who supports gay marriage and why?

Answer 1

go to the politics section - Homosexuality is a sin.

Answer 2

Technically, I don't support gay marriage, but that's because I don't support marriage outside of a religious sense. Everyone should be treated the same way under the law.

But, as society has seen fit to recognize married people as different from single people, then I support consistency. Gays have as much right to be married in the eyes of the government as straights do.

Whether gay marriage should be supported within each religion depends on the religion. If a religion wishes to be hateful and bigoted, then it is within that religion's right to not recognize homosexual or interracial marriages. The government should not be so hard-handed, though.

Answer 3

I support gay marriage.

I believe that when two people are in love, they should have the same rights as any other couple, no matter what gender they are.

The marriage is a legal thing. If you die, you want everything you own to go to the person you love and hope that it will help them in some way, right? Well, if a gay couple is together and not married, everything that belongs to the person that died will probably go to the closest living relative (sister, mother...) and the person that was in love with the deseased could end up with absolutely nothing because the family may not want to 'share.'
That is just horrible.

For example: If the title of a car is in one person's name, and that person dies, the car will go to the family member, instead of the one that maybe helped pay for the car (the gay lover.)

On top of that, it is wrong to discriminate. In our country, that is illegal, and forcing religion on other people is also illegal. When you say that 'being gay is a sin' you are saying that person must be doing something wrong in YOUR religion when YOUR religion doesn't matter to THEM because it isn't theirs. If you say that they can't be married because YOUR religion says so, that is against the first amendment of the constitution. (Freedom of religion.)

I could go on I suppose, but I need to go to work. This should be enough to answer your question.

Answer 4

I do. Marriage as an institution has no real relevance to our legal system. It's just a way of categorizing people for taxes and paperwork. I don't see why we have to put morals into that. It's not like it's illegal for two men or women to live together - just to get legal rights. It's simply discrimination based on religious differences, something our country is supposed to be against. Besides, it seems that when more than half of straight marriages fail, then maybe we should let some other people get a shot at making it work.

Answer 5

I support it, but why do we have the right to tell others not to do it? If this country is based on freedom, and gayness is natural as proven by nature (as found in animals, twins, etc.), then how can we take away that freedom? The only freedoms that we have the right to restrict are those that harm society. With a divorce rate of roughly 50% and people having 36 hour marriages (Britney Spears), there is no blanket sanctity of marriage argument that can apply. The only person's marriage that is important anymore is your own.

Answer 6

I support gay marriage. They have as much of a right to marry as any other couple! I don't know what the big deal is. It's not like straight people appreciate marriage, anyway.

Answer 7

No suport for gay marriage here. Why? Because we have been given a road map to live this life, our road map does not tell us that gay marriage is legal, or acceptable in the eyes of our most loving and trusting God. If it is true that we are made in the image and likeness of God - then we have the power to love people, but not love sin. It is in our best interest to read our road map so that we stop getting side tracked and lost along the way. The Word of God is true and complete.

Answer 8

I absolutely support gay marriage. To deny them this right means that they can spend their entire lives together and then get denied surviorship rights such as insurance benefits and company benefits, not to mention being allowed to make funeral and medical decisions for their life partner.

To deny them this right is discrimination, pure and simple. That's not what America is about.

We have a separation of church and state, and they did that for a very good reason.

And, for the Christians, since when is it your business what other people do? Didn't Christ say that you should turn the other cheek and be tolerant? This is not for you to judge, nor is it right for the government to judge.

How would you feel if blacks, hispanics, or asians were denied this right ? You'd scream bloody murder.

Answer 9

I'm not gay but I do think it's okay. I don't see what the big problem is. I'm christian, an people always say that the bible bashes homosexuality and that " God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve". But the bible also says to love everyone and that God loves and excepts everyone.People should realize that we can't judge people. Only God can. And that being a christian doesn't mean we are better than everyone, or that it shouldn't be used to slap people of other beliefs in the face with.

Answer 10

It is supported by an assortment of groups and individuals. Those supporting same-sex marriage include the Human Rights Campaign; the late Coretta Scott King; the mayors of several large cities such as Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Chicago, Seattle, and New York; the American Civil Liberties Union; the American Psychiatric Association; Reform Judaism; the United Church of Christ; and the Unitarian Universalist religion. Several political parties such as the Communist Party USA, [4] the Socialist Party USA, [5] U.S. Green Party, the United States Libertarian Party and several state Democratic Parties also support gay marriage.

Those supporting the creation of a separate but equal legal status for same-sex couples in the form of civil union or domestic partnership legislation include some state governors such as those of Washington, Oregon, California, New Mexico, and Connecticut, the national Democratic Party. [6] Some also support enacting reciprocal beneficiary legislation that would give some of the same legal rights as marriage but not all. They include the state governor of Utah, and Focus on the Family.

Groups that oppose giving a legal status to same-sex-marriages include the American Family Association, Family Research Council, Southern Baptist Convention, [7] the Presbyterian Church USA, [8] the Seventh-day Adventist Church, [9] the Southern Baptist Convention, [10] the Hutterite Brethren, [11] the Conservative Mennonite Conference [12] the Evangelical Methodist Church, [13] Unification Church, the Moral Majority, the Christian Voice, the Christian Coalition, Focus on the Family, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Orthodox Church in America, [14] the Rabbinical Council of America, [15] the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (OU), [15] the Church of God (Anderson, IN), [16] the Republican Party, and the Roman Catholic Church.

Advocates of same-sex marriage generally hold that marriage and its benefits should not be denied to same-sex couples, and that such a denial infringes one or more of their rights as American citizens. Critics of same-sex marriage generally hold that marriage should be defined as only consisting of a union of one man and one woman, a so-called "traditional marriage," and that no rights exist that should compel a state to recognize any relationships to the contrary of that definition.

Many people make a distinction between same-sex marriage and civil unions, which would provide same-sex couples some legal rights. Although only about 4 in 10 Americans think gay and lesbian people should be allowed to marry, there is larger support for permitting civil unions [citation needed]. All in all, over half of Americans support some type of legal recognition for same-sex couples who wish to make a long-term commitment. Forty percent think same-sex couples' relationships ought to have no legal recognition.
The most recent national poll on same-sex marriage in the United States was conducted in June 2006 by ABC News. The poll found that the majority (58%) of Americans remained opposed to same-sex marriages, while the minority (36%) support them. However, on the question of a constitutional amendment, more are now opposed than for it. The majority (51%) of Americans say the issue should be left for the states to decide, while 43% would agree with amending the Constitution

Answer 11

If two men (or women) somewhere want to get married, I could honestly care less. Their marriage won't effect my life in any way whatsoever. As far as gay marriage corrupting the institution of marriage, I think the obscenely high divorce rate is more of a threat.