nothing is good or bad part 2 gay marrige?

Question

thinking makes it so
what about gay marrage
is it right to impose morals over other people
is it right to have morals imposed over you
i am only asking to exctie thinking in order to progress towards understanding and harmony

please read
nothing is good or bad
the first part leads in to this one

Answer 1

Even if there is a natural code of right and wrong in the world, it would be wrong for an individual to impose his own understanding of right and wrong onto another. Even Christianity supports the belief in free will, if we are going to impose our own morality on others through legislation, then we are denying God's plan by denying free will.

Choosing what is right is meaningless if you have no choice. Truely, in this matter we should all follow Jesus' word to give onto Caesar what is Caesar's and give onto God what is God's. That is to say, allow government power over money and the ability to punish brutal crime, but leave the rest in the hands of religion. Religion should never have its hands in government and government should never meddle with religion.

Allowing anybody to force their own morality on law making allows religion and government to blead together in a way that is both unconstitutional and anti-Biblical.

Answer 2

Only when those morals have been agreed upon in a society. Societies need laws to exist. If I choose to live in a particular society I understand that there will be some laws that I am expected to abide by. My choices are to abide by them, try to change them, or find a society that I am willing to conform to. Ideally, these rules should be for the general well being of that society with the least intrusion on the personal morals of the people.

I have no problem with gay marriage but I don't feel that the US government should be in the business of issuing licenses for ANY marriage or determining penalties or boons because of it---regardless of whether it is a heterosexual marriage or a homosexual one.

Answer 3

First of all Special K... you ask some good questions. As a gay male I would like to be able to marry someone. It makes me sad that I cannot because Christians seem to think they have the corner here. I would not want a christian ceremony. I would have a ceremony at the courthouse more than likely. I don't think it is a requirement to be christian to get married. I also dint know what "devastating effects" would happen to these Christians if I did marry the man that I love. I do believe that there needs to be "moral boundaries". I do not believe in pedophilia for example. Two consenting adults should be able to do as they please I think. Their marriage will not have ill effects on the neighbors. It is not easy to live in a society that consistently sees me as less than. I do my best. I also try to live my life by example.

Answer 4

no longer a difficulty incorrect with assisting them. those who keep insisting their faith performs an element forget that faith isn't a criminal reason to disclaim someone rights. Procreation isn't a call for of marriage. There are literally no fertility checks formerly, there is no longer something that invalidates a wedding ceremony if a toddler isn't born or followed and intensely last yet actually no longer least Gays and Lesbians do have get entry to to a similar kind infertility techniques(man made insemination, surrogate moms, and adoption the position available) that heterosexuals have(relaxing difficulty, if a gay couple does undertake, those bigots denying marriage are denying rights to the toddler besides).

Answer 5

Is it right to impose morals over other people - no if they're your own morals
Is it right to have morals imposed over you - not if they're from other people

In order to impose morals you must first establish that your morals are objectively correct, not subjectively. This is not possible outside of God because there is no objective standard for you to compare against.

God's morals are objective, as he is the creator and thus defines what is good and bad.

Answer 6

what is exctie thinking?
Bi all means, pursue the course you choose, freely, understanding fully, that, no matter what any try to impose on any other, each one will stand or fall based on his/her course of action.
If you are making statements here, on religion/spirituality, you must be looking for trouble, or confirmation. Either way, this conduct suggests that something is bothering you. I wonder what that could be.

Oh and by the way, why is it that gays are so obsessed with being able to define their relationship with a legal term that originated in the Bible, where men that lie with men are described as 'obscene', and are to be stoned to the 'death'?
If they want to define their conduct with a Bible term why are they offended by the Biblical condemnation of their 'lifestyle'?

Answer 7

No it's not right to impose your own personal morales on someone else, since you have probably just as many faults as the next guy. What you can do is point them to the one who has established morality and judges those who refuse them. Then you may give them something they can use.

Answer 8

The CREATOR set's the STANDARD of what is Right and Wrong, Morally and every way else.
If you don't Believe in The CREATOR, you will just have to make-up your mind for YOURSELF, but the Court System who make's the Law's might not agree with you. But the CREATOR will Agree with you when you are RIGHT, but not when you are WRONG.
If you don't Believe in the CREATOR, you will never really find out what's ULTIMATELY Right or Wrong. Hope this helps.

Answer 9

Continuing with my previous answer to your previous question, gay marriage is 'good' or 'bad' depending on whether or not it pleases or displeases people. For straight people, they must decide based on other than direct experience. Religious people often decide it's 'bad' because a couple of sentences from some ancient book says so. Secular people tend to not judge the marriage itself, but rather iwhther it's good to be legal, or bad to be legal.

In the absense of any identifiable harm to themselves, they would tend to say "good" as a quid pro quo measure of helping to ensure their own freedoms. Even many religious people place the quid pro quo ahead of what ancient tribesmen had to say and favor the legality of gay marriage as "good".

Personally, I can't see that it harms me in any way, nor does it benefit me to criminalize it, so I'm going with quid pro quo. Let others have freedom in hopes of reciprocation.

Answer 10

No it isnt right to impose morals over other people.
It's simply the govt. trying to control the people once more.
I am against homosexuality but let people live life how they please if it isn't hurting 1 single person.