No. Gay marriage is something that affects many people and something that is unfair to them and has to be overcome. Its an important part of many people's daily lives. The death penalty is jut the difference between if someone rots away in jail for the rest of their life or if they just die earlier. Plus, it's not even put to use very often, affecting very little people.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Yeah, it only affects dwarves.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I'd say gay marriage affects people way less than the death penalty. If someone's relative became gay, well they can't do anything about it but will not have to attend their wedding if they choose not to. However, if that same person's relative committed a horrible crime, many people in their family would be heavily affected by this person's death. A death in the family is heavier than a gay marriage in a family. If you really think about the two opposing sides for gay marriage and the death penalty, the death penalty is so much more controversial. I see gay marriage being legalized over the nation within the next, say, 50 years based on the way things are going but the death penalty is not as clear.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Yes for gay marriage and yes for death penalty. Not because "civil rights, humans shouldn't be killed" but because really what's the point in a life sentence of "500 years" if they're never gonna get out. Might as well save on resources.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Five words. What if they were innocent?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Over 1000 people in the US have been killed through the death penalty and later proven innocent. But also, what gives the government the right to decide who should live and who should die?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

@walrus If they are innocent then they most likely wouldn't have been convicted. If it turns out that they are innocent and have still been convicted they would still rot in jail for the rest of their life if they didn't get killed

by Anonymous 11 years ago

No if they were proven innocent later on they could get released.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

If that happens (which it almost never does), the family will be compensated, laws are changed to prevent it from happening again, and memorials are sometimes built. And like Adria said the death penalty is only used when there is no doubt and only in capital crimes like mass murder

by Anonymous 11 years ago

there are also a lot of race problems associated with it. the African American population of Colorado is 3% of the total population and 100% of the population on death row.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It actually costs more to go through the death penalty than to support a criminal for their entire life. Besides, the criminal justice system should be focused on prevention and rehabilitation not punishment.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

If and once they are rehabilitated then definitely. People who kill are sick in the head, shoving them in jail just means they'll go out and kill someone else when they get off in 21yrs, if they are actually rehabilitated then they can pull their life back together. skip to about 5:46 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...ailpage#t=335s

by Anonymous 11 years ago

how the hell does it cost more to kill someone than to feed, shelter, clothe, and have a guard watch over for the rest of his/her life?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It costs on average 90 000$/year for every death row inmate and they stay on death row for an average of 15yrs. the average life sentence in prison costs 30 620$ . This means that the average life sentence (21yrs) costs 642 600$. This means that after 7 years a life sentence would be better and that is not taking into account the extra costs caused by the more complex trials, appeals and the cost of humanly killing them. The average time that a prisoner may spend on death row is 15yrs so the average death row prisoner costs an additional 720 000$.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

....why does it cost more for a death row inmate? please explain. thanks.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I'm not quite sure but I would guess because they are kept in isolation, are afforded certain rights like better food and are generally more heavily guarded.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

If death penalty was made illegal, God Bless America might become a true story. Death penalty is a good thing, but there are people who hold morals higher than efficiency. Gay marriage is another good thing, but some religious people are too nosy to let certain demographics be happier. Everyone knows nosiness and minding other people's business is harder to keep under control than very remote (more than two degrees of separation between you and someone deeply affected by death penalty) morals.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

One thing I hate about the death penalty is how people argue for it by saying it empties the jails which are full of life sentences. The only reason our jails are "full of life sentences" is because of the stupid sentence of life without parole. If they were life sentences with the possibility of parole, most would only last 14-20 years. I understand that life without parole makes sense for some criminals like terrorists or people like Ted Kaczynski or Charles Manson, but for others, it's useless. What we're doing when we incarcerate someone for life is just making sure we pay more taxes when we grow older.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I don't think psychopath serial murderers or rapists deserve parole, and I don't really want them back on the streets.... You only get a life sentence if it's something really awful.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It just seems to me like the debate should be over and marriage should be allowed already. Most peoole I have came across are okay with gay marriage.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It because the people getting the death penalty aren't the ones discussing it. I don't know if the gay marriage debate would be so heated if gay people didn't say anything about it...

by Anonymous 11 years ago

There's still a death penalty?!

by Anonymous 11 years ago