Quote Originally Posted by zooted999
To be honest, when talking about gay marriage, I can never argue for it or against it because I'm not 100% about it.

What I mean is, if two people want to get married-- let them. Gay, straight, doesn't matter to me, but apparently it's more complicated than that. My question is what rights do homosexuals get when they get married that they shouldn't be getting?

(Please don't be biased. I'm not an extremist or even a Christian. I'd actually like to get under this particular issue because it's brought up all the time.)
Health care, retirement benifits, social security benifits, etc....

Who gives a rats ass if they want to get married but if the people of the state don't want their tax dollars supporting the effort....well, Texas voted.
Psycho4Bud Reviewed by Psycho4Bud on . Texas Voters Approve Ban on Gay Marriage Texas Voters Approve Ban on Gay Marriage Nov 08 9:02 PM US/Eastern By DAVID CRARY Texas voters Tuesday overwhelming approved a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, making their state the 19th to take that step. In Maine, however, a proposal to repeal a new gay-rights law was trailing in early returns. The contest in Texas was decided quickly,the ban was receiving more than 74 percent of the votes in early returns. Like every other state except Massachusetts, Texas didn't permit Rating: 5