Washington Votes Forum

Introduced in the House on March 7, 2006

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Thank you for a proposal that recognizes the value of a mother and a father in the family. They are both essential to aid in establishing standards of lasting value in their children. No legislation to the contrary can change the facts.

Care to back up your "facts?" There really isn't any evidence supporting what you're saying, only studies to the contrary. Hollands been allowing adoption by homosexual couples for years and they show no signs of illness. Heck, one of my friends was raised by a homosexual couple. He was a very level-headed kid whom I greatly respected (and no, he didn't turn out Gay). Thankfully, this will fail.

The divorce rate in Holland has jumped up . Of course homosexul can be good parents , and of couse heterosexual parents can be lousy . The best thing for a child , is a loving Mother and a loving Father , that it should be set up as the standard is only commonsense , ..Each parent , the male and female is set up by nature , or God , take your pick to help that child grow , they need both . At imes we go to plan B , the problem with your opinion you do not believe homosexuals as a parent is a plan B . Thats the real debate , and its why democrats keep loosing the big elections .

Not only the divorce rate , but the living together rate increased, when you make marriage become a "right" available to anyone , society tends to consider it less important . At least that is what Holland did .

Massachusetts, the center of the gay marriage universe. It's currently the only state that allows gays to marry and carry full legal rights of marriage. The deepsouth and red states on the other hand, have the highest divorce percentage. As for Holland, as pointed out, it's because overall marriages inreased as well. The "Divorce Rate" really isn't a good figure, because it grows naturally with the number of marriages. Notice that I use the "Divorce Percentage," a much more reliabe figure that shows how many marriages actually end in divorce. Anyhow, until I get better statistics on Holland, your point is moot.

...As long as there are less Gays than Hetereosexuals, it will always end up being a "Plan B," meerly due to the fact that they have less members to adopt. I really don't understand where your going with that. If you're saying that civil unions would be ok, note that they (and anything like them) are banned by this legislation as well.

Gays can suck my bush ass...

Homosexuality has always been prevelent at the end of cultures moral compromise.History does prove its signfagince as a public health issue, not a civil rights issue.

One other effect from this bill - even though it did not pass - This bill would have removed the status of "Common Law" marriage from our state. That is something I would like to see eventually happen.

As a typical family man (married with 6 kids), I find it interesting that so many straight people are offended or concerned by the gay community. I support equal rights for all. If my gay neighbor wants to have all the wonderful hardships associated with marriage, then great. If he/she wants to raise children in a loving home, then great. My personal sense is that people who oppose gay marriage do not believe that it is just as "natural" to be gay as it is to be straight. However, once a person sees that when a gay man is attracted to other men, it is just as normal for him as my attraction to my wife is for me, then the issue stops being about what is "natural" and becomes more about what is ethically right. Once I was able to see my gay neighbor as having the same hopes and dreams that I have, once I saw him as a person instead of as a derelict, I could see past my own prejudices and realize that his contribution to my community was a positive one. He is just as capable of being a loving husband and father as I am. And his kids will turn out just as good as the next person's. And he will get to experience love and support, just like I do. And he will get to grow old with someone who loves him. He deserves it as much as I do. Gay marriage enhances our society. It does not threaten my marriage in any way.

...and just HOW will he and his husband be 'creating' those kids of theirs? 'Naturally' I assume.

The problem in Holland isn't that they allowed gays to marry. The problem is that they adopted a form of recognizing relationships short of marriage for BOTH straight and gay couples. THAT is the problem. If marriage applied to both, and there was no other alternative, the implication that gays marrying was pushing up the divorce rate would be proven to be even more false.