Hi everybody! I'm writing from Italy; at my school we're doing some research about new kinds of families, and my work consists of checking the situation in other countries.. It would be great if you would tell me your real opinion, an maybe your experiences, if you have any. Thank you so much! And greetings from Italy :D Yours Time4Tibet
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered - 9 Answers
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Well, it is the land of the free, but apparently, only for certain people.
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I am a gay man, fixing to marry my soulmate. We live in a state that bans it. We are still doing it. We won't get any legal benefits from doing it, but we want to anyway. I think it should be legal in the US. I think we should have survivor benefits, tax breaks, and right to be "next of kin" just like straights do.
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I am gay, but I grew up in a traditional Roman Catholic household and very much like the idea of monogamy through marriage (gay or straight). Especially when children are involved. The commitment adds stability and protections, as well as religious connotations for myself and many ... and I think it could be VERY important to a swath of issues in the gay community (Promescuity, broken / depressed gay children, inequalities towards the children of gay couples, etc). Im not just for gay marriage, I'm for marriage period. I think it's an overwhelmingly positive thing.
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My friend, you are asking this question in the section of homosexuals. What answers do you think your gonna get? If you want what people think in America, you should search for opinion polls on google. This page won't give your work anything good. ;)
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Simply put, Love is love.
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Speaking as a LEGALLY MARRIED gay man (who is LEGALLY MARRIED to a gay man), I rather like the idea of having the same rights to marriage as anybody else. My partner and I went to San Francisco, California (from Dallas, Texas), in September of 2008, when a brief window of opportunity presented itself for gay people to get legally married in that state. Eighteen thousand gay couples got married during that all-too-brief period. We had a beautiful wedding in the truly magnificent S.F. City Hall, atop a sweeping white marble staircase under a soaring marble dome while standing in a 12-foot inlaid marble "marriage ring" on the floor. Everybody wept in joy, including our family members and many friends who flew out there with us. After the Mormon (Church of the so-called Latter-Day Saints) and the corrupt Roman Catholic churches poured tens of millions of dollars into a campaign to get the new law over-turned and gay folks were again denied their equal civil rights, those 18,000 couples remain legally married, including my partner of 26 years and I. My previous partner of 18 years died of liver cancer before gay marriage was legal anywhere in the world or we would surely have married. I can only hope that one day the world will awaken to the fact that all human beings are equal and eligible for any and all rights enjoyed by anyone else. While we live in Texas where nobody expects gay marriage to be allowed any time soon, we are working to make it legal in ALL of America, which would automatically include Texas. (Yes, our laws here are a little strange and complicated...) As it stands now, our marriage is only recognized in California and the two or three other states that have allowed gay marriage. We can't even file joint Federal income tax returns. IN ANY EVENT: Greetings to you in Italy! It's great to hear that at least conversations are being held in other countries that may lead to greater acceptance of gay marriage everywhere. It's only fair.
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Hello Time4Tibet :) My personal opinion is that every human being on this earth is capable of and has every right to love regardless of gender, race, health, financial status etc. If someone out there is in love with someone of the same gender, it doesn't affect me one bit. As far as I'm concerned, there's so much hatred and violence in this world I'm always pleased to hear that SOMEONE out there is happy, content and not terrorizing others. lol When people share a special love or a true love, that is something very personal, special and sacred to them and no one else can possibly understand or comprehend the feelings involved because that chemistry is unique to only them. Every person loves in their own way, has their own personality, character, background, experiences, and so much more. It is humanly impossible to attempt to take on other people's situations and judge others at a glance without having walked a mile in their shoes. However, there are many people in the U.S. who are hell bent in judging entire groups of individuals without knowing a thing about them and, of course, they spend much of their time very stressed, frustrated and miserable with a constant fight on their hands. The majority of those people seem to be religious. It can become very heated, argumentative and hateful and really doesn't accomplish a whole lot in the long run. I personally have plenty going on in my life with family, friends, health issues and many other things and the thought of trying to take on some type of burden of judging others on who some person I don't even know should or shouldn't associate with, date, marry, etc is just ludicrous. I live my life honestly and sincerely and although I hope others do as well, I just don't delve into people's personal and private lives. For the folks around me like friends and neighbors and even my family, the subject comes up at times and we all put our 2 cents in with varying degrees of feelings from many different angles but in general we don't spend much time fretting over homosexual marriage or any other type of marriage or association for that matter. I hope this is helpful just coming from my perspective. Take care! :)
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I think those who think they are "protecting marriage" would do well to look at Massachusetts. One of the few states in the US to allow gay marriage and it has the lowest divorce rate in the US. Actually the rate is lower than it was in 1949. Go figure.
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It's gonna be legal in the whole US. There are open minded people in this generation that will stand up for this generations black sheep. Gay actually is the new black and I can say this as a black man. Federal protections aren't given because DOMA is on the books and people can't have the security that comes with the word marriage. There are some states that have full on marriage like Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Iowa and I believe there are one or two more I hope NY is added to it soon, I believe it will be in about ten years. Some have civil unions and domestic partnership registry which doesn't give the full range of benefits that marriage does. I think it's great and as soon as DOMA and bigots get out of office in other states or the push is made for marriage equality in other states then it's a snowball that will get bigger and bigger until there's equality for all!
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