A few months ago California became the second state (Massachusetts being the other) to recognize same sex marriage when its Supreme court nullified a state ban on said legal relations. Come November elections, the issue will be again subject to a referendum via Proposition 8 (California Marriage Protection Act) to amend the State constitution. Proponents of the bill claim that it will override the recent court ruling.
Same sex marriage is legally recognized in Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, South Africa, Spain and Norway (2009).
And here are some interesting facts.
1990 – Year when the World Health Organization officially removed homosexuality from its list of disorders.
It is a crime in 75 countries worldwide.
It is punishable by death in certain countries like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Yemen, Mauritania and Sudan.
About 1,500 animal species are known to practice same-sex coupling, including bears, gorillas, flamingos, owls, salmon and many others.
And while homosexual acts are common in the animal kingdom homophobia is exclusive to human beings.
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7 October 2008 at 10:42 am |
gay marriage should definally be legal because it’s the people love eachother and shouldn’t be judged about it![:
7 October 2008 at 10:43 am |
why shouldn’t two people get married? is it because it’s not a MAN and a WOMAN like you’re mom AND dad? whocares!
10 December 2008 at 3:31 pm |
marriage for legal purposes has never been about love. its always about telling the state, we are reading to commit to society, and if we have children we will be ready to be able to take care of them.
marriage for the states purposes has nothing to do with sexual attraction or love and everything to do with a child’s right to a mom and a dad.
14 January 2009 at 7:10 am |
Gay marraige should be legal because i prefer being bisexual or so people call it bicurious. but whatever u shall choose it doesn’t matyter because it’s what matters in the heart and wherever love takes you.
14 January 2009 at 12:00 pm |
if 2 men or 2 woman love each other whats wrong with that??? they cant help it
10 February 2009 at 2:16 pm |
What does it matter what anyone thinks? If you care for them then get married!!!
12 February 2009 at 3:42 pm |
I agree with melissa wats so wrong with 2 same sex likeing eachother
23 February 2009 at 6:28 am |
i think gay marriage is not right. every child has the right to a mother and a father. if you love someone of the same sex, something is messed up in your head. i think homosexuality should be considered a disorder just like it was before 1990
28 October 2009 at 5:20 pm |
So if they have an abusive father & a drug addict of a mother, it’s better than having 2 women or 2 men who love the child unconditionally and provide the child with more than he/she could ever ask for? And something is messed up in your head. Saying homosexuality is a disorder is like saying the African Americans had CHOOSEN to be slaves. There’s NOTHING wrong with being homosexual…
27 February 2009 at 11:13 am |
Whta about bi people? Geez… get with the program it’s in!!!
21 March 2009 at 4:11 pm |
wtf being gay isnt a disorder!
is being straight a choice?
i love gay people
theyre the fucking best
a child would be happy even with just 2 people caring and loving for them,same sex or not.
what can a mother and a father do that 2 woman cant?
gay marriage should be legal.
15 May 2009 at 9:00 am |
YES FINALLY THANK YOU. I LOVE GAY PLL TOO. MY FRIEND IS GAY, AND I THINK U HAVE THE RIGHT MINDSET! I THINK GAY MARRIGE SHOULD BE LEGAL TOO. I LOVE YOU NANA. by the way im dreath.
16 April 2009 at 10:23 pm |
You guys are a bunch of queers.
i mean really….what do you see in the
other person (samesex) you disgust me.
sure two girls can raise a child and love for
them just as well as a mother and a father.
But there a freaking difference..by far!
your mom is there when you need someone to go
to when your emotional.
Your dads there when you need to be cheered up…
and dads just take care of you….
Two freaking girls can not do that!
And sure being gay…you cant help it but
maybe you guys should come to a conclusion
so we can live as a society.
Live with the common good…
so when you guys are ready to talk and not argue
maybe people will listen.
15 May 2009 at 8:48 am |
WTF! MAN YOU DONT KNOW NOTING IF PEOPLE ARE GAY WHY THE HELL DO YOU CARE U ARE SICK! EVIL DICRACE FOR A HUMAN, I WILL CRUSH U!!!
28 October 2009 at 5:23 pm |
What do you see in the opposite sex???????? Just like you don’t understand how homosexuals are attracted to the same sex, homosexuals don’t see how you can be attracted to the opposite sex. Like I said above, how is having two horrible parents better than having two loving parents. FYI there’s no book on what the mother provides and what the father provides, if the child is happy and healthy who cares, who provides it. Open your mind a little.
11 May 2009 at 12:13 pm |
it is right for people to have there own opinions but it did say in the bible that a marrage should be between a man and a woman!!
30 October 2009 at 1:59 pm |
THE BIBLE? THE BIBLE ALSO STATES THAT MAN IS ABOVE WOMAN.. ARE YOU RETARDED? MAN THERE ARE SOME FUCKING IDIOTS HERE I CANT BELIEVE WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE SAYING, FUCK SOME OF THESE CHRISTIANS, THEY DON’T KNOW SHIT ABOUT THE BIBLE, JUST ONE PIECE OF ADVICE: TIMES HAVE CHANGED, WOMAN ARE NO LONGER BELOW MAN, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HAVE ADVANCED UNQUESTIONABLY.. DON’T TAKE THE BIBLE LITERALLY, IT WAS WRITTEN BY MAN AT THE TIME, GOD DIDN’T WRITE IT, AND WHOSE TO SAY JESUS IS THE GOD, WHAT ABOUT SIKH’S, JEWS, MUSLIMS AND ALL OTHER RACES, LIKE HONESTLY THE ONES WHO ARE DISAGREEING, NEED TO GO TO SCHOOL, COME BACK WITH A UNIVERSITY DEGREE AND KNOWLEDGE THEN TALK.
15 May 2009 at 5:47 am |
u guys are rediculus we should all just live in harmony
22 May 2009 at 5:45 am |
why should Christianity justify our laws? so what if the bible says that marriage should be between a man and a woman. There are plenty of other relgions who are ok with gay marriage. take buddhists for example. they are A-Ok with homosexuals getting married. why should one religion justify our laws? Religion has no standing w/ law in america.
I’m all for gay marriage, i belive they should have the same rights as anyone elsse. Sexual preference should not make a difference. they are still humam beings.
23 September 2009 at 6:28 pm |
So, I’m gay. & if people were to look at me they wouldn’t think so. I’m a normal teenager with a job, my senior year in high school and a criminal investigator in the future. I believe that if people have the right to their own religion, then they have the right to be married to whomever they choose. Bible says to marry one man and one woman, well I personally dont believe in the bible, but I sure do believe God wants me to be happy and therefore, being gay makes me happy. I’m not with it for sex. But in my opinion i think SOME heterosexual are just jealous because one, we have better connection with our lovers. Two, we fall in love and not many heterosexual find the one to live with for the rest of their life so they tend to critisize the one that found theirs. Why can’t everybody just respect one another and their decisions? I swear everyone is just losing it! (: I’m gay. And no one will tell me if it’s right or not. Because I’m doing what some people aren’t doing, and that’s ignoring the ones that dont support and love the ones that do! I LOVE YOU GUYS! (;
9 October 2009 at 10:27 am |
you are one big ugly ass homo that take it in the boody whole.
12 October 2009 at 8:41 am |
It’s not really surprising why a lot of people don’t find anything wrong with same sex marriage. They simply don’t get it. They have never taken time to find out why. Who gave the world to us? Who gave us life? A lot of these truths are available for us to study. Go research. I challenge you. This is the same reasoning behind why a lot of people don’t find anything wrong with the RH bill. They just don’t get it also! I used to think the same way, but not anymore. Being homosexual you can’t control. But same-sex marriage you can control and must not be allowed. That’s why the world is on a slow road to destruction.
28 October 2009 at 5:14 pm |
I myself am not gay, but I support the gay community. Who am I or anyone else to say what’s o.k. and what’s not o.k. I can’t STAND people who sit there and say stuff like diego just did. Diego, you’re NOT better than the people in the gay community. Stop thinking you are. Also, learn to spell.