Your thoughts on gay rights?

Rights? Oh wait....

Gay, straight, bi... The only thing that should matter is what people do for the Revolution and for the Workers' Rights!
The reactionary elements of the population would be sent to the GULAG!!!

Snow Dog wrote: I don't agree with gay marriage but that's about it.

Gay people getting anything less than anyone else is just plain ludicrous. Marriage is an even worse case. I don't see why not allowing gay marriage makes any form of sense whatsoever.

Edited by DisgruntledPorcupine - April 15 2012 at 02:50

It's kinda sad that we live in a world where laws have to be passed so that people who are not white heterosexual males can get equal rights.   Unfortunately subjugation and discrimination is one of the human races most historic past-times since the agricultural revolution.  Its good though that we are moving forward as a species and hopefully we will one day see a world where everyone does have equal rights.

All human beings have the same rights as individuals.

The government shouldn't have anything to do with marriage at all.

That sums it up.

Gay people should have the same rights as heterosexual people. If I weren't heterosexual, then I'd be gay, and if I were to make that switch then I'd expect legal matters in my life to not change at all.

There should be no special benefits or incentives for marrying, nor any financial component of marriage or divorce. Nor should it require lengthy procedures to undo or to enter into, and should have few over all civil ramifications, except on such things as visitation rights perhaps. As such, it should not matter who is exactly becoming married or why. There should be no implied moral component, or any religious component unless it is personal choice.

Outside the benefits and incentives, I do not exactly see why people of that persuasion would want to endorse the troubled custom of marriage.  Divorce rates and unhappiness in marriage show the poor ability of the institution to cope with modern conditions. Once the incentives are removed, marriage will be replaced by non legally and morally bound relationships over some time (consider how long it took to get to here). It is sort of a shame that people of that persuasion want to be fellow travelers in such a mad caravan heading off the cliff of history. Same thing with the celebration of the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell.

PyramidMeetsTheEye wrote: Just curious what you think on this,for me i support them in every way. i got this in mind when there is a referendum in my country for "family rights"

What are 'family rights'? Tax exemptions etc, for families?

The government should not be in the business of granting privileges and tax benefits for marriage. But since society is not about to get government out of basic institutions, it's better to provide all benefits heterosexuals receive to homosexuals.