Should Gay "Marriage" be renamed something else?

Yes Gay marriage should be renamed. They should simply call it Marriage. Marriage is marriage no matter who you are marrying. The rules don't change because people are gay so I think it is stupid to add that onto the title.

marriage is marriage. I am a proponent for EQUAL RIGHTS, not special or different rights. However not many places that there is such a right provided.

This is a civil rights movement, and the issue is at least out there now where the general public is aware its even an issue.

there are people that would be supportive, yet they just never thought about it. I've encountered many people years ago that thought same sex marriage was legal everywhere. When at the time it existed nowhere within the united states.

Marriage works perfectly fine.

Gay marriage is still a marriage, and calling it anything else is just another excuse to make it "other".

You know... I do not go to many weddings where they speak in English... but the very few I have gone to, usually the big cheese performing the ceremony says this one phrase that has always stuck with me... "If anyone has any reason why these two souls should not be bound.."that is the part that sticks with me.. and they usually go on to say something like, "speak now or shut the heck up tomorrow".

Marriage is about two souls fusing together.

If you want to fuse your soul with another's and get married??? All the power to you. Good luck and have a great wedding!!! Just do not forget to send me an invite!!! LOL!!!

However; when it comes to gay marriages and when I lecture about it in the classroom, I basically bring it down too this...

Me: "Do you think your parents should decide who you marry?"
Students: "In old China yes. Modern China no."
Me: "Ok. So should gay people be allowed to explore their sexuality just like straight people?"
Students: "Of course. They are humans too."
Me: "Good answer. What about this? Should gay people be allowed to get married?"
Students: "NO!!!!!"
Me: "Why not?"
Students: "Our parents would not approve of it!"
Me: "So you are saying you would allow your parents to choose who you get married too?"
Students: "No."
Me: "So should gay people have the same rights as straight people?"
Students: "Yes, they are just like us."
Me: "Should gay people be allowed to express their love for their partner openly like you would with your lover?"
Students: "Yes. (Many students usually add in this comment; yes they should but it would make me feel uncomfortable... which we would then discuss about that for a little while)"
Me: "Should gay people be allowed to be married?"
Students: "China is not ready for that. But cities like Beijing and Shanghai yes."

It takes a long time to get them to admit that one statement. That MOST of China is just not ready for people to come out and be who they are. Heck straight people have a hard enough time holding hands, kissing in public; be they married or not.

I feel terrible saying this, but it took years for black people to stop being treated like slaves from all the literature I have read after the civil war, and in many parts of the US black people are still treated like second class citizens. Then the whole woman revolution movement where it took how long for women to be allowed to vote, and we still at times struggle to be taken seriously at work. I beleive one day in the future the world will be ready to treat all people no matter their race, gender, orientation as.... dare I actually say it? People.

People coming out to their friends and families still fear the repercussions, and the negativity that they may or not face. I strongly support my friends, my family members and my students who openly feel comfortable speaking about sex, their orientation and their gender. I want to say that the world is ready for gay marriages, not just with the government, but with the various religions as well, and still be called marriage.

But I fear that the world is just not ready for it. And as much as I hate to admit this anyone let alone myself... what happens in the States... usually happens sooner rather than later throughout the rest of the world.

Blah. This turned into a ramble. Working on this lesson plan actually at the moment.

Just keep it marriage. Love by a homosexual couple is still love, and the same should go for marriage, in my opinion.

Marriage is marriage, no matter whom is joining one another. Man woman, Woman man, Man Man, Woman woman. Although, using another world would be a cool way to stand out from the crowd

I don't know. I don't understand why it matters or why anyone would care to change it? I mean, "gay marriage" is exactly as it says "gay marriage" I don't care what they call it. To me, there are MUCH bigger issues than what people call something. I think it's perfectly fine the way it is. I think it shouldn't be that huge of a deal, not when people all over the world are in dire need of things. I'd think something like starving kids, disaster victims, etc. would be what the world would be more focused on putting their time and energy into.

Remain the same, but maybe take out "gay" in the term-just call it marriage.

It should remain "marriage"

Marriage is marriage, why prefix it with something else?

maybe we should get ahead of the curve and call it "hell"? j/k

It should stay the same

I think it should just be called marriage. Its retarded that we label it as gay when its not its just a show of love that everyone should ave the right to

remain marriage

It should be called marriage, to say something else would mean, in my opinion, that it is less than marriage.

If two human beings want a civil union, let them have a civil union. If they want a domestic partnership, let them have a domestic partnership. But for christ sake, if they want a marriage, let them have a damn marriage!