What is your stand on gay marriage

God made Adam and Eve...not Adam and Steve...need I say more???

To me I never agree to a gay marriage. This is because I can't find any benefits by marrying the same gender. The spouse can never have children of their own. The only solution to this is to adopt a child. But then the child will get confused who is the mother and who is the father because both comes from the same gender. The child will start to compare his parents with other parents who are one man and one woman. And the confused child will grow up being a confused adult and he will pass on his confusion to his descendants again and again. It is lucky if he wants to marry a different gender but if not, the confusion will start all over again.

I do not think the government should have the say in whether or not they can be married. It is not hurting anyone, not affecting any one else, so they should be allowed to marry. If you don't want to look at gay people together, then turn your head.

I'm bookmarking this discussion. I don't have time to say what I really want to say right now, but you will hear from me later.

i really dont have a thing/or i have nothing against the gay marriage or something, but making it legal is just another story,i guess that it should be debate and talk more about it before making it legal, because i just think it would really affect the whole community, but gay relationship, lesbian relationship is just okay with me, as long as they are happy, and love each other we dont have the right not to let them be!!!and i have so many gay friends and still love them even though its their situation!!!i guess they could live with each other but marry i dont think so!!!its not that im not/we are not giving them happiness but because it would shock the whole world!!!happy lotting...

I do have gay friends and they are unique in their own rights...but i am still quite uncertain about them marrying legally... if we follow the bible (literally) it is really there that a man is for a woman and vice versa..but then things are changing, there are things beyond control like this one..a part of me still says yes and a part of me still says no heheh...

I can't say nothing to this,i don't mind the issue, everyone of us has the right to choose. Maybe Obama has a reason why he is allowing gay marriage. As time goes by things changes as people change,as long as a particular thing don't harm any people it's just fine, all we have to do is to accept what's the changes is. The world now is so confusing.

I respect gays and lesbians and I am against any form of discrimination against them. But I am wholeheartedly against the legalisation of gay marriage. I am in favour of any law that protect a gay relationship, a law that safeguard their financial interest but I don't like the idea of putting a gay relationship on the same level as a heterosexual one. If the gays are given the right to marry then they will have the right to adopt children. One thing leads to another. I am well aware that most gays and lesbians make an ideal father or mother but one has to keep in mind the children adopted in such a union. They will suffer bullying and be called names because of their adoptive parents. I do teach in a school and I do witness bullying which I do my best to avert. © ronaldinu 2008

At the very least, they should be allowed to be married and married legally by a JP. I think that fighting the church is a no win battle as those people will never all agree on this. It has nothing to do with religion or what the churches believe...let them get married!

I am all for gay marriage. You should watch the documentary "for the bible tells me so". It is very enlightening on this subject. I had a discussion on this documentary and one reader provided a link to it if you want to check it out. It is a very moving documentary and I personally think it should be watched by every churchgoer and minister, priest everywhere. As children they are brought up in certain religions...all of which discriminate against gay people. They follow their pre-chosen religion from childhood up feeling they are somehow "bad". Can you blame them? Watch the documentary.

I beleive it should be legal for any 2 people who are in love to be married, including gays and lesbians. There is nothing wrong with it and it is not hurting anyone. Being legally married comes with a lot of perks that apparently some people think h=gays should not have. Yes it is just a piece of paper when you really think about it, but what about the legal stuff? Everyone has a right to be married. Being in love is a beautiful thing, so I don't know what the problem is that so many people see it as wrong for gays to be married. And yes ministers should be forced to marry anyone who wants to be married. They are people just like everyone else. If ministers want to refuse to marry gays, than they are the ones with the problem. We are all people, all equal and should be treated as such. Maybe these ministers need counseling or something so that they can see that their way if thinking is very backwards. There are more important and pressing things going on in this world....we should be worrying about those things, not whether gays should marry or not!

You do not have to go to a minister to get married. I certainly would never go near a church to do so. I see nothing wrong with gay couples legally joining themselves. As far as I am concerned marriage is just a piece of paper and has nothing to do with God. I find it hard to believe that people can accept that gay couples can be allowed to live together and yet not be able to be partners legally.

I'm not against anyone having equal rights and getting married. I think it's sad we have a notion of seperation of church and state but, yet, most do not want to be tolerant and accept others that are different than themselves. And, if you do a little research you will see that Obama is against gay marriage. He believes it should be left up to the states to decide, not the federal government.

i see no problem with gay marriage, who are we as a society to tell someone who they can and cannot be with? and why is it any of our business? What makes a straight couple any better than a gay couple? they are both able to love, provide, work, care for, and everythig else that is involved in being a partner and parent for that matter if they so choose. I know married straight couples that shouldnt even know eachother let alone be married. I would be mighty angree if a group of people tried to tell me who i can and cannot be with...in my eyes, that stopped once i turned 16 and left my mothers home great question by the way :) thank you T