Gay Marriage MERGED

it'll happen eventually.

my guess, 20 years?

 

or how about now....... because massachusetts is the rock...

 

as long as there are people like bush that pushes his view of "morality", then it'll never happen. this will sound aweful, but it'll take my generation, over 40's to die out and the younger generation, under 25's, to take over before things change.

but for now, I don't see the need of a certificate for two gay's to legally express their one-manship. for legal medical decisions, I think a trip to a lawyer should take care of it all.

 

I don't believe in marriage ....

People can be faithful out of marriage and unfaithful in marriage. Ultimately it's a matter of legal rights and religion. The religion I can do without. The legal rights should be given to everybody or nobody.

 

the butthole is an exit only faggots

 

In New Zealand a man and a woman can get married. A man and a man, a woman and woman or a man and woman can get a civil union, which, for all intents and purposes is a marriage (only without the religious connotations.) Legally, the rights of marriage are given to civil union couples.

it's explained more technically here

personally I think this good but it's only a start...

also, it should be harder to get married no matter who you are marrying, you should have to be so amazingly sure before you say 'i do'. But, once you are sure of your committment, the marriage doors should be open to all consenting adults. And yes, once that happens, there will be no need to talk about 'gay' marriage. It will just be marriage. For everyone.

 

i live in a city about 45 minutes from boston and the priest at one of the local churches was being married to another man, a gay marriage. The community's reaction to this was redicilous. They're were protesters, completely ruining the marriage and a well known anti-gay marriage woman (her name escapes me), even came down to protest the marriage. it was despicable. just thought i'd share. Why would anyone ruin anyone elses marriage like that, blah.

 

Two words, "people suck". I assume hes in a religion where the priests are allowed to marry. Of course despite being possibly one of the nicest men , and in love with someone, I'm sure most people don't care because most people are assholes.

 

I agree with Lanze. People suck...expecially ignorant ones...

 

That's truly ridiculous. People need to get over themselves and realize that marriage is a right, not a heterosexual privelege.

 

I presume that the "godly" protesters would prefer that these men continue to live in sin rather than do the right thing and get married.

 

that woman shouldn't do that

 

People are idiots.

Some people have incredible hangups about homosexuality; they're usually hiding something.

 

Exactly! There was this study in 1996 and the guys who were okay with homosexuality were shown 3 videos, 1 with hetero porn, 1 with lesbian porn, and 1 with gay porn. They had arousal from every one but the gay porn.

the homophobic people were shown the same videos and while they were turned on by the lesbian and straight sex they were also turned on by the gay porn.

 

i am desparately hoping to get married. i am madly in love with the woman of my dreams and i want to marry her as soon as possible. please tell me of any states in which this is allowed. tell me about how much it costs and what i need to do to get this process started. thank u and i will be eternally grateful for your help

 

Erm.. Pretty sure it's legal in Nevada. Lots of people go to Las Vegas to get married don't they? So I think it would be legal state wide.

 

From what I hear , the Methodist church is cool with Gay marriage..Im sure thay know where its legal.

 

Marriage: Massachusetts , Canada, Spain , Netherlands, Belgium
Civil Unions:United Kingdom, California,Vermont,Connecticut, Maine,Hawaii , New Jersey, Washington DC, Iceland, France, Germany, Portugal, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Israel, Denmark, Finland, Argentina, Brazil, Sweden, Norway, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Andorra, Croatia, Tasmania (Australian state)

but you have to move there you cant just come to massachusetts to get married for example

If you are in New Jersey they should allow Civil unions which should carry simialar benefits to marriage only they use a name like that to make it seem like an inferior union.

the funny thing is it is legal for straight people in nevada to marry a stripper they met the night before, but not for two men to marry even in las vegas.

 

How much it costs is up to you. Are you looking for a simple ceremony and modest reception, or is this going to be the social event of the year?

If civil unions are indeed legal in your state, get in touch with a gay organization in your area and let them know that you're interested in having a ceremony. They might be able to refer you to other couples who have had ceremonies. They could tell you more about their experiences and be able to answer some very hands-on questions.

 

NJ has more rights than most states... I wouldn't leave if I were you, unless it is a step forward. CT and VT are also extremely liberal. Marriage is not legally recognized anywhere in the US at this time. Canada, Spain, Norway, and a few other countries have equal marriage rights. The USA is one of the most conservative 1st world countries on Earth...

Christopher