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Originally Posted by DionPlett
I voted NO as well simply because marriage belongs to men and women, most of whom choose to have children and contribute to society in a postive way. Not to mention sustaining the human race.
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So homosexuals don't contribute to society in a positive way? What if they have children, then can they be married?
Should sterile couples not be allowed to marry? Or forced to get divorced if they don't have kids after some years? What about people who have kids but don't contribute to society in a positive way, maybe we should take away their children, force them to get divorced, and give their kids to a homosexual couple who will be a positive contribution to society?
And how can marriage belong to men and women? Who gave it to them? How did they purchase it?
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Originally Posted by Dirty Mr. Clean
I hate the fact that the government calls it marriage because of the religious background of it. Every type of union of two people should be call a civil union. That's my two cents.
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What religious background? One of the earliest references to marriage is non-religious in nature, and heck even animals "marry", and I don't know too many religious animals.
And some Christian churches back to even before the Bible was formed accepted same sex marriage:
http://xenophilius.wordpress.com/200...hristian-rite/
Not to mention that there are religious groups now that perform same sex marriages, so even if your "religious background" position had merit, those churches should be allowed to use the word marriage because they are doing it from their religious background.