I suppose my greatest disappointment is that the Fat Boys only made the one movie.

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As you probably know, the Senate is debating the merits of an amendment to ban gay marriage. I find this to be utterly ridiculous and here's why.

First of all, sexual orientation is not a choice. I didn't choose to be heterosexual any more than a gay person chooses to be homosexual. It may be a lifestyle that you disagree with, but making it illegal won't stop it. All people deserve equality. Plain and simple. Making gay marriage illegal won't mean that there won't be gay people anymore. They'll still fall in love, date, live together, raise children and so forth. An amendment to prevent rights to certain groups of people is a dangerous precedent to set.

Look, I don't drink. But it's not my goal to prevent everyone from drinking just because I don't. Prohibition didn't work at stopping people from consuming alcohol and banning gay marriage won't stop gay people from being together. If you don't like it, don't do it.

Those who point to the Bible and say that it's wrong are justified in doing so, if that's what they believe. But all that should mean is that THEIR church of THEIR denomination doesn't perform gay marriages. The church I go to believes in and performs gay marriages, which is one of the reasons we attend services there. As we (theoretically) live in a country that has a separation between church and state, the government shouldn't be using religious reasons to deny gays (or bisexuals or transgendered for that matter) the right to marry. Marriage licenses are issued by the state, not the church.

Those who think that it will negatively impact the sanctity of marriage need to realize that marriage has very little sanctity left, due to how ridiculously easy it is to get married and get divorced. If you want to increase the chances of successful marriage, get involved with pre-marital counseling in your area. My parents did this for four years, counseling couples before they would get married to make sure they knew what they were getting into and to think about the different challenges it will present. Marie and I went through it as well and we both found it to be beneficial. Marriage is not "dating+", it's a commitment to another person, through thick and thin, forever. FOREVER. And there's nothing to say that two people of the same sex can't have that level of commitment to each other - they've never even been given the chance.

Besides, I find the idea of a man and a ferret getting married to be adorable.

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I'd rather not have them adopt a Christian tradition and principle as their own. Just don't call it 'marriage'.

"Marriage" has already been taken up by the government. If I go out and get married tomorrow it has absolutely nothing to do with religious beliefs unless I want it to. It is, in most ways, exactly the same as the Christian idea of Marriage, however it isn't a church thing; it's a state thing.

It would be interesting to see how the public at large would react to a "marriage" thing being set up that is in all ways identical but was called something different and had nothing to do with religion. I mean ... in my opinion, it already is that way, aside from the name, but if I was told I could get A or B, both of which are the same except for the "religious connotations" of A, I would go for B. I am probably not the only one.

The Bible says that sin is all the same to God - there's no hierarchy of "not-so-bad, kinda bad, and REALLY BAD" sin to God. It's all sin, and equal.

People who make it a life-point to "sin against god" get married all the time. What about two Buddhists getting married in our country. They're actively worshiping false idols ... they probably mucked up the marriage ceremony with all of that, too. But it's still perfectly legal and nobody questions it.