How do you feel about gay marriage?

Contributor: Adnerbmw Adnerbmw
I am for it, I think marriage is about love not gender. I think that if you are in love and want to be with someone and want to make that commitment then it is your choice not the choice of others around you or your government. My cousin is gay and is with another man that he will someday marry and i will be right there supporting them and cheering them on not because they are gay but because it is another happy couple that is choosing to make that commitment to each other.
03/17/2013
Contributor: TJtheMadHatter TJtheMadHatter
I'm all for it. My dad and my late step-dad were married for a number or years, and I was there when they renewed their vows in front of San Francisco City Hall, Gay Pride weekend 2003. It meant the world to them, and it was beautiful to see them renew their vows with numerous couples. Two days later my step-dad died and I still hold that memory of them that day, close to my heart.
03/17/2013
Contributor: emilia emilia
It is Okay
03/19/2013
Contributor: dizzygirl dizzygirl
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Originally posted by Carrie Ann
I was reading over at the SF Gate this morning (cuz that's where my favorite columnist writes. Have you checked out Mark Morford? link You should. He's smart and funny and snarky as hell and I want to have insane sex with his brain) and, ... more
LET THEM GET MARRIED!

People need to keep their noses out of what other people do with their lives. Seriously, who am I to dictate how other people should live? People in this country need to get it through their thick skulls that their religious beliefs are just that...THEIRS. Maybe I don't believe the same religious crap that somebody else does. Religious views should in no way be shaping our policies.

Put it this way, in most christian religions you are not supposed to get divorced. But how many of these same hypocritical idiots are out there squawking about the sanctity of marriage and all that crap. Yeah, what about the sanctity of marriage...how does that apply to you, on your second or third marriage? Those kind of people instantly lose all credibility with me.

I think close minded, simpleton bible thumpers are just afraid that gay people might be better at staying married than they are.
03/19/2013
Contributor: Virgingasms Virgingasms
Totally for it, I don't see why anyone would be against it. Keeping it illegal obviously hasn't stopped gay couples from being together, so why can't they have the same rights as straight couples?
03/20/2013
Contributor: 1001 Pleasures 1001 Pleasures
I'm gay and all for it. That said, I don't really see myself as wanting to get married.
03/20/2013
Contributor: FieryRed FieryRed
Oh wow. It gave me a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach to see that so many people, here on EDEN FANTASYS, voted some sort of no in this poll. I am a gay woman. I want to marry my wonderful partner, but the closest we can get right now is domestic partnership--which, contrary to what some think, is NOT the legal equivalent of marriage. There are many rights married couples have that are denied to domestic partners. Please, for those of you who are in favor of denying my right to marry the amazing woman that I love, don't be a coward--come forth and explain why.
03/20/2013
Contributor: FieryRed FieryRed
Also, this: link

(I don't actually want to make fun of anyone, but these are some excellent arguments.)
03/20/2013
Contributor: dm dm
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Originally posted by Carrie Ann
I was reading over at the SF Gate this morning (cuz that's where my favorite columnist writes. Have you checked out Mark Morford? link You should. He's smart and funny and snarky as hell and I want to have insane sex with his brain) and, ... more
Why do people care so much about what other people do?
04/21/2013
Contributor: FieryRed FieryRed
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Originally posted by dm
Why do people care so much about what other people do?
I often wonder the same thing.
04/22/2013
Contributor: LoneOokami LoneOokami
Im very much for it
05/03/2013
Contributor: hillys hillys
peeps should do what they want
05/03/2013
Contributor: KrissyNovacaine KrissyNovacaine
I'm all for it, but I am also for marriage to be a social thing not one dictated by the government. No tax breaks, no legislation.
05/03/2013
Contributor: FieryRed FieryRed
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Originally posted by KrissyNovacaine
I'm all for it, but I am also for marriage to be a social thing not one dictated by the government. No tax breaks, no legislation.
I used to feel the exact same way! Now that I'm one of the people who can't get married (yet) though, I'm aware of all the other reasons for having legally-recognized marriage. The most important of those, to me, are the right to be by your partner's side in the hospital, and the right to make medical decisions for your partner if s/he's unable to do so. Basically, it's just a legal way of making each other your next-of-kin. Kind of like adoption, but without the whole guardian bit.
05/03/2013
Contributor: Silverwinds Silverwinds
This is one of those issues that gets me fired up more than any other. Love is love, and why the fuck should gender get in the way of someone's happiness?
05/04/2013
Contributor: Stagger13 Stagger13
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Originally posted by Carrie Ann
I was reading over at the SF Gate this morning (cuz that's where my favorite columnist writes. Have you checked out Mark Morford? link You should. He's smart and funny and snarky as hell and I want to have insane sex with his brain) and, ... more
If it makes you happy I say go for it.
05/04/2013
Contributor: snowminx snowminx
I'm with the non caring, it's been talked about so much that I wish it would just be over.
06/03/2013
Contributor: asphyxia asphyxia
I'm absolutely for it! Gay *people* are still people! They deserve to have all the benefits that marriage confers on a couple. Specifically, hospital visits, tax benefits, covering the other spouse under one health insurance policy, inheritances, shared custody of their children... and all the rest that I've left out.
06/03/2013
Contributor: FieryRed FieryRed
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Originally posted by snowminx
I'm with the non caring, it's been talked about so much that I wish it would just be over.
Snowminx, I get that this issue may not affect you directly. However, your just wanting it to go away, and not caring which way the Supreme Court decides, is really hurtful and saddening. I mean, is it really so annoying to you that a minority group wants to have the same constitutionally-guara nteed rights that you have, and has been fighting hard for them? Do you feel the same way about the Civil Rights Movement of the '60s? Gosh, that must have been so irritating, all those African-American people wanting to have the same rights as all other U.S. citizens. And those mixed-race couples that wanted to get married? Ugh, they should have just quit talking about it, right?

And how will you feel when it's YOU who has to fight for a right that everyone else has, and you are denied? Will you just not care, and wish others who are being denied that right would just shut up about it already?
06/04/2013