What question SHOULD be asked re: gay marriage?

[MonkeyFunk]

It seems there's so many ways to phrase the question, so many nuances, and so many ways to dance around it.

Which question would you most like to see asked directly of the candidates?

Note that each question opens the door to certain obfuscations, dodges and "clarifications". But which one best gets to the heart of the question you want answered?

[Captain Angry]

1. I'd ask a little differently.

If two people are in love, and wish to be together for the rest of their lives, can you think of any reason at all that they should be treated any differently just because they're homosexual?

[Athens30603]

2. I'd ask...

What is the states compelling interest in regulating marriage in any case?

[newyawker99]

19. Hi Athens30603!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Athens30603]

24. Thanks!

Thanks! Glad to be here. :)

[Zenlitened]

3. I like that.

:hi:

[Captain Angry]

10. Thanks.

It seems so easy for me.

I don't know why it becomes a land mine for some people.

[WindRavenX]

4. I chose option #6: "constitutional right"

The reason is that I am using is that how you *personally* feel about gay marriage is irrelevant--it's about upholding what the constitution promises. I reason that there is no logical way to constitutionally deny gay marriage.

Edwards can be personally against gay marriage the way that many candidates are personally against abortion--it's irrelevant when it comes down to your constitutional rights, though.

Is there any way to weasel this answer I gave?

[TahitiNut]

5. "Where, on your list of world problems, is someone loving someone else??"

:eyes:

[Lautremont]

6. I'm so fed up with the general spinelessness on this that my question

would probably come out like "The fuck, dude, did you know this was the twenty-first century?"

[WindRavenX]

7. Oh man. I *wish* that could be asked.

bill hicks had a great routine on the stupidity of the world and all the cool shit we COULD be doing instead of fighting over mindless, pointless bullshit.

[foreigncorrespondent]

8. Other...

...it needs to be defined as marriage equality, nothing more, nothing less.

[LostinVA]

22. Bingo

[TygrBright]

9. "So whatthehell izzit to you if two other people who love each other want to make a life commitment?

And whythehell should I care what YOU think?

crankily,
Bright

[uppityperson]

11. What is "marriage"? Here is a bit longer...

Define marriage and how should it be regulated and WHY should it be regulated?

To put it more rudely:
Should people have to show their genitals to get married? Should they be required to have sex with each other, in front of witnesses, just to make sure that they are capable? Then why does a couple's sexuality or lack thereof have ANYTHING to do with being able to marry?

[hunter]

12. You say you don't support gay marriage? What's wrong with you?

1. I am a Religious homophobic bigot.

2. I am a homophobic non-religious bigot.

3. I worry someone might think I'm gay. (I'm not. No, really, I'm not.)

4. Homosexual couples make me uncomfortable. They shouldn't kiss and hold hands like that.

5. Think of the children! They will be harmed if they see happy gay married couples.

6. It's unnatural.

7. It's Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. (Hah. I crack myself up whenever I say that.)

8. Guys shouldn't wear pink.

9. Gay marriage is almost as bad as breastfeeding in the Olive Garden.

10. Duh. Drool. Scratch crotch. Huh?

[Berry Cool]

13. How about this:

"If you recognize the right of two people to marry regardless of race, do you also recognize the right of two people to marry regardless of sex? And if not, can you come up with an explanation that doesn't make you sound like a Southern politician in the 1960s preaching about the evils of miscegenation and how it is expressly prohibited by the Bible?"

It'd be interesting to see the reaction to that.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

14. should gay marriage be legal?

regardless, i suspect the best answer we are going to get (aside from kucinich) is the answer kerry gave during the debates. i believe he was in favor of civil unions with equal rights to marriage, but not called marriage.

[Tesha]

15. "What, exactly, are you afraid of?"

"What, exactly, are you afraid of?"

And don't allow platitudes for answers; demand concrete
answers.

Tesha

[baldguy]

16. Why should the state regulate what is an essentially religious rite?

Human rights must include the right to choose who to fall in love with.

[xfundy]

17. "Are you afraid if gay marriage is legalized...

...that you or your constituents will abandon your wives and run off to marry another man? Why or why not, if marriage equality is such a fucking 'threat to the family'?"

[H2O Man]

18. Other.

The only question should be, "Do you take this person as your lawfully wedded spouse?"

I understand and appreciate your poll. It saddens me that this is still an issue in 2007.

[Orsino]

20. "Do you want people voting on whether YOU can marry?" n/t

[LeftHander]

21. "Should you touch gay people with a ten or twelve foot pole...?"

That is how those questions sound.

The question is a non-question... but more a statement.

Same sex couples should have every right that other couples have.

PERIOD.

[StudentsMustUniteNow]

23. *Yawn*

I thought 2004 was about this.