re: Gallup, June 2021 polling: majority of republicans now support gay marriage.

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There isn't a serious discussion about it now

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We’re about 6 trillion in already

I don’t like calling it marriage, and I do not want churches to be required to perform ceremonies against their teachings, but I see no reason why two consenting adults should be barred from forming community property and having access to the same rights, obligations, privileges, and insurance benefits as heterosexual married couples. It is asinine and arbitrary from an equal rights perspective to oppose homosexual marriage equality.

In a perfect world, marriage would have no tax or insurance consequences, be none of the government’s business, and would be a purely religious/cultural distinction rather than an administrative classification, but until then, legalization, in general, is the correct policy.

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oppose all government sanctioned marriages. Marriage is a religious ceremony and the government has no place to regulate it with the exception of protecting minors

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Civil marriage and religious marriages have no inherent bearing whatsoever on each other except that they are both called marriages.

It’s amazing to me that much of the opposition to gay marriage comes from the mere use of the word As if using the word marriage somehow impacts traditional religious marriages in any way.

You can be conservative and not care about it. I also think prostitution should be legal. If I take a girl on a date, pay for her to have a good time, and take her to a hotel to have sex, that is perfectly legal. If I hire a prostitute and pay her to go to a hotel to have sex, it is illegal. Government should not have a say in something that is a decision between two consenting adults.

Now, I understand the slippery slope and holy shite were the early 2000 Republicans right in everything they foresaw. Gender fluidity, pronouns, and tranies are just the start.

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Be prepared for people to claim that the poll is false

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It wouldn't necessarily surprise if it were relatively accurate, as accurate as polls can be that is. But then again, if you're one of the many whose first instinct is to be highly skeptical of any and all polls (like I tend to be) is there any particular reason to arbitrarily shed that skepticism-by-default in the specific case of this one poll??

After all, most every political campaign conducts their own internal polling despite the fact that there are "public" polls on the same exact subject matter. I can only assume that's because they too don't have a whole lot of faith in these polls.

There is no such thing as same sex marriage. Marriage has its origin and definition in the Bible, which is clear about what marriage is.

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There is no such thing as same sex marriage. Marriage has its origin and definition in the Bible, which is clear about what marriage is.

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The Bible is not relevant to the legality of same sex marriages.

And LOL at thinking that marriage is a purely biblical concept

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Ok. Then on what basis should the government be able to restrict the ability of two consenting adults from entering into a contract?

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I would raise two points:

1. You are correct in that marriage in this country is
considered a contract. I think this needs to stop.
Obviously if two people want to have a lawyer draw
up a contract outlining their social situation they
should be able to do so, but I agree with the
person above who thinks marriage itself should be
considered a social or religiously sanctioned
arrangement, not a legal one. Make laws concerning
children and have them apply to everyone, married
or not.

2. Upon what basis should the number of people who
wish to enter into a contract be limited to two?

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majority of republicans now support gay marriage.

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Support or indifferent? Because those words have different meanings.