A Little Something That I Posted On Facebook About Same Sex Marriage

[Sally]

I have been outspoken on a few subjects and offended some people I suppose but I have never really addressed same sex marriage - here is why.

Same sex marriage will have no more effect on my life than any other marriage does.

I am single, I have one failed marriage in my past and in my sixties I see very little reason to suspect that there will be another in my future.

Therefore I am in full support of same sex marriages because my only other option as a rational human being would be to make all marriages illegal because they do have a direct effect on me.

No restaurant puts out half off coupons, they use buy one get one free, the same with admission coupons - everything is based on twos, without the government sanctioning of marriage couples would no longer be the basic unit - it would now be one.

So not to be like the self righteous proponents of laws to prevent same sex marriage, I am not out to prevent anyone from their chance of finding happiness just because I have not.

Get over yourselves - same sex marriages are not about your marriage or any one else's marriage - it is about one couple and one couple only.

That is what all marriages are about - if yours is based on comparisons to others I am very sorry because it should have been based on love.

I just wanted to make it clear that to me there is no difference between traditional marriages and same sex marriages - they either work or they do not work based on the strength of the love between the couple not the love of any other's view points.

Love ya,

Sally

[VickySGV]

Ah yes!! Check out the real background, and marriage used to be an ownership condition. Now we cycle to where marriage itself is the object of ownership, but only for the frozen err chosen??? Now we argue about who is chosen, it appears to be the frozen who are chosen!!

[Guest Deanna]

I could't agree more. Marriage is two people making a life together as one unit. Why is it alright for my wife and I be an "approved" marriage now. But if I transition then it is "not approved"? Are we bit the same people? Why is someone else's relationship there business? OK venting off.

Deanna

[Guest Robin Winter]

My opinion on marriage is simple. It requires no sanction by church or state, it requires no little piece of paper to be valid. Marriage is simply a commitment. It's a promise, and it's a shared feeling.

People often confuse Marriage with Wedding. A wedding is an outward symbol of a commitment that is already made, it's for appearances, and for the benefit of everyone else. The little piece of paper is what people are really fighting for, and that's government recognition of marriage for shared financial benefits and legal rights. It's not permission to be married, we don't need that.

I think the sooner the governing bodies realize that, the better off we'll all be. To deny the validity of anyone's commitment is absurd.

[Guest]

My opinion on marriage is simple. It requires no sanction by church or state, it requires no little piece of paper to be valid. Marriage is simply a commitment. It's a promise, and it's a shared feeling.

Hear hear.

People often confuse Marriage with Wedding. A wedding is an outward symbol of a commitment that is already made, it's for appearances, and for the benefit of everyone else. The little piece of paper is what people are really fighting for, and that's government recognition of marriage for shared financial benefits and legal rights. It's not permission to be married, we don't need that.

I think the sooner the governing bodies realize that, the better off we'll all be. To deny the validity of anyone's commitment is absurd.

The State or the Church has no business to be in MY bedroom, unless I invite them.

Huggs,

Joann

[VickySGV]

It was only a few short centuries ago the church was the government. Now we have political leaders who think they are the heads of a church which is a government!! What a revolting development!!

[Guest Zeda]

My opinion on marriage is simple. It requires no sanction by church or state, it requires no little piece of paper to be valid. Marriage is simply a commitment. It's a promise, and it's a shared feeling.

People often confuse Marriage with Wedding. A wedding is an outward symbol of a commitment that is already made, it's for appearances, and for the benefit of everyone else. The little piece of paper is what people are really fighting for, and that's government recognition of marriage for shared financial benefits and legal rights. It's not permission to be married, we don't need that.

I think the sooner the governing bodies realize that, the better off we'll all be. To deny the validity of anyone's commitment is absurd.

Yes, precisely! That is an excellent way of putting it.

Also, here is some of my "logic" (This pertains to US politics and cannot be directly translated to other politics. Just change some stuff around to make it work elsewhere) :

Marriage is recognised by the government.

If somebody was not allowed to marry a male because of their sex, that would be sex discrimination.

If somebody was not allowed to marry a female because of their sex, that would be sex discrimination.

Therefore, not recognising same-sex marriage is condoning sex discrimination.

I also believe that the government should not force a church to conduct marriages, as much as it irks me that a church would make that discrimination.