Why do you in the religious right, again, some not all christians, want to reverse the sovreign right of the Great state of Vermont to have gay marriage?
You quote render onto Caesar what is Caesars, but you clearly aren't doing it.
Are you Fundamentalist Christians hypocrites, just admit it, you have an agenda and are homophobic and I'll stop calling you a hypocrite.
2006-06-20 08:12:54 · 19 answers · asked by pope 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Gay marriage is just a red herring to keep us all at each other's throats while Bush and Cheney and their colleagues rob the tax-payer.
2006-06-20 08:16:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Is it the desire of the people of Vermont or of a handful of people and an activist judge? If it is so widely accepted, put it to a vote. That way the Vermont state legislature will have the opportunity to make a law based on Parliamentary rules that have been in place (and worked so well that it is the standard for democracy ever since) since the Magna Charta. Apparently you would destroy the Constitution by allowing the judicial branch to make laws as well as interpret them. Or perhaps it is not that at all. There is no "phobia" to describe this but are you afraid that the people of Vermont won't agree with you? That seems likely since this issue was defeated in 11 out of 11 states who have voted on this issue to date.
As far as giving to Caesar what is Caesar's, Jesus was talking about money - not marriage. So I see no hypocrisy and I sense that you will see it with anyone who disagrees with you.
The word homophobic bothers me. It is bandied about by every wannabe activist claiming that anyone who disagrees with them is either afraid or full of hatred. While I am sure that some people who agree with me are indeed homophobes, I am not afraid not do I hate people in homosexual relationships. I have close friends who live in homosexual relationships, even though I disagree with their lifestyle and they are aware of my beliefs.
The real issue is a group asking to be recognized as better than other Americans. I hear about how you are seeking "the same" privileges as other Americans. "Privileges", not "rights". Big difference. And I do have a problem with people having extra rights not afforded to the rest of Americans.
Stop - before you respond that homosexuality is genetic like race or eye color, show me your evidence. The only evidence that exists is a refuted study from 1993 by Dr. Dean Hamer that has been trumpeted as fact long after being disproved. There is no evidence to support your claim.
So this whole issue boils down to a fringe group wanting to change laws based on an unproved hypothesis. This not only dilutes the entire legislative process and produces a system of chaos and mayhem rather than checks & balances.
Call me what you wnat - just get your fact straight before you do. In the mean time, I will continue with my opinion that is based on facts, not feelings.
2006-06-20 08:46:47 · answer #2 · answered by byhisgrace70295 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fundamentalist Christians are not only hypocrites but ignorant as well. First they can't see that this country's government cannot be based on the Christian Religion - We have freedom of Religion in this country and NOT everybody is a Christian. Second we have a separation of Church and State - no religion shall dictate it's beliefs on the state. If someone does not like gay marriage, I say then don't marry a gay person...but let the rest of us live. The Fundamentalist have started acting like the Nazi party. First they slander and say the most horrible things possible about Homosexuals ie: they're perverted, they're child molesters, they will destroy your family, they will destroy America, they have no morals...the disgusting list goes on and on - this is done to promote homophobia and to keep the unsuspecting public in constant fear. Then they use money and power to hijack a political party and get that party to push laws banning homosexual's from various rights while helping to promote homophobia. Right now they have gotten lucky as we have a complete jackass as a President. After the laws get passed, then what? Banning gays from marriage does not stop homosexuals from existing. What's their next move?
2006-06-20 08:44:37 · answer #3 · answered by The Tiki God 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are SO on my Christmas list!
Also, gay marriage IS NOT legal in the United States, HOWEVER some states do recognize marriages originating outside the U.S. and afford homosexual couples the same legal rights as married heterosexuals. You've just gotta know which states to live in.
Oh, and for Friar Tuck (above): You say that we shouldn't take excerpts from the Bible and ignore other parts, yet that is what is done every day to Atheists and non-Christians. How do you rationalize this behaviour? How is it that this double standard continues to exist???
...And for Baby3-dayShadow (below): Give us a direct quote on that verse! I wanna see that "vomit" is actually in the Babble, er, Bible
2006-06-20 08:26:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
proceed to wrestle antagonistic to it, even if that is by prayer and fasting, polling and non violent demonstrations, or on the least making particular my little ones comprehend what marriage is, and what it isn't. i am going to't see it taking position even if. i am going to work out a criminal civil union variety element taking position on a federal element, yet no longer marriage, because that would properly be breaking a number of states' constitutions. it will be a state through state element, if gay marriage is approved. And easily at the same time as all gays are afforded the rights they declare they pick by civil unions then their arguments that they are no longer attempting to rigidity cultural homogenization through forcing the acceptance of their existence variety will be exceedingly a lot considered as pretend. As for evaluating it to interracial, it really continues to be between the stupidest arguments on the internet. Interracial couples produced little ones. little ones are God's blessing on a wedding ceremony. therefore, interracial marriages were blessed through God. it really is why it turned right into a stupid argument antagonistic to interracial marriages then. and that is the reason that is not any longer resembling gay marriages now (which won't be able to produce a baby clearly.)
2016-11-15 00:54:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same sex marriage is only legal in Massachusetts and you have to be a legal resident of the state in order to marry there.
California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey and Vermont grant domestic partnerships, civil unions or reciprocal beneficiary laws.
2006-06-20 12:49:23 · answer #6 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Law can violate God's Law. The Law of God is higher than the law of man. The Vermont law goes against natural Law. Marriage is an institution given to man by God. It is divine Revelation. God created Marriage.
2006-06-20 08:16:25 · answer #7 · answered by enigma21 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree with enigma. Gay marriage is explictly against God's law given in the Bible. Taxes are a different story. BTW, as an American for limited government, I think that the socialist tax system (income tax) is wrong.
2006-06-20 08:20:39 · answer #8 · answered by usa 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
To give to Caesar what is Caesar's was an answer that Jesus gave when asked whether it was right to pay taxes. What is the connection here? Christians obey men's laws as long as they don't contradict God's laws. I don't hate homosexuals; neither does God, but He hates whatever is sin.
2006-06-20 08:17:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
nice out of context quote.
Render unto Caeser what is Caesers is in reguards to taxs. The rest is render unto God what id Gods meaning that homosexuality is wrong and making it legal doesn't not make it moral and should be stopped.
2006-06-20 08:20:58 · answer #10 · answered by ML 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋