Do you think gay marriage is a sin?

Question

if you think about it.....God is supposed to be forgiving....and he is not supposed to discriminate against a certain "group" of people....if you know what i mean.

if you think about it....God is supposed to be forgiving....and he is not supposed to discrminate against a "group" of people. And i know what your thinking....but im not really gay.....i just believe in equal rights

Answer 1

No - all gay couples want are the same benefits as hetereosexual couples receive.

Answer 2

Maybe it is, maybe it isn't.

I don't really care if it is a sin or not.

I know we don't want to make everything the bible says is a sin against the law or make a constitutional amendment to ban it.

Gay marriage is happening. In every state... in churches, in back yards, in meeting halls, all across the land.

The question is will the government treat all marriages equal or will the government not recognize any of them. Either way is fine with me. But equality is the goal. I don't get why there should be over a thousand rights and protections granted by the government based on a religious ceremony anyway. I'm uncomfortable with that idea.

Anyway, like I said. Doesn't matter if it is a sin or not.

If you want to protect family values and the sanctity of marriage, outlaw divorce, remarriage, and having children out of wedlock. That will reverse the trend. Protect marriage, and make sure children have proper homes to grow up in.

Of course that won't happen. That would actually SOLVE the problem instead of blaming people who have nothing to do with it.

To the person who thinks we should have settled for "unions" instead of marriage:

The states that have passed constitutional amendments to restrict marriage to that of a man and a woman have included phrasing that prohibits anything that is similar as well... they don't want us to have that, either. They, not us, have made it all or nothing.

Answer 3

So, if my partner for 30 years dies suddenly... All the things we worked for (houses, cars, properties, money in the bank, busineses) would have to revert back to his mother?

HALF OF THAT SkIT IS MINE!

I worked for it.

All becasue I am not the "legal" spouse.

Well I am Spouse in all sense of the word. I cooked, I cleaned, I even took care of him when he was sick. I starved with him, wondered when the next paycheck is going to come with him, wonder if we are ever going to survive the old aprtment complex we could afford at the time. Laughed and cried at stories we made with each other.

BUT I AM NOT HIS SPOUSE aCCORDING TO THE LAW.

and such, I have no right to any of the property he has left behind.

Tell me, how is that right?


When his family don't even call or visit him, much less be a part of his life?

HOW IS THAT RIGHT?

Fock Sin! God knows what I am doing - and I will answer to only him. Not to anyone of you rock throwers. I want what is due me.

I do not want marriage or your churches' blesssings.

I want the equal rights under the law that guarantees, what I worked will not go to ingrates and stranger who become instant relatives when my partner goes.

Life is not fair - but I not going down without a fight.

OF COURSE IT IS A SIN! but the sin belongs to the politicians, and self righteous religious zealots that seem to know how all of us should live. It is not my Sin - is it yours?

Answer 4

This is based on a personal belief.

While I would say that a civil marrage is not a religous event, it is not a sin. (This legal cerificate is for non-religous pourposes and therfore can't be concidered in the conversation).

I haven't found any evedice to suggest it is a sin in the bible, I could be wrong. But the bible is a guide to a certain belief, so it can't be used to judge people who don't beleve in it. Judgement can only be done by outside forces, wether it be God (My belief) or something else.

Answer 5

Since I do not believe in the bible my answer is no. However, the majority of society believes in one religion or another which teaches that homosexuality is worthy of damnation. In the USA illegal immigrants can get married to an opposite sex partner and trick the system into letting them stay here legally, so they actually have more rights than the gay and lesbian citizens who were born here. Since most marriages in the US end in divorce, marriage is a half hearted joke anyway. Marriage wasn't created by religion. It was created as a contract of ownership of a man over a woman. Lest we forget the original marriage vows that included "To honor and obey". Obedience is not defined by a piece of paper any more than love is. Marriage is a legal contract protecting both parties and their property in the event of a separation. When gays want to marry it is for the legal protection more than anything. It is public acknowledgement of their love and provides protection against having to decide between themselves who gets the kids and who takes over the mortgage. Since it is legal for gays to adopt in almost every state and gays and lesbians are having their own kids, it only makes sense to afford them with the same rights as their heterosexual counterparts in order to provide security for their children in the event of an untimely death or divorce proceeding. The bible doesn't say straight people should take a blood test and get married legally and it doesn't say that gay people shouldn't. You have to go with what you feel is right in your own heart to answer that question.

Answer 6

Is it a Sin? Yes. Should it be illegal? No.

Legal Sins such as adultery and gluttony rarely catch the eyes of bible-thumpers because they either affect only those involved or are not serious enough to be legally enforced.

Gay Marriage isn't about god or religion, it's about equal legal status for homosexual couples.

Answer 7

Marriage, by any definition, is a contract entered into between a man and a woman. Therefore there is no such thing as "gay marriage" Gay contract? Sure. Marriage, no.

marriage (n.) The legal union of a man and woman as husband and wife.

There can be no "husband and wife" in a same sex situation.
There is no "man and woman" in a same sex situation.
Oxymoron at best.

Answer 8

Yes, I have always felt it was meant for man and woman. I was brought up in a God fearing home. I do believe in God and that his word is true. That hasnt always made my lifes decisions easy. It doesnt matter what we convence ourselfs of, this is still the truth.

Answer 9

Check out Jonthan's (son of King Saul) and David's (soon to be King David) holy union in the bible and then say God does not bless same gender partnerships.

Answer 10

I think being gay period is a sin but i'm not against any people that are if your gay your gay can't do nothing about it. Many of my friends are.

Answer 11

No, it shouldn't be because if you love someone expressing your love is the most important thing. And loving someone has nothing to do with the bible. So to the gay haters , you don't belong here you should be in the religion section of yahoo answers not the lesbain, gay section enforcing your ways on us, when we clearly don't enforce our ways on them.