Politics

[Rumdog]

That all depends on the individuals getting married (the meaning) How does 2 men or 2 women getting married affect MY marriage? Or any thing other than their lives? It doesn't!

[Bill-SOCAL]

So if I understand you correctly gay marriage poses a bigger threat to family values than does divorce?

Steven, it is the pinnacle of hypocrisy to argue the giving gays the same rights as the rest of us in any way dilutes the sanctity of marriage when we have a 50% divorce rate as it is. There is no "sanctity of marriage" right now and gay rights has nothing to do with that nor does it pose any threat to heterosexual marriage..

[Steven Vaccaro]

I guess we started to get way off track. If its ok with Bill i would like to start a new thread with his reply as the starting point?

[domwilson]

It amazes me how people are willing to trade away rights.

I'm totally against divorce, but how can the government tell us what we can or can not do in our lives? Where does it stop? These values need to be taught, not pushed on us. All that would do is push people to not get married in the first place. Ca and the gay rights marriage laws have diluted the meaning of marriage enough, now CA (the leader of the gay rights parade) is further trying to ruin the meaning of it. Whats next?

I agree, the government shouldn't have any say so on what goes on in our own homes.
I don't care what people do in the privacy of their own homes with the exception of harming other individuals. This includes children and animals. The bottom line is, the government has and continues to do things that elude us and question the logic behind their actions. When enough information is not available, we will rationalize or theorize, often to the negative, what their real intentions are. Obama promised more transparency. I'm still waiting...

[Steven Vaccaro]

So if I understand you correctly gay marriage poses a bigger threat to family values than does divorce?

No but I did say it dilutes the meaning of the word marriage!

Click the link.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/marriage

The first definition of marriage is.

"–noun 1.the social institution under which a man and woman establish their decision to live as husband and wife by legal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc."



Its my right to believe that changing the definition, changes the game. If a same sex couple wants the same "rights", like health insurance and such, that's fine by me. But please dont call it marriage. Since by definition it is not.

[Flying Scotsman]

Sheep shagging rights

Douggie

[Rumdog]

I'm quite sure that the definition of the word marriage was established in a "different" time than we live in now. So is it so bad that homosexuals are trying to defy the definition of the word? How can anyone care so much as to actually vote against it? Homosexuals are entitled the same rights as heterosexuals. All men are created equal, right?

[AndyKunz]

People are equal. Choices are not. Make a bad choice and live with the consequences. Make a good choice and enjoy the benefits.

Andy

[Rumdog]

Things are not that black and white man, but I'm sure you know that. Do you believe that homosexuality is a choice?

[rockwerks]

Political correctness is the biggest menace to our country.

[rockwerks]

Things are not that black and white man, but I'm sure you know that. Do you believe that homosexuality is a choice?

Is pedophilia, necrophilia, Heterosexual a choice?

[Rumdog]

Trust me, I am not P.C., and it being so is not the biggest menace to our society. Greed is.

[Bill-SOCAL]

People are equal. Choices are not. Make a bad choice and live with the consequences. Make a good choice and enjoy the benefits.

Andy

So when inter-racial marriage was against the law, that would be a "bad" choice. Of course, the definition was changed to make that a "good" choice. Unless you live in banjo strumming county where some judges still refuse to marry inter-racial couples.

My question is, what are you all so afraid of?? Really, gays marrying is a threat to you and our society? Like I said, they used to say the same thing about inter-racial marriage, women voting, blacks voting, not owning slaves, etc.

[Bill-SOCAL]

Is pedophilia, necrophilia, Heterosexual a choice?

If homosexuality is a choice, then there must have been a day when each and every one of you said "you know, I don't think I will be gay, instead I will be heterosexual". Can anyone tell me the day that they decided to be straight? Since it is a choice then each of us MUST have made that choice at some point.

[domwilson]

Is bisexuality a choice? Who knows? I don't wanna know what goes on behind people's closed doors. Not my business. We are free to make our own choices and lifestyles. For the most part, I don't like country music, but I'm not going to tell people they can't listen to it.