Should Gay marriages be legalised?

jwfacts

I am not necessarily for or against homosexuality. But I do think that gay marriages should be legalised. There have been gay relationships since earliest recorded history so that is not going to change despite what some hetrosexuals feel about homosexuality.
If people are going to be homosexual regardless of the law then they deserve the protection of the law. I feel sorry for the gay couples that have been together for years and have no rights when it comes to wills, income splitting etc.
How do others feel?

Muffinman

I don't think there is a single viable argument for why it shouldn't be.

misspeaches

Love is Love. Isn't that whats important?

gumby

I don't think there is a single viable argument for why it shouldn't be.

You say your name is "Muffinman"?????? Gumby

Joel Wideman

The real problem is what people think marriage is. In the USA, many seem to view it as some sort of holy union, until death do us part, etc. This is clearly not a realistic view for a society that's been getting married and divorced in the same decade since the 70s. But let's play along and accept that - as the majority rules - marriage is strictly a religious institution.
There goes all the legal protections and benefits for a married couple. Atheists and other non-church goers, you're marriages are void.
Okay, back to reality. Marriage, in this society, is _strictly_ a legal institution. Live with someone long enough in certain states, and you become legally married in the eyes of the law. As a legal institution, how can a society that no longer outlaws homosexuality outlaw gay marriage? The matter shouldn't even be up for debate.

Soledad

The matter shouldn't even be up for debate.

That's how I feel too. Marriage is nothing but a contract and as long as each participant is a consenting adult who the hell cares if they are both women or both men?

ICBehindtheCurtain

I think they should be allowed to do it, if they choose.

IC

Forscher

I disagree. I think the slippery slope argument is a very viable argument in this situation. After all, Where do you draw the line? At polygamy? At pedophiliacs? Where? After all, if love is all that counts, then why deny anyone the right to marry whom or what they love? I know that many of you will contend that argument is pure nonsense. But consider that right now polygamists and pedophiles are saying that, since the Supreme Court has legalised Homosexual conduct, they must be allowed the same freedom from prosecution. And they are crafting their arguments in the along the same "civil rights" lines as the gay community. At some point a line must be drawn. But as each group gets its way, that line will be harder to draw.

So where do you propose to draw it? And what will you say to the next group that tells you that you are a "bigot" because you won't give it what it wants?

Forscher

seattleniceguy

Yes.

kiddotan

The matter shouldn't even be up for debate.
That's how I feel too. Marriage is nothing but a contract and as long as each participant is a consenting adult who the hell cares if they are both women or both men?

I agree with this. and

Love is Love. Isn't that what's important.

This is true, I believe as well.

But consider that right now polygamists and pedophiles are saying that, since the Supreme Court has legalised Homosexual conduct, they must be allowed the same freedom from prosecution.

as long as each participant is a consenting adult

Should Gay marriages be legalised?

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