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im all for gay rights i feel that if your lucky enough in this world to find someone who loves you for who you are even if they are gay/straight/lesbian whatever it doesnt matter as long as you are happy. why cant we all live our happy lives?

Happiness is a rare this in todays world and I think hat they should have their rights.

i agree aslo all people are equal and are entitled to certain right that now one has the right to alienate.

So very true!

Some of you may find this anti-gay, but it really isn't. I personally have no problems with gays as long as they don't come after my a**. I find them to be usually very nice people. I don't think they should have any more or less rights or chances for rights then anyone else, that is the long and short of it. If you want to get into marrage rights (which is what i'm guessing this is about else I don't see the point to the whole gay rights thing) then I would have to say that I can't agree in changing them at this time.

The marrage laws are there to protect couples that can have children (keep in mind I'm keeping this greatly dumbed down because I could go into greater detail but I don't wish to at this time). The laws aren't there simply so that people can say "We are husband and/or wife." they are there to protect those that are going to bring the next generation into this world. That is why I can't see changing the laws simply so people can give themselves a title or just so they can get some tax benifits.

What's funny about your statements is the fact that it's basically everything people say to make it so their rights aren't equal. When any religion is able to push it's views onto others this is the result. Marriage isn't a Christian invention so why is it that Christians believe that only a man and a woman can marry? Is it the book that states it, or a few homophobic priest? Either way it contradicts another form of written goodness that this country is supposedly based around, the bill of rights. The first being "All men (Men = Mankind, humans, etc.) are created equal", if we as a country are FOUNDED by this idea then why is it that was oppress those who are different?

I believe that the gay community deserve these rights, if everyone was created equal shouldn't they fit it with everyone automatically?

Actually all groups of people have homophobes as well, but as of late Christians are the ones who present themselves the most as such. (Sorry if I offended you, I despise religion...)

As for marriage all it really is is a statement by the two individuals that they are now one, in both spirit and in a legally binding sense, that's it, and that's all. The ceremony for this can be religious, it could involve a church with ease, however it doesn't need to, marriage was created before the Bible was written by human hands. (And before those people's leaders decided to add a few things to it..)

And you should realize that even though our population is roughly 80% Christian, our views AND our rights were far from it, our ancestors moved from England to avoid being persecuted for their beliefs (By the way, England, and most of Europe at that time were Christian nations.), hence why we have the 1st amendment in the first place. Not just that but leaders like Benjamin Franklin were apart of a cult involving booze and orgies, hard to say that this country was founded on Christ.

With everything you've said you've failed to disprove one thing, the first amendment. With that in place, the homosexuals have the right to marry, regardless of any complaints from religious majorities or minorities.