for those opposed to gay marriage ????

Question

why is it your business what other people do?? i think it's o.k. to believe what you do, but how would it really effect your life if it were legal in all states?

please don't answer with the whole structure of the church falling apart thing because if you really followed christ you wouldn't outcast anyone.

i would really like to know how it would effect your life

i can understand some people think it's wrong, but why force your belief on someone else?

Answer 1

Why on earth do people care so much what other people do? You just care about you and let others care about themselves. The world would be a much better place if more people subscribed to that philosophy. Telling people what to do is not helping them. As for marriage?!?! Why the heck not? It's just a darn piece of paper anyway. My husband and I didn't get married in a church, we were on the beach. And our wedding was religion-free. We keep our religious beliefs to ourselves and didn't want to impose it on friends and family. Though frankly, I think gay people have it right by not getting married. Seems like as couples they stay together longer than most straight married couples.
Sorry, I'm not opposed to gay marriages. I get upset by people who are. Who cares when there are countless wars going on out there. Love is peaceful. The more of it we can get on this planet, the more we should take.

Answer 2

I oppose gay marriage because the phrase "gay marriage" has become a corruption of its meanings. Those who want it think of it as a recognized commitment to a romantic partner. Those who are against gay "marriage" understand that marriage is a sacred vow between a man and a woman who are MATES. Marriage is the application of spiritual maxims to a naturally occurring behavior. Its like people are fighting over the word marriage and not being honest about just wanting the federal advantages of being "married."

I have no problem with homosexuals being together. In fact, I think making marriage of any kind recognized by the state is a breach of said separation of church and state. Marriage should be purely a religious thing not legally acknowledged. That way, people wed out of a desire to be with someone and have that commitment and not over money. Beyond that, this would open churches to have their own freedom to marry or not marry gays based on their own personal beliefs. I'm saying make marriage a social/religious thing and take the legal parts out entirely.

No its not my business what other people do, and I don't make it mine, but marriage is a spiritual union between man and woman. Anything other than that is a commitment (be it spiritual or otherwise) between one lover and an other. If that isn't enough for the gay community, then they only want the LABEL of marriage, because they've already got the product.

Answer 3

Lets leave religion and God out of it.

Marriage between male and female has been going on for ever sinse mankind has been on the planet. The legal marriage was set up to protect that union, financially and legally because of children. It is a legal agreement between a man and a woman who become a family. Then there can be health insurance benifits etc. Adding gay marriages.....well we might as well ordain marriages between a dog and his man. A cat and the old lady.

The Grandpa and the grandson. I know this is obserb, but there are some things in life that just need to be left alone. Marriage is one of them. If it is redefined with each generation... the meaning of it will be eventually lost. How many things will we loose that are the foundation of our life and country before we crash and burn.

Besides.....making it ok for a handful of gays to marry when millions oppose it.......where is the fairness of that.

Now that I think about it.......I adore my car......can I marry it?

Answer 4

It is not so much that churches are falling apart rather than the fact that married partners don't seem to take the significance of their vows too seriously.
I am gay, and yet I believe in my heart (and from everything I can see in the Scriptures as well as from human tradition) that marriage actually IS a union between a (heterosexual) man and a (heterosexual) woman. And it is done before God.
The licensing of a marriage, however, is purely civil, which leads me to believe that it would be better to have "civil unions" in the secular sense rather than "marriages" and bring in the option for same-sex couples to enjoy all the rights and privileges of heterosexual couples.
The advantages are many: less promiscuity, more stability in relationships, the legal binding of people together, distribution of property and estates upon the one or other spouse's death, different income tax classifications etc.
Please note that the institution of "marriage" is not threatened or diminished by any of these measures.

Answer 5

Good question. Personally I am not opposed to gay marriage and the State of Tasmania Australia is not either. That said, I do not believe that our society is ready for gay marriage. The infrastucture of society is unprepared enough for current marriage breakdowns, runaway kids, etc. Gay marriage is another pressure on society and the pressure alone, regardless of subject could be enough to make society uncertain, rush policy, introduce incomplete or unbalanced laws, and so on then gay people are in a worse mess. I do not agree with gay parent hood via surrogacy or other means for similar reasons. But in this case the ethical debate is far younger and less mature. I gues it can be summarisd so; Be careful what you wish for - like the guy who wanted to be irresistable to women. God turned him into a spaniel puppy.

Answer 6

The one I like is that it "is an insult to marriage"....what's the divorce rate now?

The other I like is that people think living next door to 2 gay, married men, will effect their faith. If their faith is that weak, it's not the 2 gay's problem, it's the religious person that can't handle it.

I also a think at least part of the problem, is the fear that man/man and woman/woman marriages may have a higher rate of success, and that would really, really piss people off if gays made better married couples than straights.

Answer 7

You come to a site that's for religion and spirituality with a question like this. "for those opposed to gay marriage ????"

To answer you simply: You mean like God opposes it. Homosexuality is an abomination to God and it is to me as well. There is nothing natural about it.

Christians are commissioned by God Himself to notify you that homosexuality is a sin else we share in the sin with you.

I believe that a person can choose what they want to do and think. In this country (USA) we are given this right under the constitution. So if you think its the thing to do, make that choice. There are consequences to follow for your actions.><>

Answer 8

It's not really that I care so much if Gays marry. Or that it would ruin my life. And it surely will not make the church fall apart. Jesus has it all under control, believe me. It's just not the way of the Bible and the Bible is God's word and God's word is true. I don't outcast Gays, I just speak God's word. We can't compromise God's word.

Answer 9

It would affect our children. Already we see that homosexual activist have succeeded in making it mandatory for kids in California to be taught that homosexuality is normal. Foster kids can not opt out even if their foster parents want to opt them out. Why do homosexuals insist on teaching kids who are not their own? Also what homosexuals really want is not to be able to get married. What they are trying to achieve is the end of marriage. They hope to create incentives for couples who are not married so that there is no reason for marriage. Couples who just live together do not provide the same type of home or family for children. As these children grow up in dysfunctional homes they will have more problems and so will a society that has to deal with them.
Why is it their business what our kids think?

Answer 10

Every individual has his or her right to chhose what they want. U as an individual shouldnt worry about what others say. Seeking the happiness that u want as it is your life and u have to make the best of it. The moment we let our mind to fail us and listen to others, then u can only live in regret.
The world is made up of all kind of people, and it is human norm to to gossip, criticise or ridule the other party but not realising they themselves have many setbacks which they tend to hide.