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Gay Marriage in the US MAG
As you may know, gay marriage is one of the most controversial subjects today. I happen to disagree with gay marriage and here's why. I've seen gay people, on TV and in real life, and I have no problem with them but I don't like the idea of them getting married. Take for example last year at Disneyland when there was a gay activist party. Guys were kissing and performing sexual acts in public, not even caring who saw them. If I were a parent, I wouldn't want my kids exposed to things like that. This is a family theme park and to expose the public to their personal life is wrong.
Also, gay marriage is unconstitutional. America was built on the Constitution. I wonder what our founding fathers would say about gay marriage. Gay marriage is also against most religions and isn't same-sex marriage against God's plan? I also think that the towns that married gays should have the book thrown at them. Take Multnomah County, OR. They gave out something like 200 marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The law has not been changed yet so why does Multnomah marry them? It's just like saying "Well, the speed limit is 50 but I feel like going 90." It's no different, it's total anarchy and it's wrong.
I was taught by my parents to be a good person and obey the rules no matter if it was in my house or the world. Gay marriage is against the law and that is why I disagree with it.
Editor's Note: Though there has been talk of a Constitutional ban on gay marriage, it is not currently technically unconstitutional.
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I'm sorry - my parents created me, and my parents taught me that I should keep my nose out of other people's lives, most especially when they have nothing to do with me. If someone wants to get married, it's none of my business, and unless you're the bride or groom, it's not your business either.
And for sanity's sake, why would I trust god? God is a figment of your imagination which you find comforting. I'd be just as well off trusting Barney or Elmo in the realm of public policy. At least neither of them advocated stoning women.
(Now, I'll wager you're pretty upset that I've gone and told you what you should believe. Maybe you should consider that a lot of people - your Founding Fathers included - don't think god should have any role in what the government does.)
First of all, let me just say I wouldn't pass this in an English class; muchless publish it in a magazine. This article contains abosolutely no proof to back-up the assertions that Gay Marriage is "unconstitutional." If you'd actually put down the Bible and pick up a textbook, you'd realize that Gay Marriage ISN'T unconstitutional. The Constitution is presumed to have left the issue to the States. That's it. When someone says "it's unconstitutional" they're referring to the FEDERAL Government acknolwedging it because Marriage is a STATE issue.
As for the whole Disenyland thing, that's just stupid. Not all Gay people act like that. Just like not all straight people act alike! It's ridiculous to attempt to suspend the rights of a group for the actions of a few.
As for kissing, since when is that a crime, though? Straight couples kiss all the freaking time in front of whoever they wish. I don't see anyone having a problem with that, now do I?
Bottom line, it DOESN'T AFFECT YOU; SO KEEP YOUR D*MN MOUTH SHUT! You're NOT gay, you have NO RIGHT to say a d*mn thing in the situation.
/End of dicussion.
There is nothing in the constitiution that says this isn't allowed and it would be wrong to change that. the people at disney land were trying to make a point, that there is nothing wrong with being diffrent.
And, I'm sorry but I just have to say this. A lot of people think that homosexuality is simply unnatural. I can tell you at least one place in nature where that DOES happen naturally.
Clownfish! look it up! clownfish are born with both genders which they can switch back and forth. If there aren't enought females, than the males switch over and start laying eggs. Are you going to try and outlaw fish?
A whole new outlook on Nemo, I get that. But it had to be said at some point.
I completely agree with the original article by Dan. He's right - laws are laws, and they are not 'meant to be broken'. That is movie stuff only, so please keep it there. Dialogues like that are just for people looking for excuses. They break the rules they want, and when it comes to a rule that is benefitting them they stick up for it. Its all about trust: if God said its a bad thing, its a bad thing. God created you. He knows better than you. There are so many things of his we dont understand, but we have to follow anyway because we trust him to want what's best for us.
And well, if you dont trust God, well. I have nothing to say to you at all.
Jeez, I didn't think someone would reply, let alone take that comment so seriously.
I honestly just found it funny that the original poster used the Disney Land experience as a reason to keep Gay Marriage illegal. It's very irrelevent to the argument.
Wow, this comment is completely ignorant of social normality. It is never, I repeat 'never', okay to perform any act pertaining to sex in public. Especially, if the content of such act is lewd in nature. The idea that it was a gay couple has no weight on whether it was okay or not. The idea that someone would stick up for people performing sexual acts in public, at a Disney Land no less, is absolutely disgusting. I don't want to see a heterosexual couple doing those things more than homosexual couple.
Now the actual act's perfomed are in question, but their sexuality has no favor in the way it should be treated.
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