<p>If you were able to completely eliminate the significance in regards to equality of the term marriage, then yes, I would find this to be an acceptable solution. However, in reality, the civil union approach is utterly inappropriate because of the preexisting connotation of the word marriage. Also, the fact that marriage has existed independent of the church in America precludes this from being any sort of acceptable solution. Although a good idea, it is rooted completely in fantasy and wish.</p>
<p>im gonna have to say im with bigeastbeast on this one. The gay guy should chill out. YEs, you are choosing a lifestyle. If u wanted to, you could change. but you dont. Youve justified it. Dont bother keeping any religion (well most, cuz theyre all against it) if ur rlly gay. IT’s hypocritical.</p>
<p>Big, you never answered my question. Does it matter if my fiance is a man or a woman? Tell me how it will affect you so that you can ban one of them, but allow the other.</p>
<p>And the answer to the original question of the blog , btw, is cuz the college envronmetn imposes this liberal ideology and so does the atmosphere, along with inexperience and stupidity. Liberals have no knoledge of fundemental economics and get theyre socail belifes from the brainwashings of their college atmosphere and proffesors. </p>
<p>Overall, liberals are just ignorant baffoons. </p>
<p>(that should get this thread blown-up again and back on course, like it was yesterday.)</p>
<h2>Big, you never answered my question. Does it matter if my fiance is a man or a woman? Tell me how it will affect you so that you can ban one of them, but allow the other. ~ Romaningypsyeyes</h2>
<p>It won’t affect me personally, I think it’s a bad step for our society to take.</p>
<p>I think I made my feelings pretty clear. I thinks homosexuals are nothing but sexual deviants and their sex acts should stay in the privacy of their own home, certainly not rewarded with the benefits of marriage.</p>
<p>I don’t like seeing real marriages cheapened by gays.</p>
<p>What is a real marriage? A few hundred years ago a “real marriage” was one where you sold the bride. Should we go back to that?
In many cultures a “real marriage” involves children as young as 12. So did Christianity for a long while. Should we go back to that? Many Biblical marriages had numerous people involved. Is that OK?</p>
<p>WHO DEFINES “REAL” MARRIAGE?</p>
<p>Really, it doesn’t affect you so butt out of my life and I’ll leave yours alone as well. K?</p>
<p>dude, romanigypesyere, r u like gay or something? and how about READ the bible your qouting. NEVER did any marriage involve single gender. It was always man and woman, whether 1 man and 500 woman , but never man and man. The new gay movement and mor eppl are being gay is b/c they choose too due to this new openness and pro-gay atmosphere. Your not natural; your choosing herecy.</p>
<p>So I say again- decades ago, interracial marriages weren’t legal. They are now. So they’re real.</p>
<p>Years ago, children were allowed to marry. Now, they’re illegal so they’re not real marriages. </p>
<p>The laws continually change. So, let’s change the law to say two consenting adults and then that will be a “real” marriage.</p>
<p>@delmonico- Please learn to read. It’s annoying. Please also learn to type- it’s hard to read your ramble. I am bi. So is my fiance. I have read the Bible, thanks. Are polygamous marriages “real”? Because they’re illegal now. Therefore, according to Big, they’re not “real”. But, according to the Bible, they are.</p>
<p>You’re right, I am choosing a lifestyle, but I did not choose to be gay, and that does not dictate the lifestyle I am living. I’m glad YOU know that I can stop being gay so easily. I did want to change when I first noticed my sexuality, and wanting to be straight didn’t make it so. But your insignificant thought experiments and fairy-tale religion are probably more reliable than my first-hand experience. </p>
<p>And believe me, I am not planning on keeping any religion. That’s not gonna draw any tears from me. The fact that you think it would makes me feel bad for you.</p>
<p>All adults can already marry. Gay people already can get married, just not to their own gender…because that is just sexual deviance and perversion.</p>
<p>I’m surprised nobody has realized that bigeast isn’t listening to ANYTHING you guys are saying lol. He just says the same thing no matter what. The ■■■■■ has been winning. He probably doesn’t even believe what he’s saying.</p>
<p>@ romanpig- i was pointing out a pattern which you failed to mention and discredited your claim. </p>
<p>@panther-“And believe me, I am not planning on keeping any religion” -BINGO! thanks for proving my point. Of course, if you dont have a religion and a framework of what the proper way of life is, as dictated not by man, but by G-d, than of course your not oing to be willing to try hard enough to overcome your gayness (Which obviously, you had the challenge of being born with, i wont discredit that fact).</p>
<p>@panther124- 1) im not gonna except the label of sharing bigbeast’s view being that i jhavent been following the lenghty argument for that long. although it is prob similiar if he is anti gay marriage. </p>
<p>2) “religious nuts”. explain , please. you mean a beliver in G-d? One who KEEPS and ABIDES by his religion? </p>
<p>@ beast- “My views don’t come from religion. Just my personal opinion.” How so? it’s ur personal opinion that gays shouldnt be able to marriage. Please provide some evidence from somewhere that this is wrong. (im not attacking you, im just curios)</p>