Marriage Vs Marriage.. A question

[hatidua]

Between the first recognition of AIDS in 1981 and 2009 it has led to nearly 30 million deaths. Encourage the lifestyle that has killed this many? They don't publicize this much anymore, as it is politically incorrect(if you are after votes). These are just the facts, I did not make this up. The DNA is traceable as the AIDS virus uses your DNA to replicate. See no emotions!~

Legalizing/recognizing gay marriage isn't going to increase/decrease HIV/AIDS infections. Single/married/gay/straight/male/female are all affected by the disease and legislating marriage isn't going to change that.

[TFOGGER]

"They" are just in the process of getting a "foot in the door". Next, some joker will want to "marry" his sheep or horse or cow. What the hell next? I do NOT want to see my insurance rates go up because my insurance company now has to pay benefits for some person who was not entitled to insurance but is suddenly covered by a new same sex spouse. Hey, my belief and I am entitled to one but it's also your right to see this in a totally different way.
OK, I have my flame resistant suit on so flame away at this point.

Marriage has had many meanings over the course of our species' history: monogamy, polygamy, polyandry, plural marriages, contact marriages (with a set term), totemic marriages, ad infinitum. Biologically, marriage serves the purpose of providing for the welfare of children until they can provide for themselves and are ready to reproduce. Given our current level of civilization and technology, the likelihood is that a homosexual couple that adopts a child is equally as capable of this as a heterosexual one.

[Great-Kazoo]

Anyone concerned that people will get married just to get benefits of health insurance, etc?

I think that's more for citizenship.
Even if not married a hetro couple living together is able to put their (opposite sex) partner on their ins & health benefits. Whereas a same sex couple cannot.

[asmo]

Because it is sick and wrong. And so is anybody who supports it.
And if anybody needs a common sense answer, it's quite simple. It is unnatural. Same sex cannot reproduce, which is why we have sex organs anyways.

Hmm.. Guess the whole 'it feels good' and 'its tons of fun' between consenting adults arguments are just plain wrong too, eh?

[Great-Kazoo]

Hmm.. Guess the whole 'it feels good' and 'its tons of fun' between consenting adults arguments are just plain wrong too, eh?

He's allowed to express his beliefs & opinion, whether anyone likes it or not.
A few of my beliefs & opinions might not go over too well here, WAIT they already have:0

[Byte Stryke]

I Just want to know when we get to line up and stone all of the whores and Heretics for these traditional marriage types!

Deuteronomy 22:13-21



13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
14 And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:
15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:
16 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

[Ronin13]

Because it is sick and wrong. And so is anybody who supports it.
And before some ignorant idiot says I'm a homophobe, I'm not. Anybody that knows me knows I'm not afraid of shit. That's just another term the libbies used that too many of you wanna be right-wingers have adopted.
And if anybody needs a common sense answer, it's quite simple. It is unnatural. Same sex cannot reproduce, which is why we have sex organs anyways.
Duh.

I have to...
You know what else is unnatural? Condoms, breast implants, pacemakers, and 80 year olds with hard-ons. Men who have had vasectomies also cannot reproduce. So to apply your "common sense answer" logic to everything else it is like a bucket with a hole in it, holds no water.

[kanekutter05]

I Just want to know when we get to line up and stone all of the whores and Heretics for these traditional marriage types!

Ok I lied I guess I do have something to add...you really cannot take a single verse out of the Bible and use it for or against any viewpoint. Historical context and the context within the original language are really crucial to understanding any Bible verse. Christians are as wrong for solely using the Leviticus verses as justification against being gay as non-Christians are for using verses to have the "gotcha" moment towards Christians for not following the Old Testament to a T. Context, context, context...

[Rucker61]

Because it is sick and wrong. And so is anybody who supports it.
And before some ignorant idiot says I'm a homophobe, I'm not. Anybody that knows me knows I'm not afraid of shit. That's just another term the libbies used that too many of you wanna be right-wingers have adopted.
And if anybody needs a common sense answer, it's quite simple. It is unnatural. Same sex cannot reproduce, which is why we have sex organs anyways.
Duh.

How many orgasms have you had? How many kids have you had?

[Rucker61]

I Just want to know when we get to line up and stone all of the whores and Heretics for these traditional marriage types!

Like these Biblical marriages: