How would gay marriage affect your life?

[Orekoya]

Living in the middle of the United States, there is still heavy debate among the left and right over gay rights when they aren't on any of the other hot-button topics like abortion or the war. A common argument method among the advocates for gay rights when discussing the right to marry often includes the phrase "And how would allowing gays to marry affect your life?" And yet I have never heard anyone address it. Most won't even acknowledge the question has been asked. They continue onward with their own bullet point presentation and thus continues the endless nonsensical dance of politics. Still though, it is an interesting question. I've searched the forums to see if anyone has asked, the only thing coming up from searching "gay marriage" are just threads talking about gay marriage itself and not this particular question.

I don't want to discuss the topic of gay marriage itself, there are plenty of threads that have done that. I just want to know: How would gay marriage affect your life?

 

[Jamboxdotcom]

precisely not at all. wait, i mean "Oh god, won't someone think of the children!?" /rolleyes

 

[Habakkuk]

It would be strange waking up next to another man every mourning... and a bit sore if I lost the coin toss the night before.

 

[farscythe]

it wouldnt affect mine...people can do as they please far as i'm concerned

 

[astrav1]

Well, gay people would be able to marry...That's pretty much it.

 

[MasterChief892039]

The whole point of the argument is that there's only one answer - it wouldn't affect your life. Gay people are already dating and moving in together and making life-long commitments to each other, so giving them the title of "marriage" isn't going to change day-to-day life at all.

 

[crudus]

It won't. I only have like 5 homosexual friends and the odds are of me getting invited to two of those weddings is slim.

"Oh god, won't someone think of the children!" /rolleyes

I am! My gay kids want to get married too, dammit!

 

[Cain_Zeros]

Well, living in Canada where it's legal, it hasn't affected my life at all.

 

[iron codpiece]

Well my insurance rates might go up because a large segment of the population would no longer be excluded.

 

[Woodsey]

It wouldn't in the slightest.

I mean, we have "civil partnerships" over here, which are basically marriages, but if they did call them marriages it would just mean, oh I don't know, the elimination of discrimination.

As for America (am I correct in thinking some States allow it, or not?), it seems everyone gave it the tagline 'the land of opportunity' and forgot the suffix, 'as long as you're white, male and straight'.

 

[gcninja]

I would have to go to a few more marriages and MANY more people would be happy. Yes, it's a title, but a title is what makes you feel special. The difference between "a computer geek" and a "computer professional" is one title. SO JUST GIVE IT TO THEM

 

[Skootz]

It will make all my gay friends happier, resulting in them being more willing to feed me when i'm too poor to do it myself.

 

[DuctTapeJedi]

It won't... Like, at all.

This is part of why I find it so insane to fight against it.

 

[Sephychu]

Wouldn't effect my life. Might give Christians even more to whine about though. That would cause me grief, but not such that I'd oppose the motion. I'd oppose the moaning people.

 

[KEM10]

Well my insurance rates might go up because a large segment of the population would no longer be excluded.

You have that backwards. If there are more people in a plan then the rates go down because of economies of scale.

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

The reason why the people against gay marriage skip over this question is because they know that the only good answer that they can give is: "Very little, if any at all." If gays were to start getting married today, my life would continue on as usual will little to no change. Now there are probably some differences that would result from having more people getting married, but the same would happen if more straight couples were to get married. Then of course much of the anti-gay marriage argument revolves around "Its wrong and destroys the sanctity of marriage."

It wouldn't in the slightest.

I mean, we have "civil partnerships" over here, which are basically marriages, but if they did call them marriages it would just mean, oh I don't know, the elimination of discrimination.

As for America (am I correct in thinking some States allow it, or not?), it seems everyone gave it the tagline 'the land of opportunity' and forgot the suffix, 'as long as you're white, male and straight'.

Don't forget "born into the right family" and "have the right religion and beliefs"!

 

[tirsden]

As for America (am I correct in thinking some States allow it, or not?), it seems everyone gave it the tagline 'the land of opportunity' and forgot the suffix, 'as long as you're white, male and straight'.

This. And yes, some states "allow" gay marriage (seems like the wrong word to even use but that's what society has come down to I guess), some will sort-of recognize a marriage that was done in a state that allowed it, and some won't allow it or recognize it in any way.

How would it effect my life? I'd be happier, even though I currently have no prospects in that department and generally prefer men to women (I am female and bi). Happy is good!

 

[Retal19]

Nothing would change for me, since literally No One lives near me, which is why I am deemed too unimportant to have my own IP address, and so share one with some guy in Edinburgh or Afghanistan or something.

Although it would bring a smile to my face to see those tortured Homosexual people I see in the towns and cities happy for once. It depresses me to see how their love for each other is crushed by Society.

 

[AbyssalSanhedrin]

It would affect my life greatly. I might actually begin to believe that common sense, love for and understanding of other human beings is starting to prevail and that joy would likely stay with me for a long time.