What is your opinion on changing the definition of marriage?

Keshieshimmer

Keshieshimmer

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This is slightly political/controversial in nature so not sure where this belongs:

Somebody posted this on FB before. But the gist is that since there is a separation of church and state (ha), should not the US change 'marriage' as we know today to civil unions for all couples?

Leave the marriage for the churches?

My unpopular opinion is that they should. Then we can stop debating this (ha).
 
Would it just be a name change? What would be the differences between a "civil union" and a marriage? I'm kinda confused by the question.
 
Well marriage to me is religious and I think that is why there is so much negativity surrounding gay marriage.

It wouldn't be any different than what marriage means now, just a name change.
 
Wouldn't bother me, either way. The whole "our rights as straight people are threatened by gays doing something that only affects them" argument makes my head hurt. If it will make people stop worrying about who is in somebody's bed and shacking up, I'm all for it!
 
I personally view marriage as a human right and not something that should be only enjoyed by heterosexual couples.

We need to stop being so concerned with what "the Gays" are going on their own time. If no one is being victimized by one's actions...gay or straight...I keep it moving. I could be using my brain space towards something that directly affects me.
 
I'm not sure what this question means. But if you're talking about the growing acceptance of gay marriage then I'm cool with it. Honestly, I think the straight community should pay attention to what affects us and let the LGBT community live their lives. I've yet to see how their actions affect us.
 
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Hmmm.

Well honestly, a lot of people don't even know what marriage means, so changing the definition of it comes easy to them and that's why most people aren't bothered by who gets married to what.

To me, marriage actually means something, and yeah, it sucks that people 10 years from now people woln't respect or even understand that.

You can't really do much about it though unfortunately.
People are going to do what they want, so let them do it without ridicule.

As long as your marriage means more than a ring and a last name, then that's all that matters.
 
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