Comments about ‘Chaffetz leads fight against D.C. gay marriage law’

Rep. Chaffetz, I applaud your strength and valor in speaking your mind and for standing up for what you know is right and true. Too many are sitting on the sidelines. Choose The Right. Open your mouths and don't sit the fence. It seems as if every deviant organization in the world stands up and marches and makes their voices heard. It's true that the meek will inherit the earth, but the children of the meek will have to live with what happens NOW.

for each of us to stand up for what we believe and hold dear.
If you believe that marriage should be defined as between a man and a woman, let your voice be heard.
If you feel otherwise, do the same.
If we do not speak up NOW, we will not be heard!!!

Why dont they send it to the people in D.C and let them decide. elected people always think they are smarter than voters, and act like they are little kids. They need to let the voters be heard for a change. I have heard both parties and it gets old on both sides.

No Chaffetz, this is your team's favorite issue. And that's why your team is losing.

Marion Barry?? Crack-head convicted criminal Marion Barry?? To his civil war, I say, "bring it on."

The DC ordinance doesn't hurt my marriage, and it doesn't hurt yours. Let the residents of our nation's capital enjoy the right to marry.

Congratulations to Maine. 5th state to grant same sex marriage

Why are Republicans so obsessed with gay marriage? Don't they have bigger issues to worry about?

No wonder it's the minority party.

Because of people like Chaffetz, we must rely on the courts for justice. Chaffetz believes he respresents the will of the majority, and perhaps he does. Yet as a lawmaker, he must protect the rights of the minority.

"Will of the majority" often ignores the Constitution.

The team that will lose in the long run will be those who favor same sex marriage. It is against the rules of nature and against the nature of God. Until those who are proponents of same sex marriage understand this simple fact.

Go has defined marriage between man and woman. Marriage is gender driven and should remain as such.

there could be six states that allow same sex CIVIL marriage. New York just like DC recognizes marriages performed out of state. Mr Chaffetz, you've already lost the tide favors same sex CIVIL marriage. Equality for same sex couples

@ observing...
Shout as loud as you want in your church. Keep your religion out of my government.

Marriage is, like it or not, a LEGAL status. You don't get a marriage license from a church. It is inequitable to deny some citizens a legal right while conferring it to others. And please don't get started with all the slippery slope arguments.

Thank goodness I voted for Jason. Cannon wouldn't have had the guts! Marriage, and it's definition wasn't an issue until the G/L's made it an issue by trying to undermine a centuries old moral mandate. The last time this happened is recorded in the story of Sodom and Gomora (sp). Unfortunately, with our present president and liberal congress, Jason and his backers will have a tough time saving this nation.

...and the right of two men to register at Pottery Barn threatens your marriage how?

Everyone in DC already has the same right to marry... someone of the opposite sex. Why do we need SPECIAL rights for people who just want to be different?

Marriage has always been defined for thousands of years as between man and woman. It's only in the last few years that the issue has become a tool of the agressive gay agenda trying to "normalize" and "legitimize" their lifestyle choices. And to ram it down the rest of society's throats. Marriage has legal rammifcations; and gay marriage can and will lead to legal off-shoots that are highly destructive to our society and the family. And that is not being homophobic, it's a reality. What's next, legitimize Polygamy? Same legal footing. What about Polyandry? What about man-boy love association relationships? Marry a nephew or neice? Pandora is laughing; her box is wide-open.

The real solution is to abolish government-sanctioned marriage altogether. Any two individuals should be able to enter into a legal contract that would guarantee the protections that gays are pushing for in demanding marriage. They could still be "married" through a religious ceremony if they choose.

to "Go.."

Marriage is not about registering at the Pottery Barn. Marriage is about a man and a woman entering into what is essentially a religious rite that has been hijacked by the federal govt. This could lead to relgions being forced to recognize marriages that to some are seen as mocking God.

You want your union legally recognized. Fine! That's what civil unions are for. Leave God out of it!

Zippy...

You're right, but I don't know if that is going to be good enough for gay people. That want what they want and they're going to push until they get it!

Why do Utahns keep electing these bigots?

What's next? Will Jason will try to make interracial marriages illegal? Then reinstate segregation? Take the right to vote away from women? Make the LDS Church the official Church of Utah, which we will all be required to join or face deportation to Colorado?

I am giving Adolph Buttars some good ideas for next year. I better stop.