Gay Marriage: Should It Be Allowed?

etiam, vere.

 

My question is.. why and how does government have anything to do with marriage? Shouldn't that be left to the churches?

 

Nowadays you can be married by all sorts of people outside of the church. Even your friend can easily obtain a license to marry someone (I've known a few people to do it). Who can marry is determined mainly by the states.

 

good to know the government has a firm hold on marriage. instead of it being a religious thing left to the church, it's a politically correct thing left to the state!

how great!

 

why should marriages be left to the churches? Why shouldn't atheists be able to get married?

 

i don't claim to know it all about marriage, so can someone tell me when marriage began exactly?

i could've sworn it was began by Christianity or Judaism. However, i may be wrong.

 

Same here. It's also stuuuuuuupid

 

If two people wanna be together and get married then they should be able to do whatever the hell they want no matter what sex they are.

 

I personally don't support gay marriage, but guess what, that's just my opinion.

 

What if one guy wants to marry 3 women and they all consent, should be be allowed to?

 

yeah, and what if kids want to get married....it goes on and on.

 

If they want to get married, then let them.

They will then settle down with their gay partner and live happily.

 

If someone can't tell the difference between a child and consenting adults i think they should forfeit their right to have an opinion, On anything.

 

Don't forget that civilization today has come through some dark times.
Child marriages were plenty common and probably still are in various countries.

 

Absolutely! When I was living in Guatemala, it was still common for the indigenous folks to marry at 13 or 14.

Basically, once the girl "flowers" she's ready to be, well "de-flowered" is the thinking. Especially when the life expectancy was about 35 years for much of our early history, waiting until 18 or 20 was to wait too long.

 

Gay people should have the same rights are heterosexuals.
That includes to be able to get married.

 

What about equal rights for polgymists?

 

they already have equal rights.

 

I don't think fat people or ugly people should be able to get married... They gross me out, just as some get grossed out by gay people...

 

Society gives financial benefits for a marriage so that children are raised to contribute to society.

Gay marriages will strain the family court system and will generate a lot of marriage fraud.