- Signatures: 270
- Goal: 100,000
- Deadline: Ongoing...
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Email this PetitionConsider the following facts:
According to the Family Violence Prevention Fund, women are more likely to be killed by their own husband or intimate male partner than by a stranger.
According to The Bureau of Justice statistics, children under 5 years of age are more likely to be killed by their own (heterosexual) parents and caregivers than by a stranger.
In 2004, there were approximately 627,400 nonfatal intimate partner victimizations in the U.S.
According to The Family Violence Prevention Fund, 50% of men who frequently abuse their wives also frequently abuse their children.
According to Child Welfare Information Gateway, as of September 30, 2003, there were an estimated 523,000 children in foster care (because of abuse, neglect or inability to care for them by there heterosexual parents).
According to The U.S. Divorce Statistics
2.5 million divorce each year as of 1997;
50% of first marriages ended in divorce;
380,000 women were stalked by a husband or ex-husband;
52,000 men are stalked by a wife or ex-wife.
As of 2000 1,365,000 married men and women did not live together.
According to WomenSavers research 22% of married men and 14% of married women cheat on their spouses.
The people signing this petition wish to stop Heterosexuals from making legislation governing (gay) marriage until they take responsibility for there own immoral, violent behavior and demonstrate they can repair the sancitiy of there own marriages.
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | State | Do you think the violence and immorality in Heterosexual marriage can be repaired? | Any sugestions to representitives and community leaders? | Other comments about this petition: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 272 | 7:24 am PDT, Oct 30 | Ms. | Traci Smiley | Texas | |||
| 271 | 6:47 pm PDT, Sep 13 | Ms. | Deborah Lilley | Pennsylvania | |||
| 270 | 1:20 pm PDT, Sep 7 | Ms. | Anonymous | ||||
| 268 | 12:58 am PDT, Aug 29 | Jessica Bazzini | California | ||||
| 267 | 3:27 am PDT, Aug 27 | Mrs. | Claire Rowe | ||||
| 266 | 2:14 pm PDT, Jul 30 | Anh Phung | California | No. I have experienced both foster care & have been victimized by a male partner. Gender & sexual orientation are no markers of human decency & morality. | |||
| 265 | 1:32 pm PDT, Jul 21 | Sheena Love | Alabama | ||||
| 264 | 8:12 pm PDT, Jun 20 | Mr. | Michael Owens | Virginia | |||
| 263 | 6:22 pm PDT, Jun 8 | suzanne searle | Massachusetts | ||||
| 262 | 12:46 pm PDT, Jun 7 | Mrs. | Anonymous | ||||
| 261 | 7:46 pm PDT, Jun 3 | Mr. | Aaron Roberts | Michigan | Some. | Equal rights for all. | |
| 260 | 10:22 pm PDT, May 30 | Ms. | Jaclyn Morales | Florida | |||
| 259 | 8:26 pm PDT, May 27 | Ms. | Jocelyn Thompson | Texas | I hope so, someday. | Read the constitution. 1st Amendment. Establishment Clause. Stop bringing Jesus into politics, he doesn't belong there. | See to the left. |
| 258 | 2:06 pm PDT, May 25 | Mr. | Reuben Harbuck | Maryland | Yes, if people will understand the sanctity of marriage, regardless of religious views. Getting married isn't a "happy ending". It is a promise to love and to care for each other, especially when things get tough. | Instead of bashing gays for wanting equal rights as non-gays, why don't you promote the good values of a healthy marriage? Attack the ideas of promiscuity. Emphasize the damage it can have on one's conscience. | The 60's "free love" concept was one made by people who were high on drugs. They confused love with lust. Love freely, but for goodness sake, don't be whores! :) |
| 257 | 5:51 pm PDT, May 23 | Eugene Danker | Georgia | ||||
| 256 | 8:19 pm PDT, May 22 | Mr. | Reid Newton | ||||
| 255 | 1:38 am PDT, May 21 | Cassandra P | California | No. That's a pipe dream at best. | Get over the bigotry and stop saying there is such thing as a "gay agenda" when the true statement should be "there is a heterosexual agenda of discrimination and bigotry". | ||
| 254 | 8:47 pm PDT, May 19 | Mr. | Scott Siminofsky | Florida | Not in my lifetime. | ||
| 253 | 2:06 pm PDT, May 19 | Ms. | Ostara Ericksson | Oregon | repaired?? its always been this way. every nation throughout history has been built on abused children. Open your mind outside of our western culture, and think about how much more prevalent abuse in families has always been. This is an unanswerable question. To stop abuse of any kind would be the answer to societies problems, but is just not realistic. | split America into separate more sustainable countries. | "I wish for freedom, liberty, peace, love and respect for all "mankind"." from a few lines down by Mr. Kris Wirth is beautiful and poignant and should be the final argument on any of these topics. |
| 252 | 1:30 pm PDT, May 19 | Mr. | Pedro Ezcurra | California | |||
| 251 | 1:02 pm PDT, May 19 | Mrs. | Jennifer Spires | Ohio | I honestly don't know | Pay more attention and have more help for abused women and children | I think what 2 consenting adults do has NO affect on anyone else's life, marriage or anything of the sort. I fully support Gay Marriage. I am a GLBT activist who wants equal rights for all. Those who are discriminating do so because of how insecure and hate-filled they are. However, like all those who are of the GLBT community and support them, I to will keep fighting for equal rights for all. |
| 250 | 10:48 am PDT, May 19 | wendy christopher | Tennessee | ||||
| 249 | 10:45 am PDT, May 19 | Timothy Childree | Georgia | I am heterosexual, so I know that the violence and immorality shown by some heterosexuals is not pandemic to all, and I also know that the hatred held in the hearts of a vocal minority is not prevalent in the hearts of all. Sexual preference does not affect disposition...nature and nurture combine to turn some people into monsters, regardless of their orientation, and the hetero community needs to quit looking at themselves as somehow better than the GLBT community. Only then can they repair their own problems. | |||
| 248 | 1:18 pm PDT, May 8 | Ms. | Anna Hutchings | California | It depends on the people your dealing with. | Yes. Last I looked there was this law that separated religion and government. But that was yesterday. | |
| 247 | 12:07 pm PDT, Apr 21 | Ms. | Panama City, florida | Florida | No, god gave us free will and that will always mean that people can choose what they do, how they feel, and most important who they are. I believe in order for it to change than people need to help spread the word of god. | I believe that this is amazing, I do not believe that is fair for these heterosexuls to tell us we can not be happily married to the same sex but they rape and abuse there wife/husbands, and kids. So i believe in this petition all the way. | |
| 246 | 2:27 am PDT, Apr 19 | Anonymous | Florida | ||||
| 245 | 10:31 am PDT, Apr 11 | Ms. | Lori Matsushita | California | |||
| 244 | 10:43 pm PDT, Apr 9 | Ms. | Starr Weigand | ||||
| 243 | 5:20 am PDT, Apr 6 | Laurie Snyder | Arizona | Only if people stop worrying so much about what their neighbors are doing and focus on their own marriage. | Legalize Gay Marriage!!! Once upon a time it was illegal for a black man to marry a white woman. We changed that law because it was wrong. This needs to change as well!! | A homosexual couple getting married should have absolutely no effect on a heterosexual's marriage. | |
| 242 | 7:42 pm PDT, Mar 29 | Ms. | Patricia Mullen | New York | |||
| 241 | 8:44 pm PDT, Mar 25 | Ryan P | Florida | ||||
| 240 | 5:56 pm PDT, Mar 19 | Mr. | Jacob Green | Arkansas | Yes! | Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name. And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. - 1 Corinthians 1 | Heterosexuality involves union between two people of different genders. It is the natural way that human beings and most animals reproduce. Heterosexual attraction is natural; that is, men for women, and women for men. Heterosexual union within marriage is the only form of sexual activity endorsed by God as His Word as revealed in the Bible. |
| 239 | 11:40 am PDT, Mar 19 | amy rea | Texas | ||||
| 238 | 3:02 pm PDT, Mar 10 | Valerie Tierney | New Jersey | I think that if gay marriage was legal, people would stop focusing so much on what others do behind closed door and more on their own families. | Yes! Legalize gay marriage, please. Don't like gay marriage? Don't have one. | Keep your laws of my body and out of my bedroom! | |
| 237 | 7:19 am PDT, Mar 10 | Mrs. | Anonymous | North Carolina | If people are willing to try maybe. It depends on each couple and their circustances. | ||
| 236 | 11:09 am PST, Mar 7 | Mr. | kris wirth | Idaho | Violence and immorality exist within all aspects of society.[not only marriage].Please try to remember ,it takes a bird and a bee to create a life.[If marrige is so bad why do it anyway]? I wouldn`t.The whole concept seems outdated.Heterosexual marrige is not the problem,marrige in and of itself is. | Civil union.Respect the differences while granting "equal rights" to all,[ with all the advantages and benefits of the law].Is this to much of a compromise? | Please forgive my lingual shortcomings.I wish for freedom, liberty, peace, love and respect for all "mankind". |
| 235 | 2:05 am PST, Mar 7 | Ms. | Johhnie Barker | New Jersey | iF THEY TRY BUT MOST LIKELY THEY WONT! | How can u judge ppl for being diffenent?you love who u love.Stop picking on gays when obviously thier not the ones beating thier wive,abusing thier children,divorcing 5 months later after they say 'i do' and abandoning thier commitment!Check you're self before checking other ppl you don't understand! | |
| 234 | 12:47 pm PST, Mar 6 | Rev. Zak Zennii | Pennsylvania | Only if we as a culture can learn to value honesty and cooperation. | Please review the Bill of Rights, specifically, the "Establishment clause". No religion's prejudices have any place whatsoever in the government. Please also, stop pandering to the special interests that want prejudice written into law. To do so is to violate the constitution you're supposed to be upholding. | Marriage is ultimately about love and commitment, not politics. | |
| 233 | 4:13 pm PST, Mar 4 | Vicky Long | Wisconsin | ||||
| 232 | 11:27 pm PST, Mar 3 | Mr. | stephen brown | Missouri | |||
| 231 | 10:08 am PST, Feb 15 | Mrs. | Lynda Harding | ||||
| 230 | 8:20 am PST, Feb 11 | Mr. | Paul Murphy | Florida | NO | WHAT HAPPENED TO "ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL"? APPARENTLY - GAY MEN AND WOMEN ARE NOT! LAWMAKERS NEED TO READ THE CONSTITUTION AND APPLY IT EQUALLY TO ALL CITIZENS IN THE UNITED STATES! | UNDER THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE IN THE CONSTITUTION, I FAIL TO UNDERSTAND HOW LAWS BANNING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE CAN BE LEGAL - SINCE THEY ARE BASED ON RELIGOUS BELIEFS!?? ALL UNIONS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED "CIVIL UNIONS" BECAUSE YOU GET "MARRIED" IN CHURCH AND IT IS RECOGNIZED BY "THE CHURCH" - THEREFORE, IT FALLS UNDER..."CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW..." GO READ THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE! |
| 229 | 2:14 pm PST, Feb 7 | Molly Hughes-hallett | |||||
| 228 | 6:48 am PST, Jan 29 | Peggy Watts | Tennessee | No | Don't discriminate against gays because some worn out religion tells you to. | ||
| 227 | 1:19 pm PST, Jan 26 | Mrs. | Becky sayre | Missouri | |||
| 226 | 10:29 pm PST, Jan 6 | Mr. | Anonymous | Oregon | |||
| 225 | 2:28 pm PST, Dec 23 | Ms. | Alicia Katz | Michigan | if they try to | stop picking on homosexual relations when heterosexual relations cant even be fixed | |
| 224 | 8:35 pm PST, Dec 19 | Robert Jenkins | Virginia | no | recognize MY freedom of religion | ||
| 223 | 5:53 pm PST, Dec 13 | Mr. | Ari R. Kolman | We've got to eliminate Hate of the GLBT Community, and this is a wonderful way to get everyone more aware of the fact that we need everyone's help.. | We will get everyone to grow up and stop Hating. I will be working until I die to do this. They say they are not Homophobic but they are worse, they are Big Homophobes and they're encouraging too many others to also be that way.. Who do they think they are "Jesus". Poor Jesus, He's flipping in his grave. Separate but equal will no longer be tolerated. | Those who take advantage of Gays & Lesbians but never Fight for our Rights need to give back, and here is the perfect opportunity. | |
| 222 | 11:01 am PST, Nov 18 | K Schmidt | Colorado | I believe we all hope it could, but they have to want to change. The government is not helping in training men and women to kill. How do they stop those thoughts as soon as they are released from service without help, which they are not getting from our government and neither did the men from previous wars and then passed it down to the children. We weren't born with hate, and prejudice it was taught to men by men. | Start treating human beings with equality,compassion, and kindness no matter how much they differ from you and your beliefs. NOT FEAR AND CONTROL. You religious leaders are not following nor reading the bible in its true context. | ||
| 221 | 11:19 pm PST, Nov 16 | Ms. | Lorin King | Texas | |||
| 220 | 2:25 pm PST, Nov 14 | Ms. | Savannah Pollock | Georgia | Yes...but only if everyone works toward that goal. | ||
| 219 | 8:25 pm PST, Nov 13 | Ms. | Liz B. | California | Yes, but it will take work. I think straight people don't value marriage because they can just go to Vegas for a quickie marriage, then get divorced when it doesn't work out or they get sick of each other. | Keep their religious views out of government. We all don't share the same religious beliefs. This country was founded on religious freedom, free to believe, or not as we choose. | |
| 218 | 8:35 pm PST, Nov 12 | Robin Green | Florida | ||||
| 217 | 1:04 am PST, Nov 10 | Ms. | Hailey Gould | ||||
| 216 | 9:55 pm PDT, Oct 25 | Brittany Yarrington | Michigan | ||||
| 215 | 5:51 am PDT, Oct 23 | Ms. | Amanda Watkins | Colorado | |||
| 214 | 11:30 am PDT, Oct 22 | Ms. | Tammy L Caudle | Colorado | |||
| 213 | 10:24 am PDT, Oct 21 | Mr. | Danny Warner | California | No. | Tax the religious organizations. Why should they get preferential treatment? Think of Fred Phelps and his hate campaign. | |
| 212 | 8:17 pm PDT, Oct 18 | Ms. | Tashia Mccarty | Maryland | |||
| 211 | 10:33 am PDT, Oct 18 | Mrs. | Renee Moore | Alabama | Keep their religious views and personal morales / Values out of government. We all don't share the same religious beliefs. | ||
| 210 | 10:28 am PDT, Oct 18 | Ms. | Brittany Finch | New York | |||
| 209 | 8:00 am PDT, Oct 18 | Ms. | Mieke Bernaards | ||||
| 208 | 5:15 am PDT, Oct 18 | Sigrid De Ruyck | |||||
| 207 | 11:26 pm PDT, Oct 16 | Mrs. | Pam Boland | Georgia | |||
| 206 | 5:32 pm PDT, Oct 14 | Mary Waschow | Wisconsin | No. Some things are just inate in people and violence and immorality are very difficult to repair. | Religion & State are supposed to be separate. If you follow the rules, then Gay Marriage should be allowed. Regardless, it is a right of every American. | ||
| 205 | 2:43 pm PDT, Oct 14 | Ms. | Christy Tucker | Alabama | It will take a miracle! | When 2 people who are commited to one another whether heterosexual or homosexual, should be able to marry. | There is no law against love. |
| 204 | 3:54 pm PDT, Oct 7 | Renee Wise | Michigan | ||||
| 203 | 3:18 pm PDT, Oct 3 | Mrs. | Mona Mehas | Indiana | Vioence is a result of a sick mind, regardless of sexuality. | All people should be allowed to choose who they love and marry. | |
| 202 | 6:02 pm PDT, Oct 2 | Mrs. | Viktoria Whittaker | New York | Sadly, no. We are all human. | ||
| 201 | 5:13 pm PDT, Sep 25 | Anonymous | California | No, because the nature of marriages is not always out of love. There are people who manipulate matrimony just so they could beat their spouse and bring them down for as long as they can. | FIX YOUR OWN DAMN MARRIAGES BEFORE YOU HATE ON GAYS | The only reason all those heteros want to ban gay marriage is because they're homophobic. They've also perverted religion to a point where they think God is against it. GUESS WHAT? GOD IS NOT AGAINST IT. OTHERWISE, THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY GAYS. |
Gay Marriage; What Heterosexual will throw the first stone?
Luke 6:42
How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
The majority of people are heterosexual. Unfortunately many people in the U.S. think that "majority rule" means the majority has the RIGHT to OPPRESS the minority. If that were the case, and our law makers and courts did not step in, we may still have slavery today and women would still not be allowed to own land or vote.
Like so many that are in the majority, it is easy for them to make new laws and rules that have no affect on them. That is what Heterosexuals are doing when they write legislation or vote on laws governing gay marriage. It doesn't change anything for them. They do not have to change their behavior. They do not have to look at their own moral make up. They just dictate what other people should or shouldn't do.
Consider the following facts:
According to the Family Violence Prevention Fund, women are more likely to be killed by their own husband or intimate male partner than by a stranger.
According to The Bureau of Justice statistics, children under 5 years of age are more likely to be killed by their own (heterosexual) parents and caregivers than by a stranger.
In 2004, there were approximately 627,400 nonfatal intimate partner victimizations in the U.S.
According to The Family Violence Prevention Fund, 50% of men who frequently abuse their wives also frequently abuse their children.
According to Child Welfare Information Gateway, as of September 30, 2003, there were an estimated 523,000 children in foster care (because of abuse, neglect or inability to care for them by there heterosexual parents).
According to The U.S. Divorce Statistics
2.5 million divorce each year as of 1997;
50% of first marriages ended in divorce;
380,000 women were stalked by a husband or ex-husband;
52,000 men are stalked by a wife or ex-wife.
As of 2000 1,365,000 married men and women did not live together.
According to WomenSavers research 22% of married men and 14% of married women cheat on their spouses.
This is just the tip of an awful and violent iceberg. Heterosexuals, though, point their finger away from themselves and blame the disintegration of their cherished institution on people who do not have and never had any affect on their behavior. How can Heterosexuals tell gays they can't get married because it is immoral when the majority of Heterosexuals themselves have taken part in some form of immoral behavior involving marriage (that being divorce, violence, domestic and child abuse or just having a less than sanctimonious marriage.)
The people signing this petition wish to stop Heterosexuals from making legislation governing marriage until Heterosexulas take responsibility for there own immoral, violent behavior and fix the own sancitiy of there own marriages.
This petition will be sent to to government officials and community leaders and help inspire informed discussion of this hypocrasy.
How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
The majority of people are heterosexual. Unfortunately many people in the U.S. think that "majority rule" means the majority has the RIGHT to OPPRESS the minority. If that were the case, and our law makers and courts did not step in, we may still have slavery today and women would still not be allowed to own land or vote.
Like so many that are in the majority, it is easy for them to make new laws and rules that have no affect on them. That is what Heterosexuals are doing when they write legislation or vote on laws governing gay marriage. It doesn't change anything for them. They do not have to change their behavior. They do not have to look at their own moral make up. They just dictate what other people should or shouldn't do.
Consider the following facts:
According to the Family Violence Prevention Fund, women are more likely to be killed by their own husband or intimate male partner than by a stranger. According to The Bureau of Justice statistics, children under 5 years of age are more likely to be killed by their own (heterosexual) parents and caregivers than by a stranger.
In 2004, there were approximately 627,400 nonfatal intimate partner victimizations in the U.S.
According to The Family Violence Prevention Fund, 50% of men who frequently abuse their wives also frequently abuse their children.
According to Child Welfare Information Gateway, as of September 30, 2003, there were an estimated 523,000 children in foster care (because of abuse, neglect or inability to care for them by there heterosexual parents).According to The U.S. Divorce Statistics
2.5 million divorce each year as of 1997;
50% of first marriages ended in divorce;
380,000 women were stalked by a husband or ex-husband;
52,000 men are stalked by a wife or ex-wife.
As of 2000 1,365,000 married men and women did not live together.
According to WomenSavers research 22% of married men and 14% of married women cheat on their spouses.
This is just the tip of an awful and violent iceberg. Heterosexuals, though, point their finger away from themselves and blame the disintegration of their cherished institution on people who do not have and never had any affect on their behavior. How can Heterosexuals tell gays they can't get married because it is immoral when the majority of Heterosexuals themselves have taken part in some form of immoral behavior involving marriage (that being divorce, violence, domestic and child abuse or just having a less than sanctimonious marriage.)
The people signing this petition wish to stop Heterosexuals from making legislation governing marriage until Heterosexulas take responsibility for there own immoral, violent behavior and fix the own sancitiy of there own marriages.
This petition will be sent to to government officials and community leaders and help inspire informed discussion of this hypocrasy.
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