CA's Prop 8, FL's amendment 2 and Arizona's prop 102/ Defining marriage, Surprised this never got mentioned here. Rating Options

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Surprised this never got mentioned here. CA's Prop 8, FL's amendment 2 and Arizona's prop 102, and the whole defining gay marriage. With election coming up pretty soon, Prop 8 has been a big issue.

The argument is that Prop 8, amendment 2 and prop 102 will define that marriage between a man and a woman will be the only legal kind of marriage in California for prop 8, Florida for amendment 2, and Arizona with prop 102.

Some people argue that it has nothing to do with gay rights, or about gays in general
yet mention that if it doesn't pass parental rights, and religious freedom gets taken away.

Others mention that it does (take away gay rights), If the law passes Same sex couples will not be able to
1. Marry the person they love.
2. Those who are already married will lose the rights that come with it.


There is also the argument that Marriage is about love regardless of gender (Love is Blind).
yet others strongly believe that marriage is a religious, spiritual union between a man and a women.

To start a discussion here are several questions
1. what do you feel will happen if these laws passes and soon spreads to other states?
2. What do you feel marriage is, and should the idea of same sex marriage be allowed?
3. What do you think will happen to the children whose parents happen to be both male or female, If these laws passes what do you think will happen to the children?

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yes on 8.

i believe in heterosexual couples being married.

[coconutter]

yes on 8.

i believe in heterosexual couples being married.

ummmm okay, you want heterosexual couples to be married, so? that has nothing to do with prop 8, since you never said you didn't want gay people to get married

and i think it's stupid, especially taking the rights of marriage away from the gays already married. how can you take someone's rights away solely based on their sexual orientation? that's the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard, taking away rights of people who've done NOTHING to anyone or anything

think about that, and think how it applies to issues such as abortion, which i'm sure if you support prop8 , you support anti abortion laws.

not only that think about human rights laws, this is ridiculous! even if you do believe people choose to be gay, people can choose to have red hair, and what if they took away the rights of people with red hair just because some overpowering religion deemed it unholy? how would you red haired people feel? most people would feel dehumanized, unwanted, and hated.

why are we dehumanizing people in our own country, equal in value to everyone else?