I hope gay marriage will be legalized in all states soon. When comes to equality, I think I could argue for it for a long time, but I think enough people ranted about it on EF, so I'll just restrain myself.

I'd love it if gay marriage were allowed in my state, but Mississippi's moving backwards.

I'm a lesbian, so...

I don't care about the religious side - just the secular one. Different religions and sects can decide what they like, but there's really no reason for the government to go by their definitions.

i think if you like your same sex everyone should respect you because you´re a human being too ,, you like another person like you and you want to marry that person it´s ok with me ,, because you love that person no matter if she or he is your same sex , i love everyone in the world

I for it

Definitely 110% for it. It's not right to deny people their rights. Everyone should have the right to enter into a contract with another person (or persons?) whom they care for that grants them legal and taxation benefits. No matter what. Marriage for all!
...And none of this 'civil unions are an alternative' stuff. Marriage is marriage.

I 100% fine with it because i don't think any one should be denied marriage just because of whether or not they are gay

I think it's none of my damn business what sort of relationship any number of consenting adults have, and as far as I'm concerned I wish that the government didn't decide who can and can not get married. I think it's petty and silly, and honestly it just doesn't matter. As long as everyone is consenting and legally an adult, do as you will.

If a cougar can be on her 6th husband or a rich older man can have a hollow marriage with a girl in her 20's, I think i can forgive gay people to marry. lol

I think gay marriage should be legal. People marry for all sorts of stupid reasons now, why block people from marrying for love?

My only possible issue is the possibility of some people screaming about discrimination if a particular religious group refuses to perform ceremonies or rent out buildings. Otherwise... I don't see why the government feels a right to be involved in marriage anyway.

all for it

Two people should be allowed to marry each other if that is what they want, and it shouldn't matter what their bodies are.

100% for it

I'm all for it and I'm happy that it's legal here

This is a topic I have gotten tired of hearing about personally.
I am not against it.
I am not for it.
I just feel that in the case of all the controversy and struggle to achieve it in the USA is an exploitation of this country's evolution into an overly-sensitive society.

Look at it this way....straight people...don't have festivals, praise-a-thons, or parades.
Gay/Lesbian/Trans folk get those things...now they want to join into an institution along with straights which is called the institution of marriage.

At best the marriage institution has been proven a flawed and potentially nasty thing, with lots of fine print which can ruin relations between people and the lives of the people involved.

Let's try an example....
Guy A meets guy B and they hit off a relationship that starts great for a few years. Have me and enjoyed all kinds of welcome from each other's family and friends.
Guy A is a career fellow with a great car, very active and respected in local community, and has a great house..... At some point, the pact of marriage has been done by these two. Awesome, things go good for a few more years, but something happens...say guy B gets a bit drunk, comes home all pissy and starts a fight with guy A. Next day or so Guy B as some foggy memory of how Guy A called him a sissy, drunk, douche-bag and goes off to see comfort in the arms of another gay man who is a friend, but somehow they end up sleeping together....Sexual infidelity!!! Oh man, how can guy B get out of this one....well, he gets drunk almost every night, comes home and picks fight with Guy A almost every evening, when suddenly...guy A hits guy B and the next thing you know, guy B has a high paid attorney which was paid for on a retainer that drained guy A's bank account. Since guy B filed the divorce and had grounds on violence, he avoided the costly court costs...but since they were still married, was able to lease out a high end apartment, using credit cards and/or bank account of Guy A.
To make a long story short....Guy A is ruined now, had his love of his life leave him suddenly while unaware of the ploy laid out by Guy B and his lover to manipulate this divorce; in doing so they also succeeded in ruining Guy A's reputation and he gets fired due to the local media coverage and ripple effect of this sob story, high profile divorce case that was laid out by Guy B's attorney, that Guy A paid for.


Happens sometimes with us straight people...and now the gay/lezz/trans community want to join in this potential hurt locker.....why?
Listen...you are together, society is finally accepting same-gender relationships as it has not done before.....take a breath, be patient, and wait for this nasty thing which is our current institution of marriage to improve a bit....then join in the marriage institution.
//////if the marriage institution was not so ass backwards as it is now, I would be married too....got a great woman, have a great family with her, can't imagine anyone else to grow old with and raise kids with....but I won't get married into something that holds so much fine print, and misleading that it could possible ruin either or both of us.

Love who you want and marry who you want. Equal rights for everyone. Gay marriage doesn't hurt anyone. People who are against it should just mind their own business, and live their own lives. Live and let live. Everyone deserves happiness.

Me and my boyfriend are all for gay marriage. It's already legal in a lot of places, it's going to be legal everywhere someday soon. People who are still fighting it need do something better with their time. You only live once, might as well make peace.

I'm all for it, as long as i don't have to get married.

I don't know why we are still discriminating against same sex couples. Gay marriage doesn't affect anyone but the people choosing to get married. I absolutely think this should be legal.

Don't like gay marriage? Don't get gay married.

I don't understand why people it does not effect are so against it.

Marriage should be allowed for all LGBTQ. The institution of "legal marriage" is a fickle thing anyways since it was originally designed in the US to screen potential partners from inter-racial marriage in some areas of the country. Hmmmm, bigotry and hate being used to keep people apart? Sounds familiar, like apartheid or separate but equal. The more and more people talk about this issue, the more it resembles the segregation on the basis of skin color or ethnicity that this country used to defend so strongly. While it has become a way to give certain benefits to both parties it was originally implemented for the wrong reasons. This is a nation of change and equality so I feel like this is the natural step forward to bringing that dream to fruition.

As for the religious angle, there are so many things about most arguments against gay marriage that don't make sense or are hateful and twisted versions of what they should be. One of my favorites is the excuse that this is a Christian nation so we obviously are forcing everyone to follow Christian morals. I seem to recall a document that promises "all people are created equal" and everyone is entitled to "life, liberty, and the pusuit of happiness". Since most right wing Christians loooooove to bring up the "Christian morals this country was founded on", I find it a little difficult to argue with the documents which founded this nation. Especially since those documents do not include the Bible. The really sad part of this story is that the Bible has already been used against certain groups to keep them from equality COUGHslaveryCOUGHCOUGH , when it is a book that proclaims love and has some great ideas about treating people with that same courtesy. Some people also may really want to be a part of their church and celebrate with that family over their marriage and cannot do so in most cases. It really makes me sad that a text dedicated to love and equality can be taken out of context to fuel hate and discrimination against a plethora of groups.

On the legal standpoint, people who are not legally wed cannot visit their partners in a hospital. That is truly horrifying being alone, scared, and sick and to not be allowed to have your significant other there to comfort you. More importantly in this same vein, you cannot be granted power to make medical decisions for them should they be unable to. If they have no living will and it is a dire situation then their partner can not make the call that they know is right for their loved one. The issue of property and ownership also has no basis when a legal partnership is not a possibility.

This is also an issue for couples who want to be partners but cannot legally marry so their medical benefits do not carry over. For example, I have a friend in the military who has fantastic partner/family medical care and will not be able to share them with their partner if they cannot legally be their spouse. The non-military partner has a debilitating medical condition which requires extensive and expensive care that they cannot afford on their own. It is really heartbreaking. This is a basic Human Rights issue and the lack of those rights are hurting so many people in many different ways. I agree wholeheartedly that this right needs to be extended to all and I feel very passionately about it.