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Animalman said:
Marriage(at least, marriage in the western world) today is not the same as it was hundreds of years ago. It's not even the same as it was a few decades ago. It's been redefined and adjusted to fit the standards of an evolving society time and time again.



That all depends on what perspective you're viewing it from. Are you describing it as a government institution or a particular tradition?

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r3x29yz4a said:
Because the government is essentially saying, by your own statement, "you do what you want, but you don't have the same rights." Like being separate but equal.
Gay people want to be considered part of society, not a sub group.



That's so stupid. That's even more stupid than "stupid" can be described as "stupid". Homosexuals have the legal ability to marry whatever male or female they choose as long as the sex they choose is opposite of theirs. That alone disproves your fallacious context of describing how "rights" are involved in the marriage arrangement.

Marriage has nothing to do with rights and everything to do with more efficiently organizing the population and its growth. The simple truth is that the institution of marriage actually works through the binding agreement of a male and female and not m/m or f/f.

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how would gay marriage effect you? your wife? your marriage? your children?



Gay marriage would unecessarily cause higher tax increase. That affects everyone dumbass. Assigning tax cuts for straight couples at least has pay off through the potential and/or definite production of offspring for whom that money could be used for. Because homosexuals don't have the obstacle of unexpected pregnancy, they have all the time in the world to save up and adopt or artificially inseminate themselves. They're never gonna be caught unawares like straights.

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I would figure gay sex would be the big button pusher. but since they can do that, they can live together, how does gay marriage effect YOU. What it does is allow two people to feel like they're part of society, not shunned.
Don't people have the right to feel accepted?
And to deny strangers the right to do something that will harm no one out of some sense of pride or baseless predjudice makes you a biggot.



That was beautiful r3x. Do you take lessons from Jesse Jackson? Beardguy maybe?

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for me the question falls to "Do you believe two gay people can be in love?" If you believe they can, then you should have no problem with gay marriage. If you don't believe gay people can really love, then you're a biggot.



The institution of marriage has absolutely nothing to do with love. You're confusing legal contracts with traditions.