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If a gay couple has the right to express their sexuality and be in a gay relationship, then why are not to be in a gay marriage. The fact many churches are denying gay couples the right to be married is not only homophobic and discriminatory, but this would encourage others to be homophobic and discriminatory towards them which would be a violation of the Equality Act 2010. Just like a straight couple, gay couples are capable of demonstrating the same level of love and commitment which is just as worthy of marriage. The religious stigma surrounding gay marriage must be banished to the past and churches strongly encouraged to welcome gay couples with open arms. Equality is key!

In my perspective, one’s freedom ends where another’s is being hindered - in this case, I cannot think of any situation in which a gay couple (married or not) has ever or could hinder any of my freedoms or rights.

If someone wants to get married it is their decision, it proves love and commitment no matter if it is same sex or same gender - in marriage the contract signed is the same for whatever type of marriage so what is the point of not allowing them to have the title and satisfaction of being married.

Marriage should be accessible to anyone who wants it, for tax, healthcare or inheritance reasons, or simply if they want to get married.

At the end of the day, the genders of the unified persons in question impacts my life in no way. I do acknowledge that some may argue this for religious reasons, and it is true much of our value systems and laws descend from Judeo-Christian routes. However it is important to acknowledge that despite this I do not believe in theocracy. This is because religion has been used to justify morally questionable policies and practices throughout history and the present day. This is particularly true for the manner in which homosexuality, in particular, is and has been punished in various ways globally. In my eyes, it should be a basic human right to determine your own sexual lifestyle and identity. Who you choose to be with shouldn't be anyone else's business, not even the governments.

It's a matter of principle. Without strict adherence to the principle of individual equal rights, we don't have liberal democracy anymore, but a tyranny of the majority.

Gay couples are human. Straight couples are human. What's the difference? So long as everyone's consenting, it's alright.

If the partners in the gay couple wish marry each other, it shouldn't be discriminated upon at all. They are human so deserve human rights and their own freedom of expression of sexuality and who they want to love, not what traditional society tells them what to do.

it is none of our business who people want to marry and we should not be the ones to decide that for them

Everyone should've habe the freedom to do as they wish, love who they desire and marry who they want

Forcing LGBTQ+ people to not marry is just going to cause more issues and make people unhappy, stopping people from trusting the government.

If someone doesn’t agree with someone else’s sexual nature, number 1 it’s none of their business number 2 their should be zero legal action against it

Gay couples are human. Straight couples are human. What's the difference? So long as everyone's consenting, it's alright.

No factual proof any god is real, science and psychology have proven being gay isn't a choice, can not be converted and is present in nature.

The less acceptance and support there is towards people who are gay then the more suicides will occur as people who cannot be happy and who are bullied or scrutinised as they are will be driven to a path of mental illness

Children need parents. There are same sex couples who want to be parents. If only there were some way to put these two things together...

According to a British Social Attitudes Survey conducted in 2020, 68% of the British public supported same-sex marriage, compared to just 31% in 2005.

Gay couples have the same right as straight couples to express their love and sexuality. They shouldn't be punished just because of who they love.

It gives people the freedom to love whoever they want, it shouldn't be up to laws to choose who you can and can't marry, love is versatile, ranging from many places.

Why is it wrong for people of the same sex to get married? If they love each other, then they should be allowed to get married.

It devalued marriage and removed the end goal of it. Furthermore it destroyed the institution by ending the traditional definition of it.

It should NOT concern anyone what other individuals do with their love life.
There is no difference between a man and a woman being together and a man and a man being together. LOVE IS LOVE.

everyone should be free to do what they want if you don't like it then don't like it but you have no right to encroach on others right to be happy

Love is love and you can't really argue with that. What business is it of the state to interrogate people on the happenings of what happens in a bedroom between two consenting adults. In a world of people who want to harm our society through hatred and anger, we should at least allow two consenting adults to have the chance to express their love to each other.

Marriage should not connect to religion any more, so there is no point in having both civil partnerships and marriage.

Marriage has never had a fixed definition and gay people deserve the same chance at a happy life that straight people get. It is popular within the country and most of the western world as it has been a long time coming, the road has been so long most people now either agree with it or don't care.

Love isn't a choice, if someone is inlove and in a happy relationship then they should be able to get married.

If you liked someone but some straight person told you that you can’t be happy with them, how would that make you feel

If you were in a position where you loved someone so deeply that you wanted to marry them, why should you be stopped based on what gender they are

The divorce rate is higher amongst heterosexual couples, compared to gay couples. This shows that gay marriage is just as stable, if not, even more stable as shown by statistics.

It's not "gay marriage" it's just marriage. Marriage is a commitment between two people who choose that, regardless of gender or sexual orientation.

If a gay couple has the right to express their sexuality and be in a gay relationship, then why are not to be in a gay marriage. The fact many churches are denying gay couples the right to be married is not only homophobic and discriminatory, but this would encourage others to be homophobic and discriminatory towards them which would be a violation of the Equality Act 2010. Just like a straight couple, gay couples are capable of demonstrating the same level of love and commitment which is just as worthy of marriage. The religious stigma surrounding gay marriage must be banished to the past and churches strongly encouraged to welcome gay couples with open arms. Equality is key!

I think you should agree with gay marriage as if it affects someone’s life that two men or two women want to get married, then I don’t personally understand as it doesn’t affect their life’s, who aren’t necessarily agreeing with it.

LGBTQIA+ people, at the end of the day, are human. Would you deprive a right to a person, to a human?

The Equality Act 2010 protects all British people from unlawful discrimination, and therefore effectively prohibits marriage to be exclusively for relationships between men and women only.

Because gay people as individuals have equal rights to straight so therefore marriage shouldn’t be an issue

I have no actual physical or proven information, but is their any reason or evidence that it is negatively affecting anyone in a malicious way

The discrimination against same sex couples creates a massive toll on their mental health. Studies show that same sex partners experience depressive symptoms: 9.36 RDP/CU when unmarried vs 3.66 when married, as well as problematic drinking: RDP/CU - 11.42 when unmarried and 3.66 when married.

the bible states to treat everyone like thy neighbor which means everyone should be treated equally.

Gay couples are human. Straight couples are human. What's the difference? So long as everyone's consenting, it's alright.

It does not hurt anyone else personally. If someone was to say marriage is for raising children, then this would stop couples without children or unable to have children from participating.

https://theweek.com/articles/528746/origins-marriage

'Through marriage, a woman became a man's property.'

"For thousands of years, love was almost considered a threat to marriage, because this could lead young people into defying their parents' attempts to arrange a good political and economic alliance with other families," Stephanie Coontz, a marriage historian at the Council on Contemporary Families, said to Connecticut Public Radio.

Gay couples are human. Straight couples are human. What's the difference? So long as everyone's consenting, it's alright.

In 2021, the majority of divorces were among same sex couples, 1.4% of the divorces were same sex couples. (Source: www.ons.gov.uk)

Hitler tried to eradicate homosexuals, and therefore people who disapprove of same sex marriage theoretically support one of Hitler's vile ideologies

Not granting the right to marriage means homosexual relationships are not viewed as equal to heterosexual relationships so is inherently discriminatory

If a couple wants to get married then they should be able to get married. It is nothing to do with anyone other than the couple so people should be able to get married no matter what gender or sexuality without opinions and discrimination from others.

Gay marriage is no different to straight marriage, it is the joining of two people in an act of love

What’s the difference
Let everyone live their live
You don’t decide for other people and gays doesn’t bother you

How would you feel if you were not allowed to marry the person you loved or stigmatised for being yourself?

It’s not your life or the decisions that you decide to make yourself happy. They don’t judge you so don’t judge them.

Everyone should have the right to marry who they so please. No one should be denied this right, regardless of sexuality or gender.

The anti gay marriage agenda is pushed by religion, they say gay people are trying to push their lifestyle on them and it can damage children. At no point has anyone stood on a high street and told me to be gay, but every day I see people preaching at me to turn to god, who are the ones trying to force their lifestyle onto others. Religion is the leading cause of war and one of the leading causes of poverty, yet people of the same sex whom happen to share a bed, who contribute to society by paying their taxes and their bills seem to be the larger issue, where is the sense in that?

In the UK, the legalization of same-sex marriage has had numerous positive impacts, both socially and economically. Since the legalization in 2014, there has been a significant increase in public support for same-sex marriage, indicating a positive shift in attitudes towards equality and inclusivity. According to a survey conducted by YouGov in 2021, around 76% of UK adults now support same-sex marriage, showing a strong majority in favor of equality in marriage rights.

Moreover, the economic benefits of legalizing same-sex marriage are substantial. A study by the Williams Institute estimated…  Read more that the UK economy could benefit by up to £2.4 billion over a decade due to increased weddings, tourism, and spending related to same-sex marriages.

What other people do in their relationships is none of your business. If you are against gay marriage; don’t be gay and get married.

Love has nothing to do with opinions of other people. Let people love who they love and therfore marry who they want to.

I believe there are more successful marriages in same sex relationships than in man/woman relationships

the marriage argument is actually loosing it's touch since marriage is declining since many people don't see the need to get married.

Marriage is an intimate and personal bond with someone that you love and someone that you've decided you want to spend the rest of your life with. If a person disagrees with gay marriage, then they don't have to participate in it, but I believe that it is unfair to deny two people the life they want to live, merely because they love a person of the same gender.

Would you wish your child to live an unhappy unfulfilled life if they were gay and wanting to get married but couldn’t?

It is not the business of other people to determine who is able to marry who, as nobody has the right to interfere in relationships as long as they are genuine.

- Same-sex couples should have the same rights as heterosexual couples. Marriage is a fundamental right that should be available to all couples, regardless of their sexual orientation.
- Marriage provides many benefits for couples, including financial security, legal protections, and social support. Same-sex couples should be able to enjoy these benefits just like heterosexual couples.
- Children of same-sex couples do just as well as children of heterosexual couples. There is no evidence that children of same-sex couples are any worse off than children of heterosexual couples.
- Opposing same-sex marriage is discriminatory. There is no good reason to oppose same-sex marriage. It is simply a matter of personal opinion.

heterosexual couples are more likely to be in a DV relationship, gay couples are not a threat nor are they harming anyone, even each other.

There are no statistics involved.

It's just a case of those that don't view it as acceptable as gaining some morality and not blindly following their faith.

It does not effect you nor is it any of your concern there is no need to convince anybody of what is right in this situation.

All of us are human beings at the end of the day. Before labeling each other with the religion we follow or the people we choose to love. Everyone must realize this fact and act like it. Same-sex marriage is more than important in today’s time as the world is progressing.

Moreover, people can finally be themselves and own their individuality. Just because someone does not love a person from the opposite sex, it does not make them wrong. We can love anyone we want.

In addition, it is better to spend the rest of your life with someone from the same sex you love rather from the opposite sex…  Read more whom you don’t even like. People will obviously lead happy lives with their loved ones rather than being forced to marry someone.

Because it provides important tax benefits and improved equality for same sex couples. With the legal document of marriage it allows them to have greater equality.

I diagree with the proposition: the onus should be on the No side to evidence tangile risks/disadvantages to denying a gay couple the same fundemntal rights that hetrosexual couples enjoy.

gay marriage has been legal in the UK since 2010 and it would be regressive and archaic to reverse this.

Marriage is a sign of love, that you'll love each other to the end. A gay couple, much like a straight couple, want to get married because they too want to show that they're in love.

Contextually, the 2013 Marriage Act protects religious groups while ensuring civil equality. Data from the British Social Attitudes Survey shows that 78% of the public supports same-sex marriage, a massive shift from 17% in 1983. Since marriage carries over 1,000 legal rights regarding tax and pensions (upheld by the Supreme Court), denying it based on gender creates a system of 'second-class citizenship' that harms the financial and mental wellbeing of thousands of UK families.

Love should be the main focus. What does someone else’s life choices have to do with you? Does it affect your sleep? Does it affect your daily life? No? Then why are you so concerned about it.

Basic human decency and the desire to enable people to let people live their lifes as freely as possible should be enough to support gay marriage

I’ve grown up with oeople who are in the LGBT community in the family, who have had to deal with homophobic family members. Those family members have even saw sense eventually and accepted them for who they are and who they love but there’s no need for the treatment they received at the time of coming out until they were accepted.

There should be no need to convince anyone that equal rights should be legal.. when there is a need for that then we are already in a dark place. And when one group looses their freedom all others will follow

Relationships and marriage should be defined according to personal choice within the confines of the law. When the law fails to be representative of a large proportion of the community, it should be investigated as to whether that law should be changed. Of course there are certain moral safeguarding and ethical boundaries around age of consent and age of marriage that should always be in play, but the more Love and happiness there is In the world the better it is for everybody. A large percentage of the population are LGBTQIA plus so the idea that a straight man and a woman is the only type of relationship that deserves to be recognised in law is very outdated, Und democratic and non-representative of the population.

I heard that male to male marriages have lower divorce rates than male to female and female to female.

I am not aware of any evidence to suggest that gay marriage has had any negative impacts on society.

Plenty of research shows homosexuality isn't a choice, but a trait. How can you describe and refuse the right to love and commit to a commenting adult.

There aren't any statistics needed for this, the number of gay marriages increases every year. Denying gay marriage is archaic, conservative and just plain bigoted.

It's baffling to me that anyone should oppose gay marriage so I can't really provide anything here. There are no valid reasons to oppose it.

Gay Marriage is allowed by the churches through choice of the church trustees and supported by the minister through virtue of registration with the GRO and local registry office to preform the ceremony so if it offends you change where you worship and if you think it effects you outside of church...how many gay people do you walk past without knowing, how many are married, can you tell? No, so what's the problem, people are in love so it shouldn't matter.

I don't get angry when a man and women get married because how petty would I have to be to get angry at that. I feel the same for same sex marriage.

Everyone should have the same rights when it comes to marriage and love, gay marriage is as much a dedication and commitment as - heterosexual marriage.

It's just a legal contract between 2 people, who cares what their gender/sex is. What about intersex people, who should they be allowed to marry? There are more intersex people than redheads. If religious organisations don't want to recognise gay marriage that is their business, but marriage is primarily a legal agreement between two adults.

Being gay is not a choice, nor is it harmful. Gay people are the same as straight people therefore should have the same equal rights as straight people. Marriage should be between two consenting adults, no matter their race, gender or sexuality.

Whatever makes you horny is your own business. If I (a woman) want to marry a woman who makes me horny, why do you care? love is love!

Gay people have the ability to love others just as straight people do. To gay marriage would be cruel.

Gay marriages don't harm anyone, and marriage is becoming less about religion and more about love so let people be who they want to be and be with who they want to be with.

I strongly detest any form of religious interference in government.
What a couple wishes to do is their private business.

It is not a choice to be gay and so it should not be something frowned upon or something shamed. Marriage is a right anyone should be entitled to

There are 268,522 people in same-sex marriages in the UK. It would not be fair to nullify their marriages.

there was 2411 same-sex marriages in 2014 when it was legalised, this suggests many partnerships of same-sex have the same amount of love and compatibility as opposite-sex couples.

Someone doesn’t have to agree with my view on Gay Marriage.Everyone is allowed to have their own beliefs and opinion.

Even in religious groups, individuals support gay marriage. 77% of Jews, 60% of catholics, 84% of Buddhist's. If the majority of religion supportive individuals support this idea, why isn't it allowed? Even in the bible, the most followed religious text, there is no mention of homosexuality being a "sin".

Leviticus 8:22
“Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.”