Sanctity of marriage, what is it, read more, please.?

Question

If gay marriage is allowed, will I love my wife less? Of course not. So why should I believe that allowing people who love each other to get married is a threat to me at all?

Please, no answers about animals, I'm talking about humans here, not animals, and we can assume relatives still can't marry because that is how you prevent expression of recessive birth defects, not god's law.

Answer 1

TrinityTough is mentally ill.
These people are just afraid.
Bunch of chickens running around clutching their bibles waiting to die so they can go to heaven.
Wish they'd do something nice for the world while they're here instead of promoting hate and bigotry in the name of Jesus.

Answer 2

Why would you think a little anecdote about you and your wife is relevant to the issue? Because it isn't. If all Democrat politicians were executed, I wouldn't love my wife any less either. But that doesn't mean it should become policy.

The family, through marriage, is the basic political and societal unit. It is the basis for all societies, cultures and civilizations. Marriage between 1 man and 1 woman has been the cultural base for millenia.

We can readily see how much damage has been done to society because of no-fault divorce and welfare (supporting unmarried women with children). With no necessity to be married to support kids, and with an easy out from marriage, many either never get married, and also jump into and out of marriage without thought. All to the detriment of society, despite what feminists would have you believe.

And allowing same sex marriage would further harm the institution, as has been quite amply demonstrated in Europe, where Scandanavia and Netherlands have instituted same-sex marriage. This is not anecdotal, it is flat-out empirical evidence.

So, while this is not a threat to you, it is a threat to society.

Answer 3

Because marriage is more than a social institution. If it's simply a social institution, I should be able to marry my dog, or practice polygamy because I'm not hurting anyone, right? But if marriage is in fact sacred, then gay marriage fall into the same category as polygamy, or marrying an animal.

Edit: I realize you're not talking about animals. Everyone knows that marrying animals is ridiculous. My point was that using you line of logic, any perversion of marriage is permissible so long as the participants are "happy" and "aren't hurting anyone."

Answer 4

Turboweegie has some good points . . . This issue can be addressed outside the realm of religion and STILL be discussing the adverse affects on society. What he said about "basic political and societal unit" is rather valid, since what he is saying was echoed by Aristotle in his book "Politics" . . . While I don't agree with EVERYTHING Aristotle was stating, he did raise some interesting points about the basic structure of society. And he operated under a closed-system of thinking, where physical evidence was the supreme authority for determining truth (definitely NOT any religious babble . . . ). You might make a skim of a few of the chapters and see what you think of his thoughts and arguments . . .

Answer 5

To Avator or whoever you are, try picking up a Bible and reading it. Jesus didn't believe in Gays. It's a sin plain and simple. And as much as I hate to say it, you need to take a good long look at your choices before judgement day comes. Becasue this may just be the only heaven you'll know.

Answer 6

I once read a question that completely summed up my stand.

'if we allow two gay people to marry because they love each other, why not a brother or sister? father and daughter? if they truly love each other, what does it matter?'

When you move an unmovable line, it no longer becomes fixed and stationary. There is a difference between reason and principal.

Answer 7

It is nothing more than a red herring to get the religious fundamentalists in an uproar in an election year.