Gay Marriage, Do you support or oppose? Options

[lemonlina]

I support gay marriage and I'm wondering what all your opinions are.

I live in MA and they just legalized it so isall good. xP

[Spirited Away]

no no no. im not saying that at all. gays shouldn't be "handed the silver platter" because they are gay im saying that all of this stuff, womens rights, black ineqaulity, everything should have been repected enough within our own people instead of going through the same thing that is dividing this country. we should learn from our mistakes instead of just go through the same thing every generation!! its aweful that we haven't learned to execpt each other though we have been learning the same lesson. though our country was based on us being ridiculed and moked because we were differnt... and so on.

But since when are human so receptive in 'not making the same mistake twice'? If everyone were to agree to that, then we wouldn't be having this conversation .

By saying that we should just legalize it without qualm is basically "handing them everything on a silver platter" (forks and knives too). If things were that easy, then all sorts of groups would want to legalize their union: incest, 40 yr old adults and 10 year old kids, teachers and students... etc.

and i know not all gay people are kind compassionate parents. but why tell a parentless child that they may never have a chance of adoption and they will eventually land on the streets then just letting them have a family who loves them who provides for them.

But it depends on whether or not that child have the mentality or will that it takes to live with parents who are not so normal. Some children may not mind at first, but what do children know about cruelty until they face it themselves? An older child may decide that he/she can live with these parents, but how can an infant let that be known? We would subject a child to a life of taunts and isolation by his/her own peers.

there is no issue on children. since when has bush been concerened with children? since when has anyone lately its only because people don't want other people to be happy... or at least that's what i am seeing.

Even if Bush is not concerned with children doesn't mean that society has forsaken them. So you're saying that people like me do not want to see others happy? What about yourself? Do you not want these children to be happy? How do you know they can stand up to it?

children have gay parents in america already, what if a woman decided to have a child with a man who was her friend and she was a lesbian? and she had discussed with the man that she would be raising the child with her partner and he agreed. what is america going to take that baby away from his or her mother???

True, I'm in a work environment where I'm aware of the fact that gay couples have children in their custody. We wouldn't have a right to take away that baby, but if you care so much about someone's happiness, why do you not consider that happiness of this child? What if the child wanted to live in a normal household, with his/her biological father?