Issue: Gay Marriage

Position: Everyone should have the right to marry

We believe that gay people should have the same rights and responsibilities as everyone else.

Position: Marriage is between a man and a woman

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Marriage is between a man and a woman is the position held by John McCain

Position: Support Civil Unions, Oppose Marriage

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Position: marriage is not a function of the federal government

Just as the government doesn't need to take a stance on which religion is right, it doesn't need to take a stance on which definition of marriage is right. Leave it up to, well, whoever cares about people's relationship status, like religions and online dating sites.

Summary

Gay marriage is a union between two members of the same sex who are afforded the same rights and privileges as members of opposite sexes. Gay marriage is recognized in five countries, including Belgium, Canada, Netherlands, South Africa and Spain. Within the United States, gay marriage is legal in Massachusetts, and will be recognized in California beginning June 14. Aruba, Israel, Netherlands Antilles, New Mexico, New York and Rhode Island recognize “foreign marriages,” or marriages performed in regions in which same-sex marriage is legal.

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Arguments in favor of Everyone should have the right to marry



Is America really progressive?
Rating: 3

Americans prefer to believe that the United States is the most progressive country in the world, yet five other countries have legalized same-sex marriage, while only two states have done so. We live in a country founded on the given right that all men are created equal, yet we dismiss this ... (more)

Written by Laura
Marriage isn't a "natural" right. It is cultural.
Rating: 1

Whoever thinks he needs to regurgitate the same strawman arguments about homosexuality being unnatural, I'm now wanting to show them that homosexuality is indeed only a sexual orientation which doesn't have to stand a "natural capability" proof to let gay people marry.

Whether ... (more)

Written by somerandom

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Arguments in favor of Marriage is between a man and a woman



Marriage is not a free-for-all
Rating: 1

What people do behind closed doors is their own business, but when they want to change nature and shove it in everyone else's face...that's when I have a problem. What am I supposed to tell my daughter, who comes home from school and asks me why Susie has two mommies? How am I supposed to feel ... (more)

Written by firenze
Homosexuality is a choice
Rating: 1

Where does the idea of Marriage come from? Do words have meaning? Homosexuals have the same right to marry as Heterosexuals. Both can marry the opposite sex. It isn't about rights. It is about making others accept a worldview. Homosexuals know that there relationships are false but they want ... (more)

Written by BlindSight

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Top contributor to Gay Marriage: Adam