I'm a heterosexual and I think this site is awesome! Thank you so much for being so real! I think that heterosexuals that are against ssm need to get their heads out of their butts and just grow up!

Posted by: Liz | Jan 24, 2005 12:12:09 PM

i'm heterosexual but i am very much a huge supporter of SSM. I am writing a persuasive speech on SSM and this site along with many others ahs helped greatly. thank you!!

Posted by: Alexandra | Feb 23, 2005 11:19:05 AM

Your not choosing their future. If people want to marry someone who is the same gender as then then you should at least tolerate it. Consider this, what if that was your little sister or brother or another one of your family members, would you:1. accept it and go to their wedding and be the person of a family member that they want you to be or just destroy their wedding saying " I don't want my family member to be getting married to this person because they are homosexual", and be a prejudice? Your choice because nobody choose u on how you looked or if you were homosexual or hetrosexual you did your self because you choose your future even though your parents wanted you to become something else in life.

Posted by: Kaliyah | Apr 14, 2005 5:30:44 PM

hi i thought u should know that i think that gay marrige is so wrong b/c god did not make it that way that is the worlds doing and it is wrong and god said that marrege for 1 man and 1 woman so i belive that this is so very wrong u can chose to do what the world said or what god said. it your life u chose. god bye your friend heather

Posted by: heather | May 3, 2005 10:35:49 AM

hi i thought u should know that i think that gay marrige is so wrong b/c god did not make it that way that is the worlds doing and it is wrong and god said that marrege for 1 man and 1 woman so i belive that this is so very wrong u can chose to do what the world said or what god said. it your life u chose. god bye your friend heather

Posted by: heather | May 3, 2005 10:37:24 AM

I'm afraid that I'm intolerant against people who are against Same Sex Marriages... Does that make me a bad person? =(

Posted by: Jonas | May 6, 2005 9:00:40 AM

i am for ssm because it is not the states right to chose who you can marry. this is just showing how people are trying to control us. if they want to talk about marrages that are meaningless they need to look at the loons around the world who marry animals and car. to me that is a meanless marrage. i dont understand how they just tell us how to live our lives. and the thing about god if he mde everything even queers why would he hate them if her really hates queer people there would be none in the frist place. people think that you jus wake up in the morning think " hmmm i think i will be gay today and for the rest of my life" it dosent work like that not one bit you are born gay no ifs ands or buts. this is why people are scared to come out to themseleves they will end up livving a lie and will never be happy in there lives. people never thought about how much they really hurt a person untill they are died or killed in some type of homophbic bash. so i say leave us alone and let us marry who ever the fuck we want to *sorry about the bad word

Posted by: jonathan | Jul 6, 2005 10:40:25 PM

Is this a joke, or are you serious about your reasons for not supporting gay marriage? If this shit is serious, than I really feel sorry for you. I fully support gay marriage. It is very natural. People are born gay; they can't change that. Everyone deserves equality in this ever changing world. Producing offspring is not the only reason for marriage; it is for love, committment, and life long support. As for the comment about women being property, why don't you grow up and get with the times. Women are independent beings, fully capable of making their own decisions, including the decision to kick assholes like you in their fucking nuts!

Posted by: Anonymous | Jul 7, 2005 3:26:04 PM

You are a very unintelligent person, and obsviously been brainwashed or something. you dont know how much of a loser you sound like making other peoples decisions that have nothing to do with you... i am straight, and i was born like that, so gay people are born like that...how can you deny people of who they are? what a loser

Posted by: Paris | Sep 14, 2005 8:29:30 AM

man! i dont see the point why people just cant mind their damn business. i say just let these persons marry whoever they want. if these things ever have consequences what the hell do other people care, right? i just wish ssm will be legalized and recognized soon...universally. how about that? i bet this'll be a teRriFic change. tnx.

Posted by: eLmo | Nov 7, 2005 10:28:17 AM

Humor: Look it up

Posted by: Barry Ritholtz | Nov 7, 2005 11:02:40 AM

i am a lesbian who not only thinks your site is completely bogus and ignorant to so many other aspects of life like segregation of blacks is just as good as seperate marraige for gays/lesbians ...and straight marraige is less meaningful because so many men and woman take it for granted and do the 3 month marraige ... also since when are woman property and since when is it illegal for blacks to marry whites ... and since when does America have one religion?... i think you need to get your head out of the clouds do some research and get educated on some things also what century are you living in ????

Posted by: jackie | Dec 4, 2005 10:23:43 PM

jackie, my dear, this article is in SUPPORT of homosexuality. They used sarcasm to mock how ridiculous people sound when they argue the topic. I'm gay and found this list hilarious.

Posted by: Zach | Apr 18, 2006 11:54:06 PM

i am not sure what i am for, but i do know this. women are NOT property, blacks and whites CAN marry, and divorce is NOT illegal. women are independent, and yes, have the right to kick assholes like you in the face. blacks and whites can marry, because there is nothing different between them. they are both humans, and obviously fell in love with each other. divorce is for those who cannot get along/tolerate each other. ive been with my mom who has been through two, so i know what im talking about.

same sex marraige should be allowed. i dont know what you're talking about. neither does the states. since when did they have the right to push people around telling them who they can and cannot marry? never.

in case you were wondering, im fully straight. not a gay bone in my body.

Posted by: emilie | Apr 25, 2006 4:01:36 PM

i am 15 years old and im not gay but whoever made this site is a complete asshole. This is not a joke. im not gay but you are an idiot. it ecspecially pisses me off that you say women are property and the racist jokes were unecessary and i will to anything in my power to shut down this site. and dont think that just cuz i young that i cant. i hope the thought sticks in in your min what many people think you are. YOU ARE A BASTARD

Posted by: ericka | Apr 27, 2006 2:40:31 PM

Ericka,

When you are older than 15, have some life experience, and can understand what satire is, come back and visit.

In the meantime, the rest of us will just snicker at the failings of our education system, and just how naive a sheltered and clueless 15 year girl can be.

Best of luck sophmore year!

Posted by: Barry Ritholtz | Apr 28, 2006 5:50:36 AM

Does anyone remember the scene from Roxanne where Steve Martin's character says that he stopped practicing irony because he was tired of being the only practitioner in town?

Kaliyah, Paris, Jackie, Ericka... "your" (sic) proof that if irony is not yet dead, then it is well on its way. How sad for all of us!

Posted by: Dan | Apr 28, 2006 1:44:49 PM

First of all anyone who says that being gay is genetic is ignorant. Lets take for example a liar now we as humans have brains right and we base our actions on past experiences and morals thus we choose to lie or kill or steal its a choice as is being gay.
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/apr/04040609.html

Posted by: Trey | May 21, 2006 9:40:24 PM

Gay marriage and homosexuality is unnatural. Ok, u pervs love each other, then STFU and just get on with ur lives without affecting anyone else. Is not owning a marriage certificate gonna fuck up ur relationship? All these fucking demonstrations and freedom propoganda about gay rights is real bad for weak easily influenced young people who might be made to make a wrong decision and become a perv.

Posted by: Joe | Oct 3, 2006 5:08:28 PM

"Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children"

Are you sure about this? You are obviously oblivious to reality. I have a dozen of homosexual friends whose parents ARE fuckin straight. Go home and stop making statements that are so fuckin wrong and biased. go home and be an accountant or something.

Posted by: chuchai | Oct 22, 2006 8:08:25 PM

I think some people may have taken this in the wrong sence intirely, this person is making a mockery of the biased opinions of conservatives.Of the closed minds of the hypocracy we are currently living in.

Leigh

Posted by: Leigh | Oct 23, 2006 11:19:05 AM

these top 12 reasons why homosexuals shouldn't be allowed to get married is so stupid. The person that can up with this is so small minded. get out and live life honey. I was raised by a male and a female but i am a PROUD lesiban that really don't give a FUCK about what u stupid ass people think. And yes my girlfriend and I are engaged and will be getting married next year in July. She's a graduate of Penn. State with a masters in Business. So we are living good and all yall can kiss our lesiban and gay asses. Because i promise you what u all typing on this board don't FUCKIN matter because we're happily in love. I think you should try being with your same sex you just might stop being an asswhole. Because it is clear to see that the oppsite sex is not working for you.

Posted by: luv 2plez my stud | Nov 1, 2006 5:51:36 PM

fantastic! There are so many people not realising this is satire that I'm now thinking they are satirising the people that don't get the satire, if they are; Genius!!! I have been well and truly got. If they are truly not understanding this is satire then you must be so stupid you must have got someone else to type for you. :)

Posted by: daemon | Nov 1, 2006 11:10:00 PM

Fool. I know the twelve reasons are satire. I am saying gayness is wrong and perverted.

Posted by: joe | Nov 5, 2006 1:21:47 PM

get you facts right ya retared go back to school or something im a redneck and know you cant turn gay if you are around one. DUH!

Posted by: Alyssa | Nov 7, 2006 11:10:39 AM

Attention morons: This is satire.

Holy shit, some of you goobers are fucking clueless . . . .

Posted by: duh | Nov 10, 2006 7:31:07 AM

I am a gay 15 year old guy!! who is actually very furious of this websites stupidness!! and to let you know,( The idiot who made this website) ur a moron, how dare you actually talk about gay people and how they should live their lives!! ur an ignorant pearson with a cold heart! ur just mad because you havent found your partner! yet you sit on the computer and type in crap talking about people who actuallt have partners and its your jealousy that made you write this idiotness! so just get a life and stp judging people for their sexual preferance! ITS NONE OF YOURE BUSSINESS!! so just get a freaking life and stop writing lame comments about homosexuals!!! it doesnt concern you!!

~~~

Another idiot incapable of understanding sarcasm or parody.

If this is what the gay youth of America is like, we are so lost . . .

Posted by: Jonathan | Nov 19, 2006 4:15:27 PM

I love satire it's frickin hilarious. it took me a moment but i got it. i'm straight but let them get married, what's the deal? is it really worth fussing over? they are some of the coolest people i know and i want my friends to be happy.

Posted by: Jen | Nov 20, 2006 2:23:41 AM

okay...let's get one thing clear
THIS SITE IS HUMOR!!!
I love how both straight and queer people are blowing this out of proportion when it was meant to be satirical, a mock on the arguments against gay marriage. This was said by others but clearly it hasn't gotten through so I will give an example:
Homosexuality is not natural, much like eyeglasses, polyester, and birth control. This shows that their argument saying it is not natural is stupid because, whether one believes it is caused by nature or nurture, we adapt many "unnatural" things in this society and to argue against it for that reason alone is stupid.
Thus the author was making a satirical joke.

HAHHAHA IT'S FUNNY! DOESN'T ANY ONE ELSE SEE THE HUMOR??

Jackie, the author is living in this century that's how they're able to mock it so well. Why don't you get into this century and learn what humor is and maybe chill a bit.

emilie, their not an asshole, their funny. And they were pointing out how the argument by conservatives that marriage is sanctified (and basically that it can't/doesn't change) is stupid cuz it has changed in the past through allowing gender equality, allowing interracial marriage, and allowing divorce. DUH! It was a joke....you need to chill. And I find it interesting that you felt the need to mention that you didn't have a gay bone in your body (Direct quote).

Ericka, we can tell you're 15 and that you clearly don't understand humor...you don't read for meaning, you read literally. Try this chill out and look at this humorously. If you actually read the content you would get that it's a joke. The reader says that times have changed, and women are no longer property and interracial marriage is allowed and so forth, thus prohibiting gay marriage based on consistency/normalcy is a null/void argument. And don't threaten to try to get the site shut down, you don't have the power and you have no supporting argument for it, considering it's not racist or discriminative. In fact the site supports arguments against discriminative comments from conservatives in the Same Sex Marriage Debate. So try reading and growing up...although I must say I understood satire at your age and was smart enough to get things like this, but hey maybe you're just slow...i mean you did call the author a bastard in the name of everyone, when no one else said that and you resorted to using namecalling instead of an intelligent reply. Tell ya what don't comment again on anything like this until you learn to read for content and meaning, take your head out of your ass(ie. lighten up), learn to make intelligent statements and replies, and maybe grow up a bit.

Trey----you and I have a problem! First I read the article, and the explanation they give for gay-ness not being genetic is that people say they have changed there state as gay. The one study of 200 people it uses to support this is not validated and there is no clear proof that it is not led by a christian faction, which many "I've become straight again" people are involved in some kind of born again Christ group (I'm saying this as someone who was raised to be Catholic. The fact is factions are out there.
Next, did you seriously equivocate being gay to chosing to lie or kill. I've never killed, I can't comment on that and I'll assume you were just guessing. But when you lie it's a concious choice, one made with the knowledge of good/bad, moral/immoral, just/unjust and it's simply a choice and option in life. It's based on situation not innate in your person. Hard to explain what I'm trying to say so that may not make sense. Being queer is not a choice. It's a feeling. Trey, I'm assuming you're straight. Now, under such an assumption, you like girls. You are attracted to girls. That's how it's always been. You never sat there and were like "do I like boys or girls, I could like either and I feel attracted to both, but I choose girls". NO! Rather, you just always felt attracted to girls. Well it's the same thing with a queer person. With a gay male, he feels attraction to men, and it just happens, he didn't sit there and go I'm attracted to both but choose men, the immoral and unnatural path. I hope that you get the difference, otherwise I have to question whether or not you are looking at this with an open, and just unaware mind or whether you're as ignorant and closedminded as ther others who didn't get the satire here.

JOE----you're worse than Trey, sort of.
First queer people are not pervs. And they're not trying to make young people into pervs and there are no gay factions recruiting youngsters. One can only guess what makes you think something so stupid and paranoid. No more young people would be sucked into this than they are into a heterosexual union. And is, as you so eloquently put it, them owning a marriage certificate gonna fuck up ur relationship? If not, then why do you care...and if it is gonna fuck up ur relationship, please tell us how, cuz I honestly don't see how the happiness of two loving individuals could possibly upset your relationship, unless your an ogor. I mean let's be real, if you or someone you know has ever been married, it was the best day of their life, joining them in unity with the one they love...what can you have against that for someone else, someone who doesn't even effect your life.

chuchai - OMG IT WAS HUMOR
He was playing on the argument that conservatives make against gay couples having children....it was a joke....get the humor or shut up. Your statements are the ones that are wrong and biased. You assumed that he was a bigot without reading the article for meaning and without reading the other comments, cuz otherwise you'd know it was humor. And you want him to be an accountant, the fact is you don't have the intelligence to be an accountant, they have to be smart, so i can't tell you to go do that, but why not go work at McD's, I could use some fries with my burger. thanks.

luv 2plez my stud---wow an ignorant lesbian and angry at that. funny how you're anger is blinding you from seeing the satire that the author is using to SUPPORT your loving your girlfriend.

Joe- We realize you think it's perverted, did you realize that often the biggest homophobic people are homosexual themselves...fun fact for ya.

Jonathan, I can tell you right now that the majority or our gay youth in America are not like that. The ones that are, are only like that cuz they think that's what people really think. And that kid is assuming the author himself isn't gay. They take things too seriously... they need to chill. I really hope people learn humor soon
Jen and others-thanks for your support

Personally, I'm bisexual, so yes in the community, and I find this hilarious. It really does address some of the arguments I've heard before about homosexuality.

And now the problem I had with the most ignorant comment: by heather.
So god doesn't say gay marriage is wrong...First I've read the bible and analyzed it. Did you know he makes I think like 7 admonishments (look it up) to homosexuality but over 350 to heterosexuality. And the only comments addressed at homosexuality are not at the fact that it's between two members of the same sex but rather the promoscuity of it. It never negatively addresses a safe, happy homosexual couple, which is more the reality nowadays. And god never said that marriage was between 1 man and 1 woman. And homosexuality is not a world thing, it is apart of a person, an natural trait of a person, they are born that way. It is not a choice. And if you have successfully lived in this century without being a hermit, then you have chosen the world over god most of your life, and shouldn't even go there. By your poor spelling and porr argument and clearly your values have been forced on you and you have done no research of your own(I doubt you even know any homosexuals well if at all), I'm consequently going to assume you're 15 or younger, and as I've said to the others clearly not knowledgable enough to be commenting, and you need to think before you say something so ignorant.

Posted by: Mary | Jan 12, 2007 12:25:05 AM

Homosexuality is wrong. To portray it as something acceptable is wrong. That is the message to ingrain into all young vulnerable kid's minds. Instead the opposite seems to be happening. Kids are being taught that its ok to be a homo, in school for fucks sake. This Earth is turning to hell right before our very eyes. To tell a lie is wrong, to be a homosexual is wrong. You definitely do have a choice unless you are brain dead. You may be confused for a while as you get into early adolesence late teens, but DO NOT be hasty and give yourself some time. You WILL realise that heterosexuality is the ONLY correct way.

Posted by: joe | Jan 28, 2007 2:13:54 PM

Please add another exclamation mark to the word genius whenever you post. Three is not enough! It just adds so much credibility to your BS. I am so impressed! Whow! What strong academics! What a bunch of genius you are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: anyone's fool | Mar 12, 2007 6:33:06 PM

are you seriously putting this out for people??
since when did straight people only raise straight children? where do you think the first gay person came from? and since when are:women property, blacks and whites not marry, and divorce is ILLEGAL?
these are the worst reasons ever and if that's all you can come up with then gay marriage SHOULD be legal.

Posted by: Someone | Apr 11, 2007 8:50:26 PM

yea i think that homosexualty is not the case either cause we were not put o this earth to marry the same sex

Posted by: shaquana baker | May 8, 2007 10:34:31 AM

holyyy is it just me...or are those ppl who commentd after Mary's explanation plain idiots?!
hahahahaha!

Here's the original source of this satire:
http://grove.ufl.edu/~ggsa/gaymarriage.html

Please read the fine print.

Posted by: haha | May 20, 2007 6:38:25 PM

Good post, but PLEASE learn how to spell "separate".

Posted by: LastwordSteve | Jun 23, 2007 8:07:37 PM

I enjoyed reading this post. Although this is a satire piece, it makes some vary valid comparisons. There are some double standards in America relating to gay couples. You did a good job of pointing them out by comparing gay couples to single parents, and saying heterosexual marriages have not changed at all. It will only take time for people to accept homosexual relationships just like it took time to accept interracial marriages. I feel bad for anyone commenting on this page that cannot recognize this as satire.

-Jarrett 369

Posted by: Jarrett | Sep 16, 2007 9:10:52 PM