Do you know why gay people want marriage to be legal for them?

First of all, it should not be up to the governent to decide. Second, that's not the reason they want to marry. They want to marry out of commitment and love...the same reason heterosexuals do. Heteros don't think about what happens in the end...they think about "I love this person and want to be with them." I'm sure the same applies to gays.

I was very happy to see this. I am for gay marriage. I believe that they should be treated just as equal as we should. They are NO different in any way what so ever. They should not be deprived Because of who they love. And just because it is not the way you are use to. Does not mean it is not right. People need to grow up and let other people live their OWN lives. I love seeing people actually stand up for what is right. I believe that if you don't like it. That, that is fine. That is on you. But no one is asking you to be one. So just leave it alone and move on. If you don't like it then don't do it. Leave your thoughts to your self. If you are gay. You can not help it. That is just they way you are. People need to stop having problems with it. I've never met a gay person to have a problem with straight people. So we should give them ALL equal rights. And equal everything as we do. So thank you for posting this.

From what I understand Prop 8 has nothing to with teaching anything to anyone. All it does is give people the right to marry the person they love like everyone else can. I can see nothing wrong with that. It seems that narrow sighted people that cannot let people be what they are mainly are against Prop 8. I hope that your not one of those people.

Marriage is about the fidelity of the couple. In sickness and in health, for better or worse, for richer and poorer, until death do us part. If we make it illegal for gay couples to make that sort of commitment, in public and on paper, we suggest that those promises are not relevant to gays. The rights you mention, and many others, are important. But what marriage is all about is love and a commitment to care for one another. You buy a house, you settle down, you say that a disagreement does not have to lead to a dissolution. Why should gays be any less interested in that kind of permanence than straights? Are they expected to have no hearts, to be incapable of real love? California's proposed Proposition Eight is an amendment to the State Constitution. If passed, it will be very hard to undo. Straights who cannot imagine themselves in a permanent gay relationship will just have to acknowledge that people are indeed different, and do the right thing.

Yes, I know: they want equality. And by all that is sacred, they shall have it.

It is not only unfair, it is unconstitutional. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The current laws are based on archaic religions ideas, not those of a tolerant and free society. Period. Someone's feelings on whether homosexuality is right or wrong should make no difference; laws should not be based on personal views of feelings. Laws are made to protect the nation, as well as individuals. Laws against murder, driving too fast, abusing children, etc., all fall into that category. Laws against gay marriage go against what this nation was founded to protect. My mother, an evangelical Christian, agrees. If you are in this category, please consider the difference between the laws of your religion, and the laws of the state. They are, and should be, different. Blessings, Kate

all i can say is that marraige is not always about man to woman! We should have rights too. VOTE NOOOOOO ON PROP 8

Reason one is BS through and through. You are not barred from visiting your loved one in a hosp because you are gay. Are you insinuating that I cant go visit a friend because I am not married to him/her? I am a paramedic in CA and I consistently see gay partners extended extended the same privileges as straight and unmarried couples. There is no pervasive rule in any health care system that says you must be the spouse of the pt to visit. While there is some validity to reason2, it is not nearly as you represent it here. Most gay couples are responsible adults who manage their assets competently through the proper legal channels before they die. That is what a will is for. If you want the right to refer to yourselves as married, than just present it as so. Although you might be hamstrung by the fact that the vast majority of gays (males) lead a highly promiscuous lifestyle (spare me the argument here) and marriage is meant to be a monogamous union. That being said, Straight couples have made a mockery of marriage for decades now, so Im not sure where all the indignation comes from.

I'm assuming it's because they want to be able to get married to the pesron of their choosing. I don't see a problem with it. Harriet