Marriage is about love not gender!!

I totally and completely agree! 1/4 of the students (at least probably more) at my school are gay or bi so I know exactly where you're coming from. I am bi myself. Not allowing same sex couples is a very drastic step and should not be allowed. Props to your friend Brittany for fighting this!

~*~Jessie~*~

P.S I do think it is wrong to ban same sex marriages.

Yah i think thats wrong to ban same sex prom dates, gay marriges and such. people have a right as human beings to be with whoever they want.

my school doesnt' allow the whole samesex prom thing either which ticks me off cause being gay i'd like to go with a guy when the time comes but the school won't allow it

mabey by that time (i'm in 8th grade) your petition will have changed the way people see things and it will be allowed. KEEP IT UP

the youth now adays is just so libreal.

Gay marrigae is not constitutional weather u agree with it or not. Its not.

I'm not discrimnating. i have a few gay friends. But its not in the American Constitution . If u wanna get married to ur "partner" go to Canada. OUr Forefatehrs did not intend for this to happen. Plus its not biblical. But i doubt any of u care about that.

in my opinon
Its a choice that ppl make .
i just dont happen to agree with that choice.

theres my opinon.

I guess because of my religious background i disagree with same sex marriages. I'm not discriminating, as i have nothing at all against gay or bi people, I guess I just see marriage as a man and a woman, and same as above, different sex marriage is in the bible and not otherwise.
I'm really sorry if this offends anybody, that was not my intention, its just an opinion.

I don't think that anyone should be told who they are aloud to like. That's not right, and you can't help it anyway, ya know? You don't decide who you like.
It just happens. That's just a tad too controlling. I mean, I'm straight, but some of my friends are lesbian. That's their choice. I'm cool with that. Not liking someone because they are Lesbian/gay/bi is being prejudiced. That's not even close to being cool.
That's just my opinion, peace people.

I've always supported same sex relationships. I think that's really stupid that they aren't allowed to get married. It is against my religion yes, but it's one of the things that I don't agree with. Love is love. Plain and simple. The only time that a line should be drawn, is when it's within the family, teacher and students...things like that. NOT same sex.

I do have something to say about the petition. One went around my school for almost the same thing. No one really cares. If you don't go to a dance, they cancel the days and that's about it. It doesn't do anything. I mean it's great that you guys want to stick up for what you believe in. It's awesome. But...just know....it might not do a thing. I just don't want you guys to feel horrible about it if it happens. Ya know? But..I could be wrong. They could change their minds. Good luck.

It's stupid for them to ban same sex couples at a prom, it really is. However, I don't support same-sex marriages (but I'm not discrimintating, it's just my opinion) because of religious beliefs. Honestly, people should be able to be with anybody they choose to, but, like said above, i believe that the concept of marriage should be a bond between a man and a woman. But that's just what I think, and I'm not being discriminatory, so if i offended anyone, sorry!

orange daisy.

ps; I think it's awesome that your friend is trying to make a difference, and standing up for what she believes in.

u cant tell ppl what to do with there life......u cant tell them who to love...i may not be a lesbian but i accept ppl who are...i think george bush is wrong for descriminating against it...its not his choice he can do what he wants and let othet ppl have thers....i dont like him....lol.....i believe with all my heart tht same sex marriages should be legalized

gays are so sick get a life

they are not its there preferance....dont knock it till u tryed it...no im jm....its whats they want u should nt tell them just b/c its against the bible tht they arent allowed to have happiness......whatever.....ur wrong

I wasn't having a go at gay people, i think everybody deserves happiness, whether it be with the same sex or opposite sex, i guess because of my beliefs i seem old fashioned...

It's been banned for awhile...before Bush was president. Just thought I would throw that in there.

lol. no geroge bushs daughter is not a lesbian. get the facts....

I personally don't support gay marriage and if you look at the root of marriage it has always been a man and a wife. And since you do get married in a church (christian church) the christian bible says that marriage is for a man and a women. Now if you have the balls (or are going to get them) to get a sex change from whatever you are to the opposite sex then be my guest but I do not support homosexual marriage.

oh and kristen (sp?) your wrong about who translated the bible. The catholic church translated the bible when they figured it would get more people to come to church if everyone understood what was being said so no it was not translated by someone who disliked the christians.

ahem i agree with kilman.

And u above me. Ur so gun-ho and wanting us to "respect" how ppl feeeeel about eachother when u dont respect our belifes . give respect and u'll get it. And i read up there that u cant help being gay...bahahahaha. its a choice. a baby doesnt come out and the doctor yells "Yup this ones defiantly a Homosexual.." its a choice. i could make the choice today to become a lesbian. but that doesnt mean i was born that way. and as for bible huggers.... u should try getting ur arms around one. ever opened one up and actually read it ? and i mean like actually read it as in spent time in it...didnt think so. no condeming i'm just informing. my opinon. bash it if u must....

look I'm not bashing anyone I'm just displaying my beliefs like everyone else on here.....so yeah.....I believe what I believe and so do you... I don't think it's bad if I try to express mine is it?

i've got a question about the canada thing...If ur a us citezen and you go to candada for a same sex marrage can you come back into the us and still be considered a citezen and still be married and such??? i wonder about it cause it kinda has to do wtih my future...but yah so yah

your considered married in canada but not in the us

yup kilmans right u can still b a us citizen but your not seen as married anywhere else other then Canada

This is a subject that I have grown to feel very strongly about. Not since I met a man who lived with and married a man. I was never against gay people but after meeting them my views have changed a bit. I always thought it was weird that a man could love another man the way a woman does. However, in their house I saw they are no different. They do everything a "real" family does. They are two beautiful people following their hearts...they make each other happy...they have TRUE love and that's more than I can say for a lot of straight people. These are older men now...I went to one of their birthdays (50th to be exact) and they had their whole families there. The fact that both families accepted each one and they all joined in and had a blast was amazing to me.

That day everything changed for me and for many reasons. I saw what I once thought made someone a lot different than I as just a simple difference in opinions. Gay couples can live and be as happy as any straight couple why shouldn't they be allowed to share the same joy of tying the knot a straight couple can feel? Though religion may not agree with it...people should be able to live out what's in their hearts. Certain religions are against certain foods, selling certain things, and living with a partner unwed but people are not condemned for those things.

I can understand the censorship (if you will) in school as young kids can be influenced. In my middle school there were MANY bisexual girls. NOT because that's what they were but because everyone else was doing it. There was no rule saying girls couldn't go to dances together and show there affection in the middle of class...so other girls were influenced. I wouldn't want my child learning what another student THINKS is their sexual preference from school. School is a place for learning not publicly announcing your sexuality.

You have to look at a situation like this from EVERYONE'S perspective...the other students, the teachers, the parents - maybe if you can consider their thoughts and reasoning behind their decision you could understand their point a view a little more.

I agree that both heterosexual couples and homosexual couples can be as happy as the other but is it right? Marriage is supposed to be the bonding between a man and wife where they can settle down and have children. Can a gay couple have children? yes they can, but not the way that a man and a women can. There is no connection there between them where they are apart of the child. I'm not saying that they can't raise the child the same or feel the same about it, but you have to consider the saying "blood is thicker then water."

Kilman?

You said blood is thicker than water...so please tell me why I was raised by a step father and my BLOOD father will, to this day, have nothing to do with me? Just thought I’d ask. I would die for my step father…and sadly if my biological father keeled over right now I wouldn’t give a damn. I’d be sad for loss of human life but NOT sad because he was blood.

There is a lesbian couple that bought a house from a realtor in my office…they recently had a child. One had an artificial insemination. They had a beautiful little girl and seeing them all together (while I must admit AT FIRST was strange) was beautiful. They are so happy and each loves the baby SO MUCH...it can work...but who are YOU AND I to judge that or to say that it is right or wrong. We can not...and we should not. To each their own.

Marriage in MY eyes is (or should I say SHOULD BE) to signify the bond two people in love share for one another. Being male and female, or male and male should be no reason to distort the meaning of love.

"I hate bible huggers, sorry if that offends anyone but I really do"

^ how is that comment not meant to offend? not having a go at you but like, not all "bible huggers" are..well..forcing religion in your face. I'm a as you say "bible hugger" and yes i'm not all wooo about gay marriages, and i'm NOT discriminating, but thats just my personal opinion and because of my "bible hugging" beliefs. You're being prejudice towards "bible huggers" yet you're having a go at people who aren't all for gay marriage. I'm not having a go at you, i just think its fairly hypocritical of you..

i really should agree since im gay but i guess this is the way society is now they can't except anything different. but i would still fight for it bring it to your school board to some one and tell them its wrong they haven't band that where i go to school well not yet

natalie, my mom will have nothing to do with me either and hasn't had anything to do with me for the past 4 years so I can relate there. I don't give a damn if she kills over "but" I'm sure you feel a gap from not having your real parent there. For having a replacment instead of the real thing even if the replacment has done a better job then the original.

As I said earlier to the rest of you I'm mearly stating my beliefs like you are. I'm not here to bash I'm just trying to get across what I believe in.

I don't believe in gay marriage.

I'm a christian so therefor I see it as a sin in the bible.
I'm not against gays. I have a few friends that are gay and one of them just "came out of the closet" today as a matter of fact. (except one of my friends who's gay. He says he believes in the bible, goes to church, but he always cuts that part of the bible out. Really he just takes the page out. I think it's kinda weird but oh well. I love him anyways.)

(oh and krysten)
society has learned to accept things. When you look at earlier in our country's history. Don't even go that far back just look like 10 years ago. Being gay was looked down upon and if you were gay you didn't want anyone to know because they would look down upon you. Now-a-days you fill out forms and when it asks sexually preference it includes "gay" and "bi". Our society is very accepting.

Actually, I saw my dad when I was 15 and I was away from home for two weeks...I couldn't WAIT to get back home...to be with my DAD and my mom. He wasn't my cup of tea...he was never there...there is no cap...though I was sad because I was daddy's little girl when I was young I got over it. My step dad is my father...plain and simple.

I understand it being a personal opinion and/or religious beliefs but it's also NOT your life. And regardless of what the bible says...you are not to decide if it's right or wrong. We're not talking about murder here.

I know the BIBLE says it's wrong and blah blah BLAH.

BUT, doesn't it say, somewhere in America law or constitution, that law and religion are NOT to be mixed? and you people are bringing religion into this.

same sex marriage doesn't hurt anyone. why not allow people to be with who they LOVE? no matter the gender.

yes it does say that and that's why they have amendments where people vote whether or not to make it legal to have gay marriage. The last time which wasn't that long ago turned out gay marriage still not legal. If there are, and I know there is, so many homosexuals out there that want to get married either soon or in the distant future why don't they form a march or something? The blacks did it. The women did it. Why don't the gays do it?

But why should it be someone elses choice in the first place? If someone wants to marry someone else, LET THEM MARRY EACHOTHER.

Is it REALLY that complicated?

That's like saying "Red apples should be illegal."

ha, ok. Not really. But c'mon.

And there have been marches.

I don't see why people are still arguing on here with me about this stuff. If your so bent on your opinion why don't you go out and try and change it? You say there have been marches well obviously not nearly as big or as convincing as the others have been. Look the reason gay marriage is still not legal is because not very many people in this country vote. We have a right to vote that most people in other country's don't have and more then half of our country chooses not to use it. We feel like our vote doesn't count but if you get all those people who say that there vote doesnt' count you could change the world. Not get off your butt, turn off the computer, and change our lives. kk?

I can't vote. I'm just an immature child of 15.

And I'm not someone who says my vote doesn't count. I'm just not OLD enough. k?

I'd also love to change people's lives. But that's a BIT impossible for me. My parents don't exactly give me a whole lot of freedom. I can go to the movies, school, and the grocery store. That's pretty much it. So I don't think they'll be letting me participate in any of those marches any time soon. And considering my dad discriminates against them, I REALLY don't think he's going to me allow to go and support them.

And, I really agree with Taylor up there. o_o

BUt DOESNT it say in the COnstition or "something" that marriage is a bond between a man and a women...hmm? doesnt it? u could love a hamster but can u marry it..nope not in the US cuz its not constitional. And the government never once says who u can and cannot love..the government simply follows the very constition that gives YOU ur FREEDOM the very freedom that u are using right now in giving ur opinon..Religon may b one reason but the constition is another . If we "modify" one law it will soon become normal for our government to modify the other laws like its ok for things such as rape and marrying within ur family...dont say those are two complelty diffrent subjects..they may b but i'm right. we modify one thing other ppl are gunna come along and say "u let them marry their lover how come i cant marry mine even if he is my brother i love him..."

ya. B proud Americans....if thats possible

It says not to mix church and state and what that means is that the Government cannot control the church and what the chruch does. It doesnt have anythign to do with the constition making marriage among homosexuals legal....read the constition before u asume what it says...and as u read it remember the MORALS that this country was founded on . It was founded on christian morals which have become so scarce today....take a few min. and try reading what give u ur freedom

I think that it's right..girl on girl..i have no problem with..guy and guy that's not right..god created Adam and Eve...not Adam and Steve..good god..get it right...that's not right in my eyes..sorry if your gay..and reading this..lol..yea..that's retarded that your doing a petition..break the rules..if your not going anyway...BREAK THE RULES...christ sorry i had to spell it out for ya...but hey look me up..i love lesbiens...

You're a horny 19 year old male so it's ok for girls to be gay but not males...you're a tard.

It may say that your not supposed to mux church and state but you also have to consider that the constitution does say gay marriage is illegal. I'm not saying it to be mean. It's the truth. It's illegal. Now as I said earlier if you wanna make a difference go do something about it instead of talking about it and getting mad at me for saying that I don't agree with it. I can't vote either so you don't have to worry about me putting one against it.

okay as a bisexual i am fully supportive. I think that its a persons right to marry who they are in love with. when we all came from england it was to get away from the strictness of the monarchy but we have but monarcy on our selves.

Hmmm I don't really have an opinion here... but i have several gay friends and personaly i don't think they're THAT gay! I think that the world we live in is so custumary to gays that some people after haveing horrible relationships with the opposite sex begin to think..... Hey why not go for the same sex? I don't really think that most of the gays in the world were born gay but eventually just told themselves that they were... Maybe a guy is so girlish that growing up he always played with the girls and did girl things and than WHAM! He thinks he's gay! Idk if this makes sence to alot of people but I'm in love with a friend who is gay and he was one that was walked all over by girls and now wants to try guys.... I'm not saying this is with all gays but alot of them that i know really aren't as gay as they have made themselves think they are... Again this is just my opinion... I like the idea that your standing up for what you belive it... For those select few gays that actually ARE gay and not half the world that THINKS they're gay... in reality you can fall in love with anyone you really want to... girl or boy.