HOW DOES EVERYONE FEEL ABOUT SAME SEX MARRIGE?? ICE BREAKER

[MARYIA31]

so i recently heard that E-Harmony was  being sued for not allowing their customers to choose a same sex search.. How does everyone feel about this> Voice your opinion

[amyrouse]

Being sued?  Well, as of now there isn't any distinct discrimination clause about sexuality.  I believe it is wrong, and that everyone should be allowed to look for a mate regardless of gender (or gender identity) but...

I'm sure, though, that the person suing has an excellent attorney with the ACLU.   

Speaking about same sex marriage in general...I believe that marriage is a religious term, and should not be a legal term.  Should a church allow a marriage and a clergyperson perform a ceremony in concordance with the rules of the religion, then I don't understand why it shouldn't be recognized just the same as any other union between two people committing their lives to one another.  It wasn't forty years ago that many places in this country didn't recognize unions between two different races.  Where is the difference?  Its religious, and, correct me if I'm wrong, isn't freedom of religion outlined in the bill of rights?

[wildinero]

so i recently heard that E-Harmony was  being sued for not allowing their customers to choose a same sex search.. How does everyone feel about this> Voice your opinion

is so crazy

[Falconer02]

Same sex marriage is abnormal when put up against the amount of heterosexual marriages. Other than that, it's alright. I used to think it was bad but after studying it and hearing the majority of the arguments against gays...they're all very fallible. As long as they keep it to themselves (just as heteros should too) I don't think it would be such a humongous issue.

As far as E-Harmony goes, I have a coworker who said they went through it at found it to be very christian-oriented. I assume this is the case why the option wasn't there. Unless someone else can confirm, don't quote me on this. But I'm very curious as to how this is going to go down.

[Stealth3si]

so i recently heard that E-Harmony was  being sued for not allowing their customers to choose a same sex search.. How does everyone feel about this> Voice your opinion

Go to another dating site that allows this.

[queenofnines]

I believe that marriage is a religious term, and should not be a legal term.

Watch this video (2:02): Religion doesn't own marriage (and it never did) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNE616aUx7c&playnext_from=TL&videos=_RBAl-csz-Y

What is interesting in my young lifetime is that I am witnessing the same sort of segregation that happened just a few decades ago (back then it was black people who were "unnatural" and "unworthy").  Gays WILL be allowed to marry across the United States, definitely in my lifetime, it's only a matter of time before the government admits they are pulling the same sh*t that they did with the blacks.  So all you homophobes get ready because it IS going to happen, probably within the next 10-15 years, if not much sooner.  It IS going to happen because it is a matter of denying basic human rights to a people group, and that is never right.

Resources:
- It's OK to be gay, dude (arguments against homosexuality being "unnatural", "a choice", etc.) 7:55 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm3cWytGAqw&playnext_from=TL&videos=UfMjqxdxnEU
- Gay on Valentine's Day ? (poem saying what the Bible says) 3:39 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoEZ80C0H8k&playnext_from=TL&videos=RIvW1H1Lej0
- Betty Bowers Explains Traditional Marriage to Everyone Else (what the Bible says about marriage) 4:14 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFkeKKszXTw&playnext_from=TL&videos=Yajw2MEOrLo
- Reply to a homophobe's censorship - Take a stand ! (follow-up on why it's okay to be gay) 6:37 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8GcgmtriEw&playnext_from=TL&videos=wk-sXNS0T2k

Educate yourself!  Think!

[queenofnines]

I really don't care if gay people marry but I still think it is weird but that is because I am straight. It isn't normal or the way it *should* be since you can't make babies with the same sex and that is the whole reason we have life to begin with is *sex*

You can think something is "weird", but that doesn't mean people shouldn't have the right to do it.  It IS normal because it's not something a person chooses in most cases and is found throughout nature.

As for your argument for babies...we are NOT in danger of extinction, here.  Quite the opposite.  We actually need a lot more people to not want kids/be infertile because it is brainwashed/expected for everyone to have kids and that will for sure take its toll on the world - it already has.

[Falconer02]

We actually need a lot more people to not want kids/be infertile because it is brainwashed/expected for everyone to have kids and that will for sure take its toll on the world - it already has.

And guess what's at partial fault for that??? 

[Airiza]

I disagree with same sex marriage.
For one, it goes against the Biblical view in which God says that no man shall lay with another man.
But I guess if you don't believe in the Bible, that's not much of an argument. But still, that's why I personally don't agree with it.

I just also think it's biologically wrong. I mean...Men and woman were given the opposite parts of each other, but they complement each other. Man and man and woman and woman don't have that compatibility. I think it's twisted and messed up.

[queenofnines]

I am sure you have children 3 or 4 of them.

Uh, no.  I am married and childless by choice.  My position is kind of like the gays (discriminated against) in that society doesn't think a couple should be married if they don't intend on having kids.  I am a failure as a woman, now, aren't I?

I've joked with my husband that we should start a clan of "atheist Duggars".  I doubt that would be supported by America to get a t.v. show to pay for all of them, though... 

[Falconer02]

Uh, no.  I am married and childless by choice.  My position is kind of like the gays (discriminated against) in that society doesn't think a couple should be married if they don't intend on having kids.

A unique example. Very cool.

I am a failure as a woman, now, aren't I?

Over not having kids? Nah. I'd say it depends more on how long you're working in the kitchen all day OHHHHHHHHH I WENT THERE OHHHHHHHHH

Please don't hurt me

I just also think it's biologically wrong. I mean...Men and woman were given the opposite parts of each other, but they complement each other. Man and man and woman and woman don't have that compatibility. I think it's twisted and messed up.

Biology - the science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, esp. with reference to origin, growth, reproduction, structure, and behavior.

You need to do a lot more research on this subject before coming to this scientific conclusion of why it's wrong. "If the parts don't fit" is an outdated argument. You're only referring to a *bleep* and vagina and forgetting about other methods that could take place in the act. If it wasn't compatible in one way or another, they wouldn't do it.

[queenofnines]

Over not having kids? Nah. I'd say it depends more on how long you're working in the kitchen all day OHHHHHHHHH I WENT THERE OHHHHHHHHH

lol

I state "failure as a woman" sarcastically because I of course don't think so.  But let me give you an example.  The past two times I've gone to the doctor for birth control pills - in separate states, I might add - I had both of the woman doctors I saw ask if they could write me a prescription for prenatal vitamins, completely out of the blue.  First of all, it should be pretty obvious that if I'm there to get THE PILL I don't intend on getting pregnant anytime soon.  When I say I don't want kids, both of them matter-of-factly said, "Oh, you will."  Which I don't appreciate because they acted like there was a 100% certainty of this just because I am a female.  grr...

You're only referring to a *bleep* and vagina and forgetting about other methods that could take place in the act. If it wasn't compatible in one way or another, they wouldn't do it.

Heh, that'll get 'em thinking...

[lucky382001]

homophobe is just another label people...please!
And not a very respectful one at that for people who want others to have respect for their opinions...

We all are people first.

[AmyTrivitt]

Funny allot of the users on here are Christians or so they claim to be. What is one of the statments in the bible. I personally do not believe in the bible nor follow the bible but I do think its wrong for same sex marriages. What next you can marry an animal? If a dating site does not want to let same sex people hook up that's their right!! I think people should quite throwing up suing people just because they do not get their ways. Come on!!!

[queenofnines]

What next you can marry an animal?

That is extremely incorrect and ignorant.  Marrying an animal does not allow for consent on the animal's part.  Same thing with marrying a child.  Gay couples, multiple spouses, and family members are all capable of CONSENT if they are adults in a free country, and should therefore be allowed to marry.

Now I know someone is going to freak out on the family member thing more so than gay marriage.  Be aware that it is 100% legal to marry your first cousin in many U.S. states already!  The only "problem" I can see with it is that same-family couples have a higher likelihood of having a child with birth defects.  But in their defense, so do all of these women who are trying to get pregnant at 40.