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Re:Bezos pledges $2.6M to support same sex marriage by 3am_hackernews on Friday July 27, 2012 @12:45PM (#4302274)
Why should the government endorse practices only supported by you? You are not special.

Marriage should not be a purely religious ceremony. It should be an individual's choice, consent of both the partners.

I don't agree that a religious institution HAS to validate/conduct a religious ceremony. Again, it should be left to the individual.

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Re:Bezos pledges $2.6M to support same sex marriage by learc83 on Friday July 27, 2012 @01:05PM (#4302385)
>Why should the government endorse practices only supported by you? You are not special.

I don't. However ~50% of American's don't support it.

At the same time I don't think there is a legal reason to ban gay marriage.

This is a proposed compromise between both sides.

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Re:Bezos pledges $2.6M to support same sex marriage by 3am_hackernews on Friday July 27, 2012 @04:45PM (#4303498)
I would strongly contest that statistic you came up with. Please provide a source for it. While I appreciate that you don't think that gay marriage is illegal, I am not sure if I understand your basis of accepting a compromise.
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