5:04pm i have a opioin like you have so back off!

People are born gay just like you were born straight. Also, learn to spell, its Christians not "christens".

Okay, we are talking about humans, not monkeys. Are the yuck yuck, nasty, and gross comments really necessary? I’m assuming that the people that are posting on here are at least above the 5th grade level. Those comments are just immature and you, like Debbie are close minded.

Here's what Wikipedia has to say about BONOBOS

Sexual activity happens within the immediate family as well as outside it, and often involves adults and children, even infants.[16] Bonobos do not form permanent relationships with individual partners. They also do not seem to discriminate in their sexual behavior by gender or age, with the possible exception of sexual intercourse between mothers and their adult sons. (Got this straight off wikipedia!)

Who on earth would want to be compared to an ape who will stop at nothing and will hump anything, including its OWN offspring??? Super nasty! Then again, right on level with the subject being discussed.

YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12:06 Who is blaming Debbie?? From what I have read they are simply calling her out for her close minded beliefs. Debbie is a great example of the vast ignorance that is runnimg amok today. She actually had the nerve to say that AIDS came about as a means to wipe out homosexuality. She is disgusting- I bet she claims to be a proper Christian woman, and if that is the attitude that Christianity wants to convey well count me out. Our job on this planet is to respect and honor each person regardless of our own beliefs. Too many act superior and act as if the way of life they are living should be the way for all. Debbie is such a person and should be ashamed. She gives religion a bad name. Bravo to California- and I hope and pray that everyone will be given equaL rights under the law. Because after all marriage is a legal union. PS- I am not gay but I fully support gay rights.

I'm a straight woman but I fully support the right of gay and lesbian couples to marry. Bravo, Jay! There is no reason to deny them the right to commit just like straight couples. More commitment can only help society - we need more people willing to take a stand and form long-lasting families, regardless of sexual orientation.

Who someone chooses to live with does not affect me, that is correct. However, our state and national matrimonial laws should not change to suit a particular group. Live with whomever you like, sleep with whomever you like, but legitimate marriage is the union between a man and a woman. Period. The majority of California apparently agrees. 61.4% of voters in the State of California voted in support of Proposition 22, the initiative that defines marriage in California as only between a man and a woman.

So Debbie in your mind we should just all live in the closet, not being happy with our PERSONAL lives and just all stick our fingers in light sockets while we're at it. You idea is the general idea which does nothing but promote discrimination. Treat this group of people different because they are this or that. Sorry, that's what the bottom line is. Racism was the big deal back in the 40s, 50s, etc. Today, its homosexuality, 10, 20 years from now it will be something else extremely petty which does not affect you as an individual Debbie. To close, I have a question, if I were to marry a man, how does that affect you Debbie? Guess what...IT DOESN'T.

Not everyone gives into urges. If a person does however, that’s their choice and you have right to judge them for it. There are many negative stereotypes that surrond the gay community and I think that’s what you are focusing on.

I would rather practice celibacy than "to live the life of a gay person for just one day." I know in my heart that God wants and expects me to live a moral life and for each of us to live a moral life, by His standards. I am, in fact, unmarried, and that I would be living immorally to be just sleeping around with different "partners" as they are called now. Just because you have an urge to do something doesn't mean you have to do it. When we feel tempted to do something immoral, that is when you RUN from the temptation before a bad choice can destroy you or your loved ones. We are all free will agents, unless someone is holding a gun to our heads to do something. (even then, we are free will agents!) :)

Debbie, straight people do whatever they like in the privacy of their own homes and they get the government benefits so why can’t I? The “fine” taxpayers of this land support the heterosexuals, or as you say “normal” people so why not the rest of us? God created me this way. I would like you to live the life of a gay person for just one day and then tell me what you think about all of this.

Again, well said Scott!

Being gay is NOT a choice. Believe me, if I had the choice I would have chosen to be straight and to lead a much easier life. I see your point on society destroying marriage, it was the STRAIGHT people in society that have done so. Also, all gay people do not see a sexual connection to everything, heterosexual and homosexual are just words. Weather you like it or not gay people are normal, we are not immoral or perverts.

The whole point is that marriage was originally created for a man and a woman, which is also why it takes a man and a woman (or in the animal kingdom, a MALE and a FEMALE) to reproduce. As far as marriage being "ruined," "heterosexuals" (aka normal) did not destroy marriage. Society and its utter lack of morals and people giving into the immoral behavior is what has threatened marriage and the family. Practicing a gay lifestyle is a choice that someone makes. Cheating on one's spouse is a choice one makes. It has nothing to do with civil rights. HOWEVER, race is a totally different issue. Being of African descent or Native American descent or Asian descent, etc., that is NOT a choice. That is where civil rights become an issue. It is an odd thing to me why the gay community sees a SEXUAL connection to everything. "HETERO" or "HOMO." 25 years ago, we never even heard of such terminology. That was something the gay community came up with. I remember when people were either normal or perverts. As I said, society has found a way to justify everything it does or wants to do. "If it feels good, do it." Well, society is paying the price for it too, with all kinds of awful diseases we never even heard of until the past couple of decades.

Here's the problem...we're all human. Who are we to judge one another? For the individuals who believe that homosexuals should not be able to marry, how would you feel if there was a law stating that left-handed individuals should not be able to marry? How about this one...if you have a physical handicap, you don't have the same rights as someone who was born perfectly "normal." Notice how normal is in quotes...what is normal for me, is not normal for everyone. So with that being said, those who feel that I CHOSE to be a homosexual, how can you make that assumption? Then we always get the Adam & Eve, not Adam & Steve deal. Well my question to you is this, God is perfect, I'll give ya that, but what about all the physical and mental handicaps that we humans can't quite explain, did a higher power intend for them to be that way, or did they just choose it? And to conclude…marriage is already ruined. Heterosexuals did that, not homosexuals! Divorce rates are ridiculous, if you want to protect the sanctity of marriage, start by making marriage a union that you damn well better be sure you are never going to want out of. PS…the church says divorce is wrong too and that eating shrimp is an abomination.