Maine becomes next state to legalize same-sex marriage

Right on!

Glad to see this happen, hopefully my state (WI, fairly liberal) will also try to get it passed as well soon, so we can end this stupid belief that gay marriage is somehow wrong enough to be banned.

Marriage itself is such a shame(is this word still used?). I really don't understand why people would want to partake in it, if they didn't feel it was socially unacceptable for them not to...

I am a little suprised. I am happy about it,but as a new englander I though maine would have been the last to crumble,they are the most conservative state here.mattykovax

"Most conservative" doesn't exactly mean a whole lot when you're talking about New England. :P Although I'd say New Hampshire strikes me as the most conservative, though it depends on what one means by "conservative".

Anyway, good for Maine. Now for the other 45 states.

Wow. Im quite surprised by the comments on these boards. I had no idea there were so many gay gamers

Xbot_720

Wow. Im quite surprised by the comments on these boards. I had no idea there were so many gay gamers

Xbot_720

Thats cool. More power to em.

Is everyone on this forum socially liberal, or do the non-liberals simply not post in threads like this? I just find it interesting how most support same-sex marriage.

BlueBirdTS

Pretty much every person I meet is conservative wherever I go in town, but we aren't heavily religious and we're all for people doing things their own way. Basically, we're all OK with this so long as it doesn't affect us, and it doesn't, so, yeah.

I'm glad I don't live in Maine!

[QUOTE="Nifty_Shark"]

Wake me up when all 50 states get a grip and legalize.

DeathHeart95

Agreed 100%

Uh OH! IT's happening, and even though I'm not gay I couldn't be more happy.

I'm glad I don't live in Maine!

shoot-first

I'm glad I don't live in Maine!

shoot-first

Uh-oh, might catch "teh ghey"!

Anyways, thumbs up to America for it's progression

After gay marriage is passed and people get bored again there will be a whole new debate on Animal/Human marriage.

Xbot_720

Because animals can consent. :roll:

Wow. Im quite surprised by the comments on these boards. I had no idea there were so many gay gamers

Xbot_720

Nice try though in presenting it as if the reason why people here vote for it is their personal bias. ;)

I'm from Maine!......Just thought I'd throw that out there...

GreenmonsterBLS

[QUOTE="Xbot_720"]

Wow. Im quite surprised by the comments on these boards. I had no idea there were so many gay gamers

Teenaged

Nice try though in presenting it as if the reason why people here vote for it is their personal bias. ;)

Is everyone on this forum socially liberal, or do the non-liberals simply not post in threads like this? I just find it interesting how most support same-sex marriage.

BlueBirdTS

Good for them. Next up legalizing weed.

Big Deal. Won't fix the permanent issues. Divorce, alimony, poor relationship skills, abandoned/abused kids,etc.

It's nice progress for a political group, which will now get to be just as equally miserable as everybody else! :P

This is ridiculous. Marriage is between a man and a woman. Period. Gays don't need marriage to be happy. Civil Unions are enough.

[QUOTE="BlueBirdTS"]

Is everyone on this forum socially liberal, or do the non-liberals simply not post in threads like this? I just find it interesting how most support same-sex marriage.

Famiking

Speak for yourself.

This is ridiculous. Marriage is between a man and a woman. Period. Gays don't need marriage to be happy. Civil Unions are enough.

KH-mixerX

[QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

This is ridiculous. Marriage is between a man and a woman. Period. Gays don't need marriage to be happy. Civil Unions are enough.

Bourbons3

They don't, but thats the way it was made and it needs to stay that way. I don't get why such a small percentage of people in the world get so much attention and demand so much from everyone else. Marriage needs to stay exclusive to heterosexual couples. That doesn't mean I'm against gays being together or anything like that, I just think gays should not have the right to be married.

Is everyone on this forum socially liberal, or do the non-liberals simply not post in threads like this? I just find it interesting how most support same-sex marriage.

This is ridiculous. Marriage is between a man and a woman. Period. Gays don't need marriage to be happy. Civil Unions are enough.

KH-mixerX

Why?

[QUOTE="Famiking"][QUOTE="BlueBirdTS"]

Is everyone on this forum socially liberal, or do the non-liberals simply not post in threads like this? I just find it interesting how most support same-sex marriage.

mattykovax

I don't know where you guys are getting this idea. Just because a couple conservatives here don't have a problem with it doesn't mean you can throw out a generalized statement like that. I'm probably as conservative as you can get and I'm completely against gay marriage. This board is just so overwhelmingly liberal, that its hard for some conservatives to voice their opinions because they chastised for it most of the time. This board might as well be MSNBC:roll:.

[QUOTE="mattykovax"][QUOTE="Famiking"] The conservatives in this board also support gay marriage.KH-mixerX

I don't know where you guys are getting this idea. Just because a couple conservatives here don't have a problem with it doesn't mean you can throw out a generalized statement like that. I'm probably as conservative as you can get and I'm completely against gay marriage. This board is just so overwhelmingly liberal, that its hard for some conservatives to voice their opinions because they chastised for it most of the time. This board might as well be MSNBC:roll:.

I'm glad I don't live in Maine!

shoot-first

[QUOTE="BlueBirdTS"]

Is everyone on this forum socially liberal, or do the non-liberals simply not post in threads like this? I just find it interesting how most support same-sex marriage.

Famiking

Is everyone on this forum socially liberal, or do the non-liberals simply not post in threads like this? I just find it interesting how most support same-sex marriage.

I really don't see why people object to this. DrSponge

Good for them. This thread is going to end up being 10+ long with religious debate.

CommanderShiro

And there we go, ten long pages... hahaha I aint reading it. I think the problem is, the people are not deciding, its the government pushing, or something like that. Its really just an attack on traditional marriage, even the definition of marriage, why cant they just have civil unions with the same benefits? Well one thing, if I get married, I won't use the States system of marriage, but the biblical one.

[QUOTE="CommanderShiro"]

Good for them. This thread is going to end up being 10+ long with religious debate.

SegaGenesisfan

And there we go, ten long pages... hahaha I aint reading it. I think the problem is, the people are not deciding, its the government pushing, or something like that. Its really just an attack on traditional marriage, even the definition of marriage, why cant they just have civil unions with the same benefits? Well one thing, if I get married, I won't use the States system of marriage, but the biblical one.

[QUOTE="CommanderShiro"]

Good for them. This thread is going to end up being 10+ long with religious debate.

SegaGenesisfan

And there we go, ten long pages... hahaha I aint reading it. I think the problem is, the people are not deciding, its the government pushing, or something like that. Its really just an attack on traditional marriage, even the definition of marriage, why cant they just have civil unions with the same benefits? Well one thing, if I get married, I won't use the States system of marriage, but the biblical one.

[QUOTE="CommanderShiro"]

Good for them. This thread is going to end up being 10+ long with religious debate.

And there we go, ten long pages... hahaha I aint reading it. I think the problem is, the people are not deciding, its the government pushing, or something like that. Its really just an attack on traditional marriage, even the definition of marriage, why cant they just have civil unions with the same benefits? Well one thing, if I get married, I won't use the States system of marriage, but the biblical one.