TOPIC: Opinion on Gay marriage?

There was not a single dissenting vote on the platform plank supporting gay marriage at the convention last week in Charlotte. Yay!

And I support gay marriage - FYI.

Am I still on myfitnesspal??

My thoughts exactly, I hear some other free calorie counting web sites don't have all this junk going on, like Sparkpeople.com and Loseit.com among others.. I'm going to check it out.

I'm sure your fingers were twisted to click on this post and reply to it

I would like to have a supportive lose weight kind of climate instead of clicking on MFP and seeing off topic sickening, headlines jump in my face, this site has really changed, I'm embarrassed to recommend it to my friends anymore. : (

"Off topic sickening headlines".... I'm not even going to touch that with a 10 foot pole.

However,
1. This is the "chit-chat, fun, and games' board. You can talk about pretty much whatever you want here. While I do appreciate your opinion, if it's this discussion is so upsetting to you, no one's forcing you to look and post in this topic.
2. May I redirect you to the "Motivation and Support" board?

Hahaha, so sorry, but anyone who wouldn't touch these off topic, sickening, headlines with a 10 foot pole is incompetent to redirect me anywhere.

I don't really care which two people are bound by a legal civil union to protect their rights and freedoms and to declare their relationship publicly to friends and family... just please don't insist that a church or other religious institution that doesn't support same-sex relationships conduct the ceremony.

This is my exact sentiment.

The issue is about being granted and recognized the title of "marriage" and the benefits it entails. Not just some civil/legal union or forcing any specific church to perform the ceremony.

People should be allowed to marry whoever they want. No matter what.

I honestly don't care about who is sticking what in whom, as long as they're both consenting adults.

I don't think churches should be forced to perform a gay marriage, as it is against their doctrine, but I do believe civil unions should be afforded the same rights as marriages so that a gay marriage is equal to a straight marriage. For what it's worth, though, some churches are accepting of gay marriages (the Episcopalians come to mind), so it's nice to know that gay Christians would at least have some options open to them if they wished to have a Christian wedding ceremony. I imagine there are some independent ministers out there who would be happy to perform a gay wedding as well.

Bottom line: I'm all for it. I would be incredibly happy if people finally woke up one day and realized banning it is as stupid as banning inter-racial marriages.

I hope that someday SOONER rather than LATER, my LGBT friends can be able to legally marry their partners. It's not "just" a piece of paper...it affects their civil rights, their health insurance, their tax benefits, their children...(and I'm neither gay nor married. I just believe that consenting adults should be able to love and marry other consenting adults and not be treated as less than equal).

For all those who say "yawn, who cares"--what if there was a law that said blue eyed brunettes couldn't marry? what if there were still laws saying interracial marriage was wrong? what if only gay marriage was allowed, and hetero marriage was NOT?

Still saying "yawn, who cares?" I bet not.

And if you don't believe in marriage, fine, but that's not the issue being discussed.

I think there's too much heat on this subject. If two people are happy and in love, who gives a crap if they're two men or two women. The people who get ticked off are probably just jealous because they'll never have what the two in love do.

Live and let live is a nice sentiment, but what if the new law created to make all couples have the same access to marriage infringes on the basic religious rights/freedoms...that is what bothers me about the issue. I have many friends who I care for deeply, some are gay but they aren't my friends because they are gay or straight, or what ever.. I like them for who they are, but it doesn't mean I agree 100 percent with their lives and this doesn't just apply to sexual orientation.

101% support it, all the way. what's wrong with it? they're happy. not like they're debating making murder legal or something, don't see why it's so controversial... like someone said, people used to shun interracial marriages the same way. i dont see why people argue over these things. goddamn it, if you're happy with someone with different parts or the same, nobody else should butt in. wish the united states would legalize gay marriages (well, just marriage for all) already lol. my point of view. ~