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16 Mar 2007, 3:16 pm

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God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.



the problem with that is that MY ancestors crawled out of the primordial ooze, and i refuse to have anything to do with your god/creator. so WHY should i have to obey his morality? i don't belong to him.
why do i have to have other people's religion indoctrinations inflicted on me?


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16 Mar 2007, 3:21 pm

I'm not saying that an indoctrination would conflict with someone who is Gay, but I am expressing what I believe because I am Christian.


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16 Mar 2007, 3:29 pm

If you love someone, then you love 'em. 'straight' people say that you cant help who you fall in love with. QED. Does gender realy matter? go live your life. I had no idea my boss is gay when I met her, despite the fact that everyone at work says she 'looks' it. (AS may have something to do with this) People are people, I dont see how same sex relationships affect on anyone else differently to hetrosexual relationships.



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16 Mar 2007, 4:07 pm

dgd1788 wrote:
I'm not saying that an indoctrination would conflict with someone who is Gay, but I am expressing what I believe because I am Christian.

the thing is, that because you hold the current majority political party opinion, your religious beliefs ARE in fact being inflicted on people who do not believe that way at all.
it is not fair.


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16 Mar 2007, 4:09 pm

dgd1788 wrote:
God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.

I believe that Gay Marriage is immoral and making fun of Matrimony because of how marriage is always between a man and a woman. Why don't they just allow people to marry their cat, that is basically the same thing.


A cat can't consent... :roll:

No one's asking the church to change. If you want to hate people because they're gay, more power to you, but you must realize that the government (at least in the United States) is for everyone, and is not meant to pander to any one group of people.

I remember one philosophy book I read three or four years ago, where one chapter was written about a man asking God why he would allow gay people into heaven, and God responded by pointing out all the violations to the biblical code that the common people commit. It's a shame that I can't remember the examples, or even what book's title was...



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16 Mar 2007, 4:39 pm

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I think Gay marriage is OK. The term marriage is more a spiritual and religious meaning than a legal meaning. The legal system defines marriage as a civil union on is own merit. Some people say it’s OK to allow a Gay/Lesbian couple to have a civil union but don’t dare call it a “marriage”. What puzzles me is (at least in the US) with the separation of church and state, why are we as a society allowing the “state”/government to define what a marriage is. Shouldn’t it be up to the religious organization that the couple belongs to?

I like what a comedian said once, but can’t remember who is was. His comment went like this: “Yeah, I’m for gay marriage. Why not? They should be just as miserable as the rest of us!!”


-Scott


lol i heard that line! i think it was like chris rock or someone


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16 Mar 2007, 5:35 pm

I'm a lesbian,and so of course I'm for it.

Marriage is about two people that love each other and want to spend the rest of thier lives together. Love is caring about the person's soul,heart,and mind,NOT their gender.

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16 Mar 2007, 6:13 pm

I don't think gay people are disgusting, but I think it is still unnatural. The whole purpose of sex is to reproduce and gay people can't do that.



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16 Mar 2007, 6:21 pm

I suppose it's not as bad to be disgusted by the act of homosexuality than to be disgusted by homosexuals. I remember hearing an old Norse proverb that went something like "No man is so great that he is without flaws; No man is so evil that he is completely worthless."

Still, if you resent the fact that gay sex does not result in conception, then you must also resent any form of recreational sex, homosexual or otherwise.



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16 Mar 2007, 6:35 pm

I can't reproduce either because I deliberately had it all ripped out so I couldn't. Frankly, I could care less if that disgusts anyone or not. Funny, no one had a problem with me getting married.



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16 Mar 2007, 7:38 pm

Why would anyone want to have a marriage which is not gay? Most tend to be miserable, but I'm sure it's not the intention.


Anyhow, as long as the state gives any legal recognition to marriage, ANY group of consenting adults should be able to enter into such a state. This is not just a gay issue. Some don't believe in monogomy as the only way.



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16 Mar 2007, 8:14 pm

dgd1788 wrote:
God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.

I believe that Gay Marriage is immoral and making fun of Matrimony because of how marriage is always between a man and a woman. Why don't they just allow people to marry their cat, that is basically the same thing.

It's nice to see you're so open minded (not)


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16 Mar 2007, 8:16 pm

And so what if gays can't reproduce? As I said before as long as there are straight people the human race won't die out!


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16 Mar 2007, 9:20 pm

Canada gave legal sanction to gay marriage more than a year ago. I don't see anything having changed because of that. (Eg, the sky hasn't fallen or anything.)

And for the religious folk, I'd like to point out that the way the legislation is written here in Canada, a church that frowns on homosexuality is under no obligation to perform a service for a same-sex marriage.


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16 Mar 2007, 9:36 pm

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16 Mar 2007, 9:39 pm

And what's wrong with posting your own feelings about someone else's views, when those feelings are neither insulting nor inflamatory?