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Should gay marrige be allowed?

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  • pcombo
    pcombo Posts: 3,429 Forumite
    If people love each other, Then they should do whats right for them selfs, and forget what others say or think.

    Forget all the controversy between same sex marriages just wastes everyones time.
  • I ask a controversial question and i am a troll?

    You asked a question in an attempt to provoke controversy but given the unanimous support for gay marriage on this thread so far I don't think it is very controversial at all!
    Common sense?...There's nothing common about sense!
  • Controversial? Maybe a few years ago, not any more.

    All a bit yesterday to be honest, far more controversial topics out there than gay marriage.
  • worbikeman
    worbikeman Posts: 2,971 Forumite
    I dont understand what the problem seems to be. Other than some old bloke in a dress doesnt approve.:rotfl:
  • Morglin
    Morglin Posts: 15,922 Forumite
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    Yes. if people love one another, then that's great, whatever the mix.:beer::T

    What is 'normal/natural' anyway?

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  • I_luv_cats
    I_luv_cats Posts: 14,457 Forumite
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    As title states should gay marrige be allowed?

    Yes - so you can get married now. Good luck to your new partner!
  • burnleymik
    burnleymik Posts: 1,391 Forumite
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    edited 13 September 2011 at 6:41AM
    The logical answer is almost certainly 'yes', but my personal feeling is 'no'. Not because I am homophobic, more because it's not what my personal idea of marriage should be. I see marriage as an institution between a man and a woman and also closely associated with procreation.

    To be honest I am pretty uneducated when it comes to single-sex relationships and I don;t know any same sex couples, so that probably also makes my view bias.

    I don't have any real hang-ups about it, but if I could choose wether they were allowed or not, I would probably say 'no'
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  • Driver8
    Driver8 Posts: 743 Forumite
    As title states should gay marrige be allowed?


    No.

    When it was allowed it was just another step in the degeneration of this country.
  • I've seen the suffering caused by keeping a relationship a secret. Whether your heterosexual or homosexual you should have the same rights. Its time to put the prejudice aside. As for the Bible bashers, anybody can find and twist quotes from the text to further there own prejudice.
  • shar46y
    shar46y Posts: 249 Forumite
    Yes, gay marriage should be allowed. Not just the current cop-out known as civil partnership (although a step in the right direction), but fully acknowledged marriage.

    Marriage should be about love and companionship, not procreation!

    If it was about making babies, does that mean that infertile couples, older couples or people who simply don't want children shouldn't marry?

    (Incidentally, I am straight, married and have kids!)
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