Gay Marriage Legalized in New York: Reason to Celebrate?

Guess you never read Cain and Abel. Guess you never read what he said about the Canaanites ammorites. Guess you never read Leviticus

That's not original, you know. Try to at least be original.

What is wrong with it? Is it stealing from you? Is it inflicting physical pain? Is it wrong to marry the person you love? No. So why do people act so visciously toward it?

It is redefining what marriage is, and it is claiming that homosexual relationships are equal to heterosexual relationships and they are NOT. It declares that children are fine without a mother or a father, and THAT is not true either.

I believe they are, since I'm fine and my loser dad walked out on my mother and I when I was a baby.
Why would heterosexual and homosexual relationships not be equal?
OH, because I don't yet have the ability to judge you for who you fall in love with or vote on who you marry. Maybe that bill will pass next. Then, when you keep me from marrying my girlfriend, I can keep you from marrying whomever you love. Turnabout's fair game, and that way everything's fair and equal. No double standards.

I would have been better if I had never had my father! Go have a relationship with your father that could be border-line physiologically abusive depending on how it was looked at, and then we will talk about needing a mother AND a father.

I grew up without a mother. I know what's right from what's wrong. I assure you, when someone falls in love, gender is not what they're looking for.

Yes, homosexual relationships are the same as heterosexual ones. And it's not "redefining" anything, any more than letting interracial couples marry back in the 50's did. It's just opening up the institution of civil secular marriage to confer the basic rights of marriage to more people who need those protections. Since atheists can get married, couples with no ability or intention to have children can get married, since interracial and interfaith couples can get married, there really is no rational jusitifcation for denying marriage to loving same-sex couples who are building a life together anyway.

No they are NOT the same NOT AT ALL. No where close and I have stated the many logical and practical reasons Gay sexual relationships do not typically require the legal ramifications mandated by the heterosexual kind.

Homosexual couples have been around for years. Why do I (or anybody) who is not involved in your sex life have to know what your sexual preferences are? I am a sexual being who normallly does not go around bragging what my sexual preference is. So why don't all you people with your sexual preferences just keep it to yourself? I don't care what you are so don't go pushing your ideas or preference on me. It is none of my business and your preference is no one else's business. So keep it in your pants or under your hat and keep it out of the public. No one wants to know!

It's usually just assumed that a person is straight. I, as a bisexual woman, like to know who else is the same. Is it wrong to want to know?

Share it where people with the same proclivities hang out. Not in the public square.

I don't have that option in the small town where I live. Usually I'll ask if someone has the same kind of views that I do, because then I'll know how they will react to certain gestures and conversation. If there is a slight possibility of offending them, I don't want that to happen. If they're similar to me, they will understand and be cool with it. Obviously you're not.

Besides, why should I hide who I am? Everyone else is allowed to kiss in public without ridicule, why shouldn't I be allowed to do the same with my choice of life partner, who happens to be the same gender as me?

You can do the same thing and you can EXPECT to be ridiculed for it. So when that happens, don't bitch be Tolerant.

It's not wrong to want to know but that isn't what he is talking about because it isn't about you ASKING everyone what preference people are, READ HIS POST IDIOT, IT'S ABOUT THEM TELLING US WHAT THEY ARE WHEN NO ONE IS ASKING!

Amen! By all means come out of the closet but the closet opens into the bedroom not the street, not the school, etc.

Childern should be educated! No matter your views its better to be safe and prepare kids.We have sex ed. why not just include all information?

Keep your religion out of the public square. Gay couples can now marry in new york and we don't need to hear your hateful crap. Your right to preach and scream at us ends at your front door. See how it feels?

It's not all about sex but people MAKE it about it. It's about love too, and the right to marry the person you love. Maybe your heterosexual relationship offends ME, and I'll ask a bill to be passed that can let me decide who YOU fall in love with or marry.
Marriage rights should belong to everyone, not only privileged white-picket-fence heterosexuals who follow god's word.

your mind is so warped.

Because she says that anyone can experience love with anyone? I think that you're just jealous that she can "check out" both genders.

Thank you! I fully agree with you here. I was once told that I was going to "hell" because I am completely in love with my girlfriend. I was really offended by that because I'm a non-denominational christian, and it sickens me that people really truly believe that. I talked to one of the local pastors about it and he said that the person was just some homophobic bias. It made me feel better and I even got a hug ^_^

Yeah, there are good ministers out there. Don't worry about the haters. Let them stew in their bigotry and hatred. Be who you are as best you can.

yes but can you walk down the street holding your girlfriends hand with out pregidice? can you marry the person you love? can you have children? live a "normal" life with out bies? they are not asking you to get involved in there sex life just that they be alowed to have the same basic human rights as you do.

Straight people shove their sexuality down everyone's throat every minute of the day... you just don't notice it because you're so used to it. From every billboard, TV show, commerical, newspaper, movie, it's all heterosexual sex and love and relationships. Holding hands, a wedding band on the ring finger, kissing, etc, etc, you make your sexuality known to those around you. That photo of your husband or wife on your desk at work lets everyone at work know too. If you TRIED to live your life in a closet, you'd discover how damaging and horrific it is. You couldn't keep it to yourself if you tried. But beyond that, there is a basic assumption/presumption of heterosexuality in this country, so you don't HAVE to go around telling people actively... they just assume you are. Your ignorance of your own privilege is sad. That you would deny your fellow American Citizens rights and reponsibilities that you yourself take for granted is just horrible bigotry.

Thank you for posting this, Paul. Heterosexual privilege is so ingrained that these people can't even see it! Every day, in every way we are assaulted by their priviledge. And yet some of them want to deny us the happiness they so selfishly arrogate to themselves. So sad.

Would you do that with your hatred. Society doesn't need to hear your hateful crap either. Zip it!

Live & let live.

Good for NY :)

Absolutely! Legislating who can marry who is as stupid as barring blacks from eating in the same cafeteria with you. This is America.

How so? It is not the same at all. People cannot change the color of their skin; it is genetic. There is no scientific evidence that homosexuality is genetic no matter how much you want it to be true.

Should people be required to change their religion?

And can you control who you're attracted to?

It's not genetic but it's also not a choice. If I told you that you can't live with or love or marry the person you love, you'd flip sh*t. So I ask you: does it REALLY hurt YOU personally to let us have our rights which should be EQUAL to yours, and not LESSER?

if every1 from now become homosexual im wondering hw will b kids born in future..
actualy i juz got an idea u don need 2 use condom or 1 child 4 1 couple as in china, wat u need is juz make homosexual is legal n ur population will go down..
crazy guys unsound mind..

I'm sorry. I couldn't understand that.