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Should gay marriage be made legal? Thu Sep 27, 2007 13:37 pm  Should gay marriage be made legal?
 

10 years ago this would have been unthinkable in Ireland, but now there is an open discussion about the ligitimacy of gay marriage. In most of Germany, some American states and countries like Sweden, gay couples are granted the same rights as heterosexuals.

What's your take on this?
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Should gay marriage be made legal? Thu Sep 27, 2007 17:19 pm  Should gay marriage be made legal?
 

Depends on Country
I'm sure this will never happen in any Orthodox Christian Countries..
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Should gay marriage be made legal? Thu Sep 27, 2007 18:22 pm  Should gay marriage be made legal?
 

Che Gevara wrote:
Well,Georgia is an Orthodox Christian Country since 3rd centruy and the trust and respect of the Church has always been much higher than any Georgian Kings,or presidents..My religion says that being gay is a greatest sin,so it will never be allowed, in the other case 100 % there will start great disasters...
Georgian gays could go to Netherlands or US or anywhere else...they can't be respected in Georgia...

So what's the solution? Expulsion, torture or deportation to a camp?

Do you think gay people are freaks of nature?
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Should gay marriage be made legal? Thu Sep 27, 2007 18:44 pm  Should gay marriage be made legal?
 

Gay people stole our good old word from us - gay !!!
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Should gay marriage be made legal? Thu Sep 27, 2007 20:04 pm  Should gay marriage be made legal?
 

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Gay people stole our good old word from us - gay !!!

I'm sorry but I fail to understand your comment. Which anonymous group is represented by us? What is lost? And how exactly did gay people commit this larcency?
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Should gay marriage be made legal? Thu Sep 27, 2007 20:23 pm  Should gay marriage be made legal?
 

By US I meant all the people who live in the US Smile

As for the part about committing the larceny, I'd like to refer you to Jamie's post Learning Foreign Languages
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Should gay marriage be made legal? Thu Sep 27, 2007 21:20 pm  Should gay marriage be made legal?
 

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If the argument revolves around the use of the term "marriage" -- as many believe "marriage" is defined by the Bible -- why not confer all the rights of marriage, but simply call it something else (civil union, for example)?
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Should gay marriage be made legal? Thu Sep 27, 2007 22:18 pm  Should gay marriage be made legal?
 

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Your idea of conferring all the rights reminds me of an episode of South Park called "follow that egg".
Here goes an excerpt from the screenplay:
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You homosexuals will have all the exact same rights as married couples, but instead of refering to you as "maarriied," you can be... butt buddies. [long silence] Instead of being "man and wife," you'll be... butt buddies. You won't be "betrothed," you'll be... butt buuuddies. Get it? Instead of a "bride and groom," you'd be... butt buddies

sounds familiar, heh?

So I'd suggest that people should use butbuddiehood instead of marriage Very Happy
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Should gay marriage be made legal? Thu Sep 27, 2007 22:43 pm  Should gay marriage be made legal?
 

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Should gay marriage be made legal? Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:02 am  Should gay marriage be made legal?
 

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10 years ago this would have been unthinkable in Ireland, but now there is an open discussion about the legitimacy of gay marriage. In most of Germany, some American states and countries like Sweden, gay couples are granted the same rights as heterosexuals.

What's your take on this?

I don't feel bad about gay marriages. In my own opinion, they should be given the same rights, particularly in marriages like the heterosexuals. I'm a buddhist. Even Dalai Lama approves that gays or lesbians should be accepted in society. It's reality and people should look into it. That means, they should be given the same rights.

I have a question. I'd like to know "what makes people 'gay/lesbian". Is it genetically or pyschologically or both? Question Question
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Should gay marriage be made legal? Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:50 am  Should gay marriage be made legal?
 

lost_soul wrote:
By US I meant all the people who live in the US Smile

OK, so you wanted to say "They stole the word from the US", which doesn't really make sense. Or was it a pun implying that you consider yourself American?
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As for the part about committing the larceny, I'd like to refer you to Jamie's post Learning Foreign Languages

So where does that put you? It would be intriguing to get a whiff of your fundamental oscillation on the matter (regardless of your sexual orientation).
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Should gay marriage be made legal? Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:52 am  Should gay marriage be made legal?
 

prezbucky wrote:
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If the argument revolves around the use of the term "marriage" -- as many believe "marriage" is defined by the Bible -- why not confer all the rights of marriage, but simply call it something else (civil union, for example)?

Absolutely! As far as I'm concerned, Christian ideology still has a much too deeply rooted impact on the concepts and conceptualisation we obey in our societies.
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Should gay marriage be made legal? Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:54 am  Should gay marriage be made legal?
 

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I have a question. I'd like to know "what makes people 'gay/lesbian". Is it genetically or pyschologically or both? Question Question

"Psychological influence" is a commonly accepted assumption, I'd say. People are thought to be influenced by experience in their childhood and teens.
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Should gay marriage be made legal? Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:02 pm  Should gay marriage be made legal?
 

Ralf wrote:
Che Gevara wrote:
Well,Georgia is an Orthodox Christian Country since 3rd centruy and the trust and respect of the Church has always been much higher than any Georgian Kings,or presidents..My religion says that being gay is a greatest sin,so it will never be allowed, in the other case 100 % there will start great disasters...
Georgian gays could go to Netherlands or US or anywhere else...they can't be respected in Georgia...

So what's the solution? Expulsion, torture or deportation to a camp?

Do you think gay people are freaks of nature?

Well ,to tell the truth I'm not looking for any solutions,and this is not a problem for me..
There will be no expulsions,torture or deportation,but I'd like to say- We are what We are..We're not going to allow gay marriage,so they will never have right to marry each other in Georgia,if they don't like that,they can go to Countries where it's allowed and marry there..
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Should gay marriage be made legal? Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:07 pm  Should gay marriage be made legal?
 

Che Gevara wrote:
We are what We are..We're not going to allow gay marriage,so they will never have right to marry each other in Georgia,if they don't like that,they can go to Countries where it's allowed and marry there..

How can you be so sure about what "you" will ever allow or not? Are you in such a powerful or knowledgable position to judge? Kings have found themselves beheaded as they deemed only their very individual sentiments valid.
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