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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04-23-2009, 03:16 AM #11
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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