Just noticed the results of the poll and it saddens me that so many people oppose this :(

[Light Touch]

I'd vote to get government out of the business of marriage, myself.

[cleophite]

just voted as well .. wow, dina was right. that's really sad to see the number of people opposed to this :sadblue:

[MaryAnarchy]

i posted this a few days ago.

and now, it seems the majority is going towards supporting gay marriages
which is hilarious, considering who's hosting the poll

:hifive: to everyone for helping out!

[LadyJ]

Originally posted by housecat
Just noticed the results of the poll and it saddens me that so many people oppose this :(
You have to remember that the majority of people who have voted are members or affiliate of the American Family Association. They are the ones running the poll and you better believe that, while they are promoting the hell out of it within their own circles, they are not going out of their way to let anyone else know about it. This is not a scientific poll or one that can even pretend to be taken from a diverse cross-section of Americans. Don't be discouraged if it looks like "Americans" are against gay marriage and/or civil unions. Just get some satisfaction out of skewing the results that they are trying to get.

[binger]

i have seen issue and looked at it crossed eyed it doesnt make secne to me why it wouldnt be aloud. would it fuck up the ecominy or somethign like that i jsut voted my self. but hell i had a point to this but its to early in the moren for this so im off

[RITMGuy]

Hey, a spouse is a spouse. When two people are in love, gay or not, they should have any and all rights to marry as any other couple. Two people who are citizens of a certain state should be allowed to marry in that state regardless of sex. It's just a stupid policy that keeps all the weird wealthy conservatists happy.....the ones who contribute to gubernatorial pac's of course.

[sirenofthestorm]

Sorry for repeating Mary's thread but thanks for sticking it to the Conservatives!

[Light Touch]

I don't really think it's conservatives that are against gay marriage. I think the proper term would be "bigots".

:D

[sirenofthestorm]

Another word for terribly frightened of anything different than the status quo.

[MaryAnarchy]

its okay
everyone repeats threads
no one expects you to read every single thread on this board every single day

[mtd2003]

It's not really fair to demand that these old, prejudiced, conservative- quasi-religious- lawmakers legitimize homosexuality.

Some of them genuinely want to preserve what they feel is the sanctity of marriage. To wit, they should ban those Vegas-style/shotgun marriages first.. but still.

I'm not defending them in anyway, but I can almost understand- my grandfather isn't a bad man, he's just old, and I'm sure his stance on homosexuals isn't wholly agreeable.

[MaryAnarchy]

my dad hates gays.

i just don't think it's anyone's right to tell another person who they can or cannot marry.

[Milkman John]

an update

against:45.1%
for:46.88%
civil:7.71%


hehehehe

[mtd2003]

Originally posted by MaryAnarchy
my dad hates gays.

i just don't think it's anyone's right to tell another person who they can or cannot marry.

Social progress is slow but inevitable.

Give it a while.

[housecat]

Originally posted by MaryAnarchy
my dad hates gays.

i just don't think it's anyone's right to tell another person who they can or cannot marry.
:werd: My dad actually hates gays. Piss's me off that people can be so ignorant and judgemental like that.

[MaryAnarchy]

we win! we win!

[sirenofthestorm]

Little David was in his 5th grade class when the teacher asked the children what their fathers did for a living. All the typical answers came up --- fireman, policeman, salesman, etc... David was being uncharacteristically quiet and so the teacher asked him about his father.

"My father's an exotic dancer in a gay cabaret and takes off all his clothes in front of other men. Sometimes, if the offer's really good, he'll go out to the alley with some guy and make love with him for money."

The teacher, obviously shaken by this statement, hurriedly set the other children to work on some coloring and took Little David aside to Ask him, "Is that really true about your father?"

"No," said David, "He works for the Bush administration, but I was too embarrassed to say that in front of the other kids."

[RITMGuy]

:haha: That's pretty funny.

But my mom doesn't like the lifestyle that gay people choose, but she still has gay friends. The lifestyle doesn't affect a person's persona. If you like them, be friends with them and accept their life as their's not yours. That's just my $.02

[mtd2003]

Originally posted by RITMGuy
:haha: That's pretty funny.

But my mom doesn't like the lifestyle that gay people choose, but she still has gay friends. The lifestyle doesn't affect a person's persona. If you like them, be friends with them and accept their life as their's not yours. That's just my $.02

In this case I imagine "lifestyle" is a euphemism for gay sex.

[RITMGuy]

Originally posted by mtd2003


In this case I imagine "lifestyle" is a euphemism for gay sex.
I would have used "trojan horse" for that. No, I meant as in a couple in a serious relationship of the same sex. My parents don't agree with that, just their way of thinking. I don't hate them for that.

[mtd2003]

Originally posted by RITMGuy

I would have used "trojan horse" for that. No, I meant as in a couple in a serious relationship of the same sex. My parents don't agree with that, just their way of thinking. I don't hate them for that.

See, that's odd to me.

Our parents and grandparents are the ones that instilled values in us.

Did they do a bad job?

Or are we just a more conscientious generation?

[RITMGuy]

I think we question more than our parents did. So, inturn, we learn a bit more.

Our parents just mainly took what they were given as correct and accepted that. Some of our parents were lucky enough to question things, but most didn't.

[Wickity]

We're just more used to the idea... Most of us are just as stubborn and intractable about the things we believe to be wrong.

[flasherred]

:rl:
i love women emotionally and physically and i plan to be with one for the rest of my life someday, and i'll be fucked if someone said I couldn't. Its about who you love and who makes you happy with fullfillment. Fuck the people who don't understand...your just close minded. Im not compatable with close minders.

[Wickity]

Originally posted by flasherred
i love women emotionally and physically and i plan to be with one for the rest of my life someday, and i'll be fucked if someone said I couldn't.


This works on so many levels... :delirious:

[Light Touch]

Originally posted by Wickity
This works on so many levels... :delirious:

:haha:

[RITMGuy]

Originally posted by Wickity



This works on so many levels... :delirious:


Would you like to start or should I?:menthol:

[Mandaba]

i think people tie in how they were raised, with what content they were raised with,religion,and environmental influence with their views and standpoints in todays society. the generation today is A LOT more, i think, opening and accepting, but there are those who are always going to look back to family/parents for i guess uhm...what's the word....acceptance? i think a lot of deeper things tie into judgement and decisions people make. of course we cant rule out ignorance and stubbornness to decision making. what's that one common phrase "if a person doesn't understand it they are afraid of it" ? somethin like that.

[The Drifter]

UPDATE
against:37.59
for: 54.09
civil union: 8.32

[Valencia Styles]

i signed it... in favor for a full marriage. if two people love eachother then what's so wrong in letting them share their happiness? i can definitly relate...

[iminxtc]

marriage is just a fucking piece of paper....im for a full marriage for other purposes such as medical benefits life insurance and kids

[Valencia Styles]

:afterbuzz:

yeah dude no shit

[Light Touch]

Originally posted by iminxtc
marriage is just a fucking piece of paper....im for a full marriage for other purposes such as medical benefits life insurance and kids

Benefits coverage for domestic partners is determined by employers...always good to suggest the idea to your HR people if you're in favor of such benefits.

(Except in a few states where domestic partner coverage is prohibited by law...like Virginia.)

[sirenofthestorm]

My company extends partner benefits