*Shakes fist at...erm..the 3V17 people that wish to ban it* Dang you, dang you all to hell. T_T I've been have long conversations about this, specially when it's on the news...My dad: "If we allow gay marriage there well be no America in 100 years, we'll rot from the inside out."
Me: ..............................><#

Straight people are not granted marriage licenses because they can reproduce. And not all straight people want to. The "rules" of the family are changing. People need to get over it.

Personally, I don't want to get married. However, the legal privledges - example: my dad is covered on my mom's health insurance because they're married - can be enough in itself. As shallow as that sounds.

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first off, it's not just the old fogies who may be against gay marriages. many young people do, for good reasons... but they'd get their asses kicked if they spoke up. why? cuz our country is based on an obsession with doing whatever the hell we want to do without regard to how it affects other people. and lets face it, it does affect other people. the US wasn't originally founded on that, but its evolved into it.

here's what i think

the ban may or may not work.

i think it may be upheld for a while, then overthrown

the people in this country are so wrapped up in their individual rights that they fail to recognize that thier actions WILL in fact affect other people.

i, as a catholic, have a fear of raising children (in possibly as soon as a year or so) in a country that doesn't simply accept the fact that people who choose to live a homosexual lifestyle are humans... but they are treated in the public eye (media, entertainment) as martyrs.

the issue is handled so that if you (even in response to another's query) voice your belief against the concept of homosexuality, then you are immediately bludgeoned smartly about the face and neck with terms such as "close-minded", "bigot", and "christian gay-hater ass-tard"

i treat homosexuals the same way i treat any other human being... as human beings... worthy of respect and dignity. i wish no ill upon them, i wish them good health. but that doesn't mean that i'm going to agree with the choices they make with their life, or with their sex. obviously if a vote were to be had on the issue, i would vote for the ban. that is what i believe, that is my freedom of speech in action. the booth asks, and i respond.

and guess what? that is how a catholic, per catholic teachings, is supposed to treat them. with diginity and respect and without malice for the simple reason that they are human, and they are alive. but we, whether catholic or whatever, as americans, are not required to condone the choices they make AS humans. and if my children come home crying because i raised them to love gay people (but not condone their lifestyle) and someone at school called them a gay-hater and gave them shit about it... well then where is the freedom there? who is closeminded and hating then?

gay people are wanting to do something different. and if they were serious about it, they'd make something new for themselves, not try to change the very fabric of something they disagree with to make it their own.

they are asking to be able to take part in a type of union which their relationship does not describe.

i don't belive in judaism, throw me a barmitsfa... it just doesn't work.

to ask the catholic church to accept gay marriages doesn't make any sense. i know that's not what the issue is at hand, but take into thought the domino effect a legalization of gay marriages will create. its illogical to me for someone to suggest that the church should accept gay marriages... just as it would enrage some of you out there if i encouraged a homosexual person to turn straight.

and what of the separation of church and state? is that just a one way street? absolutely not. the government cannot tell any religion what their beliefs/sacraments/practices must/may not include.

i work in a hospital, and i work side-by-side with many people who are openly gay. it's a hospital run by nuns, and it provides service to anyone of any religion/race/whatever. it provides to humans... even those who can't pay. people keep reiterating that gays have just as much to contribute to society. i whole-heartedly agree. but it's not because they are gay. it's not because of how they decide to have sex. it's not because of what gender they are attracted to. it's because they are human. and it's because humans are capable of helping other humans.

it's imperative that we respect and work with gay people because they are human. but it is unreasonable to expect everyone to believe homosexuality is right. and we should be able to express that without being hated.

to hate is to want something/someone to go to hell, to wish ultimate distruction and evil upon it/them, and i wish that upon no one. absolutely no one.

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dude, sorry this comment turned into a rant... but i feel like the odd one out... so i had to compensate a little : P

still love your work! this one too... executed your point quite well.

peace.

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the turncoat artist

... actually uses the "Scraps" section...

My personal oppinion: that gay marriges are sick, wrong, and twisted. I also have an oppinion that these people should marry who ever they want to, though, and its wrong to keep these people from marrying each other by law.

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CHI AND WOLFF WILL RULE DA WORLD!!!

Bah, this is all stupid, I'm not gay, but let gay people marry. Marrige is something born from religion, the goverment IS NOT SUPPOSED TO GET INVOLED IN RELIGION! idiots, Bush and his radical religious right sicken me.

anyway... w00t, go gay marrige, everyone is the same, let us all have the same benifits.

*raises her soda can in hearty agreement*

Hey, good political cartoon! I like the point, the style is cool, and that's a good clear way of illustrating what's going on. Another thing is that the shadow the anvil is making is a good touch, because otherwise the first thing that would have popped into my head was, "Well, the anvil is actually really close to the viewer, so those men have nothing to worry about." This is because my head is wired very strangely. Nothing else to add, as I'm commenting on the art, NOT having a furious debate. Good cartoon!

hey, just wanted to say i love your avatar. its awesome for no apparent reason.

i normally don't really care about politics or what the hell those people in that big white house are doing, but this one ban thing is reaally really pissing me off. the problem is, i haven't really come up with an intelligent argument against the ban, i just end up feeling like i want to scream. so it just seems that this is just against my hardwiring. at this point, my arguing ability on this point starts getting to be just plain frustration so i will now scream.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

much better. so there you have it. goddamn government. grrr...

heh heh thanks.... wait you dont know were this is from? well just in case you dont. its peter from family guy getin eaten by tony robbins.... yes tony robbins the motivational speaker.