View Poll Results: Do you feel the government should restrict marriage to only straight couples?

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  • Yes. I don't think same sex couples deserve any benefits of marriage.

    17 16.19%
  • No. I don't think the government should discriminate for sexual orientation.

    64 60.95%
  • Maybe gays can get the same benefits as straights but don't call it marriage.

    24 22.86%
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icedog If It's All The Same To You,... 04-22-2009, 09:22 PM
igitur55 Good post. Thank you, icedog. 04-22-2009, 09:26 PM
rastewart Agreed, good post. To... 04-22-2009, 09:43 PM
gugi There could be indirect... 04-22-2009, 09:48 PM
icedog Gugi, Thanks for the... 04-22-2009, 10:01 PM
jockeys i've never wanted the gov't... 04-22-2009, 10:16 PM
Mike Blue I'll add a little more fuel... 04-22-2009, 11:30 PM
Jimbo I do not understand the mob... 04-23-2009, 01:21 AM
hoglahoo The government should not... 04-23-2009, 01:48 AM
gugi Are you saying only... 04-23-2009, 02:10 AM
hoglahoo No, what I am saying is what... 04-23-2009, 02:48 AM
JMS I resemble that remark!:D 04-23-2009, 02:56 AM
icedog Lee, Thanks for being... 04-23-2009, 04:38 AM
hoglahoo I haven't judged anyone. ... 04-23-2009, 04:45 AM
icedog Fair enough my friend. 04-23-2009, 05:00 AM
honedright Shouldn't we consider the... 04-23-2009, 02:17 AM
xman oop 04-23-2009, 02:22 AM
JMS So X, you are saying its... 04-23-2009, 02:27 AM
Blade Wielder I think a bike would be a... 04-23-2009, 02:32 AM
TexasBob Yes, you are missing... 04-23-2009, 10:55 PM
gugi I did spend the 10 minutes ... 04-23-2009, 02:07 AM
kenneyty One of my biggest issues with... 04-23-2009, 03:16 AM
Mike Blue I wouldn't want anyone to be... 04-23-2009, 03:21 AM
Quick Orange For the first time since I... 04-23-2009, 03:55 AM
ndw76 I think marriage should be... 04-23-2009, 05:13 AM
Quick Orange Even when I was against gay... 04-23-2009, 06:01 AM
LX_Emergency I went for the third option... 04-23-2009, 06:05 AM
Big Red I voted the government should... 04-23-2009, 06:37 AM
Bruno Says who? Marriage is what... 04-23-2009, 11:28 AM
LX_Emergency Says I, and says history. ... 04-23-2009, 11:34 AM
Bruno I am right. Why am I right?... 04-23-2009, 01:12 PM
gssixgun If It's All The Same To You,... 04-23-2009, 06:30 PM
icedog Hey Glennolopolis, I hope it... 04-23-2009, 09:18 PM
gssixgun It's ok Brad-o-saurus Rex,... 04-23-2009, 09:50 PM
icedog I think those things you... 04-23-2009, 10:30 PM
gssixgun Absolutely positively totally... 04-23-2009, 10:36 PM
hoglahoo And nobody will ever try to... 04-23-2009, 10:59 PM
riooso The public gets tired and... 04-24-2009, 01:41 AM
charlie762 Says God. Marriage was... 08-07-2009, 03:46 PM
icedog Charlie, You say this as... 08-07-2009, 04:20 PM
charlie762 I know,what am I like eh? I... 08-07-2009, 04:39 PM
icedog Are you referring to what the... 08-07-2009, 07:52 PM
charlie762 Well yes The Bible is refered... 08-08-2009, 03:54 PM
gugi Interesting way to resurrect... 08-07-2009, 07:53 PM
charlie762 The book of revelations tell... 08-08-2009, 04:22 PM
Sailor I was about to vote c, but... 08-08-2009, 05:55 PM
gregs656 My opinion is that life is... 04-23-2009, 07:36 PM
Leighton In my opinion, it is simply... 04-23-2009, 06:24 PM
Quick Orange I don't think we should deny... 04-22-2009, 10:07 PM
icedog I am asking the simplest... 04-22-2009, 10:58 PM
0livia I think this is about belief.... 04-22-2009, 11:05 PM
Quick Orange Because, in their mind, it... 04-22-2009, 11:19 PM
ChrisL Obviously this issue runs... 04-22-2009, 10:11 PM
Blade Wielder Whups. I meant to choose the... 04-22-2009, 10:20 PM
0livia Its legal in Germany. So I... 04-22-2009, 10:45 PM
VeeDubb65 I didn't choose any of the... 04-22-2009, 10:45 PM
thebigspendur The bottom line is that there... 04-22-2009, 10:51 PM
icedog I can dig that but the "legal... 04-22-2009, 11:02 PM
Rajagra Maybe you should avoid... 04-23-2009, 07:37 AM
icedog It appears the thread is... 04-23-2009, 09:42 AM
LX_Emergency The reasoning "it doesn't... 04-23-2009, 10:14 AM
icedog I thought someone would blurt... 04-23-2009, 12:04 PM
fccexpert In my opinion, the government... 04-23-2009, 06:18 PM
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    One of my biggest issues with these two issues in particular is the religious grounding of the arguments against both abortion and gay marriage. Last I checked, the bible said it was God's job to judge, not mine. I think it's unfortunate to use these arguments and perpetuate negative stereotypes of religion. Any God I'll respect loves. Period. I have no use for a vengeful God- those are human emotions, not those of a perfect being.

    Also curious about how anyone can justify the argument that this is not the same thing as the civil rights movement of the 60's (talking gay marriage now). How is this not about civil rights? We're preventing a percentage of the population from certain rights simply because it's tradition or different than the "norm". I don't see how that can ever be acceptable under our Constitution. I only have faith that this country has a history of righting these wrongs, and hopefully it'll go the way of slavery, segregation, and having women as second class citizens.

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