Would it really matter if Gay/Lesbians get married in the USA?

Question

i mean come on people if black and white people can get married and have a mixed baby then i think gays and lesbians should be able to get married?oh and by the way im straight. Would it really hurt you in any way if tehy did get married? i think the church is taking this to far . people think that being gay is the worst thing in the world.oh and by the way im straight.

and if the united states passes a law saying there can be no gay marriages in the country will that make america look homophobic?

Answer 1

No it doesn't affect anyone but them! The people who are against it are just afraid that gays will have better marriages than them and make them look bad!

Answer 2

What happens in someones bedroom is personal and I find it horrific that so many people have decided to invade that space and that "love" is wrong just because it's not the traditional kind. Shame on the people that would deny a loving couple the right to say their farewell's in a hospital simply because they are gay and aren't related (by blood or marriage).

The worst thing about this is that it doesn't matter what I think or the person that posted this. The people that hate gays and are determined to deny them a normal life...we can't change their minds. They are bigots, plain and simple and they hide behind "God" and have decided it's their job to do God's bidding. That is sick and disgusting. Period. And I personally think they will be judged for it in the end.

And being gay does not mean you are a transvestite...shows how much our "gay-haters" know about gay people. So many stone-throwers in the name of God...

On another note: Sure, it can be in the bible that it's wrong, but as it is a book that has passed through many "human" hands and been changed over-time to reflect the feelings of the same people that are bashing gay people...I have a difficult time using it as a source of truth. While the bible may have some of the essense of what it originally stood for, I'm certain it has been changed to meet other people's agenda's. I would not take every word in it literally.

Answer 3

Black and White is not the issue here. Marriage is an institution that is the cradle of civilization. If you want to call a man and man, a "family", then condone the activity, but it will be at the peril of the family unit.

Rom 1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
Rom 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

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Rom 1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Gay marriage is an assault on the family unit and on civilization as a whole. I feel sorry for the poor, adopted kid who has to be raised by a cross-dressing pervert "dad" and a transexual "mommy". Think about what you're asking for. PERVERSION.

And by the way, love is not the only ingredient to marriage. If it were, it would be okay to marry your kid, dog, or your car. This justification has no merit and has so many holes.

Answer 4

No, it wouldn't. It's not going to "threaten the sanctity of marriage," because a lot of straight couples are doing that already. Just look at Britney Spears and her fifty-hour "marriage." The argument against gay marriage is an entirely religious one, and simply does not wash in a legal setting.

Personally, I think that if individual churches want to decide who they're going to allow to marry, fine. I won't stand in their way, and neither will anyone else. However, I do not think the US constitution should be dragged into this. It gives us all these freedoms, and so it makes little sense for it to say "everyone can get married, except gays." That, to me, is a bit like a little kid's clubhouse with a sign saying "no girls allowed." It's immature at best, and cruel at worst.

Answer 5

Divorce rates are actually decreasing because people are choosing to live together instead of marry because we've made a mess of it so far. Adding gay and lesbian unions wouldn't hurt what's already broken. They may improve it by setting an example. Or they'll end up like everyone else with broken marriages and several children growing up in a single parent household. Either way, Gay marriages will not effect anyone unless it's denied.

Answer 6

No it would not matter to society. Gay and lesbian couples still live together and raise families now. The only thing marriage does is give them the same rights as heterosexual couples. The Church is afraid of accepting these couples because it goes against what is traditionally accepted in the Bible. It's a perfect example of the Church trying to maintain control over people's lives.

Answer 7

Watch this - they'll all speak about how homosexuality is a sin.

Even if you believe that, laws and sins are different. We need to realise that an attack on gay marriage is an attack on the separation of church and state. If they can be allowed to get their way on gay marriage, then an important precedent will have been set, and soon they'll be criminalising disbelief in God, adultery and wearing mixed fabrics.

Even if you happen to think homosexuality is a sin, you need to resist zealots who want to make it constitutionally enforceable.

Plus, many churches are hate groups, plain and simple.

Answer 8

You know... You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. If you examine the human history you will find that the Bible is the book by which the largest group of humans live. The Bilble is quite clear that homosexuality is forbidden and that marriage is the only acceptable relationship for committed men and women to have with each other. It's in the book. You can choose to ignore it but that will not make it go away.

Answer 9

No, it wouldn't hurt at all. It is simply some religious zealots trying to conform everybody to their way of thinking and living.

A marriage does not have to be recognized by a religion to be valid in any state of the U.S. Marriage as we know it is a legal contract between two people and ordained representatives of reglious organazitions are authorized to join people together in legally recognized marriage. Making marriage between the same gender illegal is not just blurring the lines between church and state, it mixes the two, and the last time I checked our Constitution expressly forbids the comingling of Church in State matters.

Besides, we have freedom of religion (or are supposed to at least), and some religions recognized by the U.S. Government allow same-sex marriages. If you make same-sex marriage a legal instead of the religious issue it is, then you are denying some the freedom to practice the religion of their choice. Hence, you are in direct opposition to the Constitution of the United States.

Answer 10

Apparently there are no historians here.
Anyone with a head on there shoulders would know that this is not a Christian thing. It's a historical problem.
give it a study. Every society that has ever existed when they began to allow gay marriage, where shortly after destroyed.
You don't have to be a christian to want your country to be around for another millennium.

Answer 11

It doesn't bother me any. I am uncertain about the reasoning.

If we crow on about the "sanctity" of marriage, no one cares that Mickey Rooney and Elizabeth Taylor have 16 marriages between them? Or Britney Spears 55-hour marriage?

That's more of a black eye than a gay marriage. It's still a committment.