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Debate Score:44
Arguments:36
Total Votes:46
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Should gay marriage be legal nationwide?

Considering I am an athiest and that I have two bisexual friends, I have never found an issue with homosexual marriage. Is there anything extremely bad about gay marriage I never heard about? And DON'T get started with anything that has to do with polygamy!

YES

Side Score: 30
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NO

Side Score: 14
3 points

I don't think the government should be in the business of defining or regulating marriage anyway, but as long as they do, marriage between two consenting adults should be supported across the board.

Side: YES
2 points

Correct'O

The guberment has no business in defining marriage in the first place.

Side: YES
Atrag(5666) Disputed
1 point

Marriage started as a legal contract. It still has many legal implications. I can't see how you can say "its not the law-makers business".

Side: NO
3 points

Who is society or people with authority to judge who you should be with or not? I think you can't actually stop your feelings, I find it virtually impossible. Telling a gay person to be straight is like telling a dog not to walk on all fours

Side: YES
2 points

I would have to say yes to this and this is for many reasons. To start is that what is so bad about it? If the opposite sex can be able to do so then why not the same sex? There is no real reason why the shouldn't be able to do so, not going into religion and all that. There will be some countries that could have a problem with all of this and i cant see the reason why.

Side: YES
2 points

Why not? Aren't homosexuals humans just like heterosexuals? If they want to yell their love to each other in front of the word, why can't they? Love is strange. We all now that. And it doesn't come in the same shape all the time. Love is natural! If people want to declare their love to each other in marriage, who are we to say they can't?

Side: YES
1 point

I was raised in a household where we didn't judge others. Not on religion, not on skin, not on homes, and especially not on sexuality. Is it wrong for two human beings to be in love? Have we forgotten that it matters not who or what we marry, but as long as we love them with all of our heart and soul? Who cares in gays marry? It doesn't bother me one bit. Let them marry

Side: YES
1 point

I was raised in a household where we didn't judge others. Not on religion, not on skin, not on homes, and especially not on sexuality. Is it wrong for two human beings to be in love? Have we forgotten that it matters not who or what we marry, but as long as we love them with all of our heart and soul? Who cares in gays marry? It doesn't bother me one bit. Let them marry

Side: YES
Amarel(5669) Clarified
1 point

it matters not who or what we marry

Can you clarify the "what" part of your comment?

Side: YES

It is now 2015 and the Supreme Court has legalized Gay Marriage as the law of the land.

Side: YES
3 points

Legally recognized marriage (regardless of orientation) isn't even a necessity (much less something I'd support).

Side: NO
Jace(5222) Clarified
3 points

It actually has some practical justifications (e.g. hospital visitation, joint tax returns, household separation, etc.), but the problem is that it is not always implemented to that end exclusively.

Side: YES
1 point

I agree with you, bust mostly I feel a separate title should be used for people related in a 'business' sense. Marriage should be a thing separate from monetary matters, if they really want to keep it sanctified. While all the business matters marriages does attend to could be blanked under a new term 'Civil Partnership' maybe?

Side: NO
1 point

We shouldn't let fags get married. Marriage is between a man and woman. Its meant for women to do what the husband says. If we allowed gay marriage who would be in charge.

Side: NO
Jace(5222) Disputed
1 point

If we allowed gay marriage who would be in charge.

Hopefully not you, and that would be a good thing.

Side: YES
1 point

Not really, the law regarding homosexuality in the bible is specifically for the Old Testament. The new testament just mentions sexual immorality. That's your basic stuff such as prostitution, rape, non-marital sex, and stuff around that.

Side: YES

Gay marriage should not be legalize unless we decide that all weird groups of people can marry. If men want 20 wives then they should have the equal rights to do so. If adults want to marry consenting teens, they should have the right to do so. When you open pandora's box, anything goes.

When an entire state votes to not allow Gay marriage and then ONE Judge over rides their voice, THAT IS HORRENDOUS!

Side: NO
DrawFour(2662) Disputed
1 point

What makes anything wrong with an adult marrying a legally consenting teen?

What makes anything wrong with one man or woman marrying 20 other men or women?

How does that affect you?

Why is it weird?

Side: YES
1 point

What makes anything wrong with an adult marrying a legally consenting teen?

I don't think a teen could make the wisest decision in marrying someone much older. I'm sure some do, but then you have those who don't.

What makes anything wrong with one man or woman marrying 20 other men or women?

I feel as if that's almost not loves, but just desire taking control.

How does that affect you?

Doesn't affect me directly so I usually don't voice my opinion.

Why is it weird?

I wouldn't call it weird because that's rude, but it is different. Idk, I have my views on it.

Side: NO
Jace(5222) Disputed
1 point

By that reasoning, we should just get rid of marriage altogether. Straight people marrying in the first place was what opened up this can of worms to begin with.

P.S. Welcome to democracy, which is different from majoritarianism.

Side: YES
Atrag(5666) Disputed
1 point

Shit. We better ban marriage altogether. Once we let men and women marry it is only a matter of time people! Its a slippery slope. WAKE UP!

When an entire state votes to not allow Gay marriage and then ONE Judge over rides their voice, THAT IS HORRENDOUS!

The mob should not deny the rights of an individual without reason even if it is the popular view. Sorry. This is the price the mob pays to be in a civilized country.

Side: YES
FromWithin(8241) Disputed
1 point

Yes, that is why a Judge should ban late term abortions for any reasons, against the will of the people. The selfish mob mentality that would abort Babies for sake of self is inhuman and worse than a lynch mob.

Side: NO
Elvira(3446) Clarified
1 point

Adults can marry consenting teens, if the parents also give consent. (At least in the UK, it's 16 with parents consent and 18 without, 16 without also in Scotland)

Side: YES
1 point

Gay Marriage should not be legalized clearly because it will mess up genetics. Seriously, imagine you are telling someone that your father and father love each other.

I am seriously, everything is already good the way it is. Why change it? Why have two people of the same gender that cant reproduce?

Side: NO
Atrag(5666) Disputed
1 point

Essentially, it is because gay people say it is important to them and it doesn't do any harm to anyone else.

Side: YES
1 point

no. because ultimately marriages result (mostly all or at least should) to give birth to a new generation, so that the family, the world keeps going on. and how are you planning to achieve this with gay marriages?

Side: NO
J-Roc77(70) Disputed
2 points

Marriages are not required to have children. Saying homosexuals should not get married for this reason would also leave out women who have passed menopause, people in accidents and so on.

Gay people getting married will not stop others from getting married or having children in our out of marriage.

Marriage can be about kids for YOU if you want but it isn't necessary for everyone else. Marriage is many things to many people, no one culture has a monopoly on the idea. There are many health benefits to marriage such as improved mental health for starters.

Side: YES
MuckaMcCaw(1970) Disputed
1 point

We aren't exactly in danger of going extinct because we failed to breed, and marriage is definitely not necessary for reproduction. Marriage is a man made institution that has been used for many different reasons by many different cultures. One of the most common modern usages of marriage is to stand as a symbol of love, not of fertility.

Side: YES