Marriage Equality Hearing - Opposition

[cpi23]

Gay is wrong cuz Fox News told me so!

[markbargen]

For one to penalize someone for their sexual orientation is the same as penalizing someone for something they can do nothing about, like ethnicity or race. I cannot imagine persecuting a minority group which is already being persecuted." "Persecuting gay people is akin to racism. " South African Nobel Laureate and Archbichop Desmond Tutu

[kenballer00]

your analogy to homosexuality and race is misguided. being gay may or may not be a choice but living the gay lifestyle is a choice and that's why we are here. the government doesn't ask you whether you are gay or straight. sexual orientation has nothing to do with the issue.you can't compare an immutable characteristic (race gender etc) to somebody's behavior. A lifestyle is not a minority. Jews, blacks, and women were discriminated against for who they were not for who they were having sex with

[sleepcity]

Anybody who thinks "gay people can be changed" does not know any gay people. It's not a decision one makes, it's not a "lifestyle", it's a fact about their brains and endocrine system. It's biology. Of course, these bigots understand VERY little biology and science anyway (see "Intelligent Design") so I guess we shouldn't be surprised.

Love shared between two gay people does not put this woman in any danger whatsoever. People were making the same arguments about desegregation decades ago.

[moliquor]

Her interpretation of scripture does not hold to the loving gay families and partners who want to be recognized as equal in this country!! Shame on her.

[gregorvonkallahann]

And stupid is still stupid. I mean, can we TALK here?

[rextrek]

take this lady back to school.....she needs an education.

[malicea4thought]

Ma'am, you are not basing your ideas off of law or logic, but your own religious beliefs. You say gays and their behavior are immoral.

I believe in separation of church and state. That means we cannot allow our religious beliefs to dictate the laws for people who do not hold the same beliefs, just as we could not prohibit alcohol just because some people think alcohol is wicked.

[kenballer00]

we may not live in a theocracy, but we do live in a democracy. the first amendment does not apply to voters. Pastors, clergy, and religious leaders have every right to convey and express their moral vision onto their community and into the voting process. Prop 8 ,or any other amendment, would not did not and does not undermine the constitution because the government didn't put it into law, the people did, and whether they voted for it on religious grounds is no one's business but their own