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Why do gays and lesbians WANT to get married?

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Why do gays and lesbians WANT to get married?
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RE: Why do gays and lesbians WANT to get married?
May 10, 2013 at 9:47 pm
To feel equal would be my guess.
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RE: Why do gays and lesbians WANT to get married?
May 10, 2013 at 10:15 pm (This post was last modified: May 10, 2013 at 10:17 pm by Faith No More.)
Because separate but equal is not equality.
(May 10, 2013 at 7:59 pm)Justtristo Wrote: I have often wondered why does anybody wants to get married, sure beats me

If they win the fight, they may just live to regret it.
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RE: Why do gays and lesbians WANT to get married?
May 10, 2013 at 10:19 pm (This post was last modified: May 10, 2013 at 10:20 pm by Silver.)
(May 10, 2013 at 10:15 pm)Faith No More Wrote: If they win the fight, they may just live to regret it.

Gay couples deserve misery and divorce just as much as straight couples.

I have often wondered, though, if perhaps gay couples stay together longer than most straight couples due to the fact that they cannot legally marry. Marriage, after all, is an entity all its own that changes people.
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RE: Why do gays and lesbians WANT to get married?
May 10, 2013 at 10:49 pm
I knew a couple of straight folks who were engaged for 11 happy years before getting married. After the marriage, they lasted 1 year. As Maelstrom said, the entity of marriage changes people. You do not need to be "legally married" to enjoy the benefits that a marriage offers. A religious arrangement or not, the joining of two people should be up to the individuals. Nobody should be able to tell you who you can or cannot marry in my own opinion. As for why they fight to have it called marriage as opposed to a civil arrangement is most probably to make their love sound equal in our PC culture.

They are our equal, men+men, women+women, they should be able to share their love openly as us straight people do; without interference or fear of retribution, whether from angry, uptight religious or their own beliefs.
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RE: Why do gays and lesbians WANT to get married?
May 10, 2013 at 10:57 pm
Short answer: so they can suffer with the rest of us.
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RE: Why do gays and lesbians WANT to get married?
May 12, 2013 at 9:17 am
It depends. as all know, social equality is the tool of the devil lol.....

I personally don't give a shit about gay marriage. Marriage exists for social purposes, and if gays want to cement their relationship status in the same manner as straights, so be it.
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