gay marrage?

Question

do you think gay people should be able to get married??

Answer 1

yes, I think whoever you love you can't control and you should be able to marry anyone you want, since it doesn't affect us at all.

Answer 2

Absolutely! Why should you deny marriage to two people who obviously care enough about each other to make that kind of a commitment. Love is real whether it's hetero or same sex. Why should the government have the right to deny 2 citizens the rights and benefits (legal and financial) that are offered to hetero couples?

If you want to argue that in traditional marriage the man and wife can procreate, what happens to couples (hetero) that are sterile and CAN'T have children? Do we tell them that THEY are not allowed to marry? Or what about people who get married because they get pregnant and don't really love each other, but feel they are "doing the right thing?" Why should they be allowed to marry and two people of the same sex who obviously want to be together for no other reason but love can't. What ever happened to the "land of the free?" Who is it really hurting if Joe and Jim get married? It's none of our business. Just like it's none of our business if Joe and Jill get married.

Not too long ago, this was an issue with inter-racial marriage. And not too long ago, women weren't allowed to vote and were considered 2nd class citizens. Whether your own morality agrees with it or not has nothing to do with what is fair and just. I hope for the day when people will open their minds and accept others for who they are.

Afterall, aren't we taught that this country was created by people running from opression and persecution? Why then do we turn around and oppress and persecute others - not very American, if you ask me.

Answer 3

Why not? They are tax paying, law abiding adult citizens and the state should treat them the same way as heterosexual couples. There was a time within my lifetime that it was illegal in some states for interracial marriage. The arguments were against it was just as caustic.

Just because the state would sanction gay and lesbians to get married wouldn't force churches to recognize those marriages. Just look at Catholicism, they do not recognize marriages from divorced couples or marriages outside the church. I believe it should be up to individual congregations to decide whether they sanction or do gay and lesbian marriage.

I am a heterosexual woman who is married and I do not see gay and lesbian marriage a threat to the institution of marriage. I have known gay couples being together longer than most heterosexual couples. Heterosexuals do not have a stellar record in the marriage arena when 50% end in divorce. Heterosexuals simply have not earned the right to have a monopoly on marriage, pure and simple.

Marriage is not only for procreation. People get married outside the church, are devoted to childfree lifestyles, or want children but are unable due to infertility. These marriages are no less valid, and shouldn't be less valued by the state or god. So it should be with gay and lesbian marriages. Our society is only helped if we encourage everyone to have committed, monogamous, and stable marriages and family structures regardless if they are homosexual or heterosexual.

If you are against gay and lesbian weddings, you do not have to attend them nor support these couples to remain consistant with your beliefs. You can choose to only be involved in heterosexual unions.

The problem is when people support a movement to deny rights to a group of tax paying and law abiding citizens -- rights that the rest of us freely enjoy and would loathe to have them taken away from us. No personal religious belief should trump an individual free exercise of matrimonial rights and priviledges, or any rights and priviledges Americans take for granted.

Answer 4

No. Marriage is recognized in the law to be something between a man and a woman. If this is legalized then they will be able to push for other rights. Their marriage would not create more structure for the community nor would they have children. They want tax breaks for being a married couple... what else could they get out of that deal?

Answer 5

What does sexual orientation have to do with love and marriage? Marriage is a joining of two people, two lives in a commitment they will share for the rest of their lives. No where does it say anything about sex....so yes, of course, people should be able to get married no matter what their sexual orientation as long as they are old enough to make the commitment and smart enough to know that marriage is hard work and it is supposed to be forever.

Answer 6

if we let gays get married, what's next? cats gonna get married too. listen to the news! were tryin to give primates rights! they are not humans! now, im not saying gays are not humans, but when are we gonna let everyone have the same rights. i mean, i want to drive a newer car, why do only rich people get to drive one. i want to be taller, and prettier, and all sorts of things. just cuz we want something does not mean we should have it. we all do have equal rights to marry. we all have the same right to marry someone of the opposite sex that we chose. it does not say we can marry anyone or anything. we gonna let fathers and daughters marry next. what if they are really in love? or mothers and sons. come on people!

Answer 7

Yep..it's enough that ones who are still in closet have a tough time coming out, it's not norm, but what is anymore? Marriages nowadays are a joke..you've got more heterosexuals making a mockery of it and you've also got gay couples who have been together longer than "normal couples" stay married...why not?

Answer 8

no! it's against God and His word!! ever hear of Sodom and Gommorah??? the city was full of gays and lesbians, and on and on the list goes and they ignored everything God told them (just as sooo many country's are now) and God destroyed those cities adn EVERYONE in them! i think it's time America get back to the standards we were founded on! HOWEVER-- if you are gay i do not condemn you to hell because of it and i do not judge you either- God teaches hate the sin love the sinner- i do not agree with that lifestyle and i believe with all my heart that it is a choice not something you are born with, but i will accept you and your decision but i do not believe that it is right.

Answer 9

For those of you who say that a marriage is not Godly if the two people cannot procreate, what about infertile couples or people who choose not to have children? Are they sinning? Do they not have a real marriage?

Answer 10

Absolutely Not. Marriage is a sacrament in which a man and a woman bond in the word of God. They then follow his law and procreate. Same sex couples cannot "Be Fruitful And Multiply."

Answer 11

Yes, for those who argue about the threat to sanctity of marriage, the real threat is divorce not gays