If gay marriage should be illegal, should not Atheism and other such views also be illegal?

Question

Afterall, marriage is a religious thing and God made Adam and Eve and blah blah blah, so should not churches also ban everything else that doesn't fit into their views?

We must stop the non believers from taking over and blah blah blah yackity sh-mackity....Right?

Answer 1

i think we should live up to our motto "america the land of the free" more sincerely. i see the country (frightning) going back to the days of salem.

Answer 2

The right to practice your religion, or not practice one is covered under the constitution. No where in the constitution does it state that gay marriage should be legal. It also doesn't say that it shouldn't be.

I do think that gay marriage shouldn't be done because it isn't what marriage was meant to be. I understand that you love the person and that should be all that matters, but marriage was set up to bring children into the world. Gay marriage doesn't. I think it would be better to have a public union, with the same rights as hetero married people have, but not marriage. That way the state would recognize it as a union, and you could still say you are together, but without the marriage license or ceremony. It might make things easier, and then no ones rights would get stepped on.

That's just my personal view on the subject, so don't take it the wrong way.

Answer 3

Gay marriage IS legal. In my state, of course. ^_^ I'm gay, as well as an atheist, and from what I hear... The christian and catholic religion is all about tolerance, and respect. So why should either be made illegal? Organized religion is pretty much all about control, and if that happens, and laws are passed, then that would be rock bottom, and I would probably move elsewhere out of the country. There's a little thing called separation of church and state. This is nearly the beginning, and we're only progressing. Other states will soon follow, so people better get used to it. The world has diversity, and that's the cold hard truth. The bible will only get you so far.

Answer 4

So far there has not been a suggestion to make it a crime for people of the same sex to do whatever it is that they do. The big debate is whether such unions should be recognized as being legal.

I know that you are only guessing and making a knee-jerk response about stopping non-believers, but it is coming. There will be an attempt to make a law regarding worship. "Rev 13:15-17 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. (16) And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: (17) And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." What a better way to make people do something that they don't want to do than to make a law. The Bible says that it is to force worship of the "beast" or his "image". The beast is disguised in the form of christianity.

Answer 5

It's not about a religious thing. Why would you think marriage is just considered a religious thing. Lots of people that don't belong to any religion believe that marriage is between a man and a women. How could you possibly repopulate the earth without a man and a women? I don't think that gay people should be mistreated, but I don't want you to try and make me change my family views because you want to do something against nature. I'm tired of having to listen to gay people talking nasty all day at work and if I say something about it I'm considered predigest. But a straight person is not aloud to say anything. Who's predigest?

Answer 6

If Bozo's daddy had his way, that's the way it would be:

Then Vice President George H.W. Bush (Bozo's daddy):

"No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God."

No title, Free Inquiry 8(4), Fall 1988, p. 16 [2], quoting August 27, 1987, press-conference exchange with Robert Sherman at O'Hare Airport in Chicago

Given the fact bozo appointed all Catholics to the Supreme Court, giving Catholics a 5 to 9 majority, it's entirely possible that the pope will rule the US in the near future.

Answer 7

That is kind of an extreme argument - and I'm gay and for gay marriage.

I also believe in tolerance for all religions - Christianity, Judaism, and Islam - as long as they don't step on my rights. This gay marriage amendment Bush is trying to pass (unsuccessfully) is about restricting rights, which isn't what America is all about. It would be like trying to pass an amendment saying that blacks can't marry whites. The USA used to be about freedom. Or at least it used to be.

Answer 8

Speaking politically, the Freedom of Religion is directly protected under the Constitution of the United States.

Answer 9

You comparison makes no sense. Mariage is a privilage, not a right and is founded in judeo-christian principles. I am sick of gays comparing their cause to the struggles of blacks and other minorities. The church isnt the one responsible for banning gay marriage anyway. The majority of Americans are against it.

Answer 10

Schmackity kitty kitty. But how do we, as private citizens, impose our will on the unwilling? Is there an 800 number I can call? Can I have a special bumper sticker for donating $15?

Answer 11

I think stupidity should be banned, not reasonable ideas like equal marriage and atheism.