Redefining Marriage

I think the "institution" of marraige is still pretty sound. BUT with the changes our society has gone through, I think this is another place that needs to be revisited. Some of us are more resistant to change than others, and this is just a change that we're going through. And as with any change, there are growing pains... If we didn't take the opportunity to review our current legislations - state or federal - I think we'd still have slaves and women would not be allowed to vote...

The divorce rate is already fifty percent. How much more messed up can marriages become by changing the definition? I don't have a problem with people doing what is right for them.

I think the state forgets that God ordained marriage and they think that in prehistoric times that the cave man just grabbed whatever female or whomever by the hair, clubbed them, and had s*x with them and then just left them while they hunted dinosaurs and saber tooth tigers. And this continued until the State decided to institute marriage. According to this philosophy, the State makes the laws in what marriage it proposes. So if women die in childbirth, they will say that a man can have ten or as many wives as he likes and can have his pick of the slave girls. Then if women and men have the same lifespan, they can say that one man, one wife for life. And if they want to cut down the population they can say that a man can have s*x with a boy to have a vent for his urges. But if you stick to what God ordained, a man leaves his parents and cleaves to his wife, then you have no problem. It used to be that the elders of the village or the parents made the contact and later it was the religious leaders. In some places, they have civil ceremonies and that is just as binding as marrying in Church like in New York City. But once you start deciding that the State has the right to change who marries who, you are messing with things.

OMG, my former wacko Senator, Rick Santorum is a member of myLot! Didn't you forget to mention bestiality? Legalizing gay marriage will lead to that, too, remember when you said that on TV not too long before you got voted out of office...lol? Annie

i think that if 2 guys or 2 girls want to marry let them we have no right to judge them for that , i don't think the goverment should of stoped it in the first place the goverment has no right to tell people who they can marry thats like trying to tell them who they can love it's bull sh*t i think , plus there are diffrent meanings for a marridge depending on where you go or who does it for you not all are the same.

Our system of "Defining marriage" is somewhat messed up already. If you talk to some illegal immigrants, such mexicans; majority of them don't have certificate of marriage. They married simply by words, and verbal agreement on both parties. I think marriage at will is depending on both sides, and they choose whether they live together, or really "married to each other." A certificate just a proof that their marriage is regarded by the state of laws, that is all.

I think people worry far more about this than they should. I mean the institution of marriage is not nearly as sacred as it was back when I was a kid. No-fault divorce changed all that. When I was growing up, I only knew one family that did not have both parents living in the home...& married. Now you have all sorts of blended families and single family homes. We are talking about 2 people who love each other and plan on spending their lives together. It is only fair that they be allowed to marry and get the same benefits as any other couple who chooses to get married. People get married just to get a green card and you don't hear such flak...it is all legal. It does not have to be a religious ceremony. There supposedly was separation of church and state years ago. I got married by a JP and there was not a drop of religion involved and it was a legal & binding marriage. It won't hurt you or your family if a gay couple gets married...really it won't. The institution of marriage & family has been messed with by hetro couples for years and years. There is nothing to be all worried about on this one. These people are not marrying carelessly...they are fighting to get married.

It's just like blaming God that He's cruel for all the wars that are happening in the world when in the 1st place no one wanted to obey the guidelines He has given us for living?I think I will elaborate no further

It is and if it wasn't then you wouldn't hear such an uproar. The people that say we need to be open minded are the closed minded ones in the first place. They don't want to think of traditional marriage as the key to producing happy healthy children, they want to be selfish and do it for themselves, not for their kids (if they adopt).

I think we should make stitic grim law limited the age of the marriage. Many young are married at a small age and can’t take a lot of energy to bring their children. and they don’t ability to bring their children. they don’t know how to do for their children’s questions. And they don’t feel ???relaxed for them too. We should one husband and one wife. I don’t think to have many wife too. All of the ones are all the same. Every one are not perfect. You don’t find the perfect ones. And don’t you want others discard you suddenly, we must need law bind us.

Redefining marriage. Hey there, I agree with you. We don't need to redefine marriage. We simply need more people to stay true to their commitments.........