GAY MARRIAGE ? YOUR THOUGHTS?
2006-09-04 14:59:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Other - United States
Personally i feel that it is wrong and should not be allowed, which its not in my state. Simply because Marriage was ment for Man and Woman and not Adam and Steve. God created woman to be the man's mate, not the other way around. I feel that those who are in a gay marriage are moraly wrong by my standers and by the way i was raised it is a sin to me. God does not condone Gay/lesbian sanctions he is totally against it. that is why he destroyed sadam and gamorah with brimstone and fire.
2006-09-04 15:16:36 · answer #1 · answered by ladyrebel 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Who cares about the Christian views on the matter, they are actually not relevant.
It is the state that issues a marriage license, without which a marriage in a house of worship cannot take place. The reason that gay marriage will eventually become legal is because the state lacks sufficient reason to keep it illegal.
The 14th Amendment guarantees equal protection under the law. Using that as a guide line .what is the States reason to deny a marriage license to a gay couple ?
All the usual reasons given will inevitably hit legal dead-ends
The State is in fact is the ultimate romantic and as such places few if any conditions on who can marry.
In any state in America if a couple is heterosexual and over 18 and have the $40.00 for the license they can pretty much marry each other and their marriage will be recognized in any state in America.
The State doesn't have an educational requirement, doesn't have a "How-are-you -going -to -support- yourselves ?"requirement, doesn't have a "What do you know about child raising ?" requirement. The State doesn't even ask if the couple is in love
The fact of the matter is that in any state in America it is easier to get a marriage license than a drivers license, a hunting license, a food handlers license, obviously the list continues for quite a while
So, again what is the States reason for denying a marriage license to a gay couple ?
If the purpose of marriage is in fact procreation, then does that mean that heterosexual couples who either by chance or by choice have not procreated are not married ? Will there be at time limit set ? If a couple doesn't have kid in 4 years the marriage is null and void? A dead end situation- the State cannot make procreation a condition of marriage. Since the State cannot make procreation a condition of marriage, then all the child -centered arguments against gay marriage become moot.
The bottom line is that since the State sets few if any conditions for Heterosexual marriage, the prohibition on gay marriage is without reason.
Even if the old Christian saw of " Look what happened to the sexually omniveous Greek and Roman Empires , therefore if gay marriage is allowed a similiar fate will befall the American Empire " is used . History does not support that supposition. The fact of the matter is that Western Civilization accomplished greater things in the 900 years prior to the Fall of the Roman Empire than it did in the 900 years after , aka The Dark Ages
2006-09-04 22:36:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Maybe I'm just a cynic, but I think it's because they want to outlaw "sins" they /don't/ want to commit. The powers-that-be among the religious right know that if they try to go after divorce, then people will leave in droves, because so many are divorced and remarried. But it does seem hypocritical to me, since Jesus spoke against divorce, but was silent on homosexuality. AFAIK, other religions don't have a prohibition on divorce--just the Christians. Mind you, I don't have any problems with it; I'm divorced and remarried myself. But no one seems to have felt the need to protest /my/ marriage. Meanwhile, in my state, the anti-gays got a state constitutional amendment passed forbidding same-sex marriage, civil union or anything but legal opposite-sex marriage being recognized in any way. Never mind that we already had our own version of DOMA.
2016-03-26 22:22:23 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible is a compilation of stories, much like Grimm's Fairy Tales, that give us lessons on life. If we went by everything the Bible said, women could be beat on the steps of churches and Pagans (aka witches / wiccans,etc) would be killed. I wish people would quit thinking that what the Bible says has to be taken as the literal word and see it for the "story" book that it is.
On the question - I believe in live and let live - if someone finds a person that makes him or her happy and it is someone of the same sex, then so be it - let them have a civil union (or whatever it could/should be called) and let them live their life in happiness!
For the person that says that a marriage of one mother and one father is the way to go when it comes to raising kids - so should we not allow single parents to raise children? Or make women who live with men who beat them or drink / do drugs, etc, stay with their husband because it is "best for the kids?" Yes, in a perfect world, the family would be mom, dad, the kids and the dog, but the world is far from perfect and society as a whole needs to realize this and accept that we need to look outside the "traditional" box and start looking at the variety and diversity that is our world.
2006-09-04 15:07:32 · answer #4 · answered by SlumberPartiesbyHelen 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Gay marriage is the right way to go. There is no reason why gay men and lesbian women shouldn't receive the same tax benefits and rights that straight people are entitled to. Im talking about legal marriage, not religious marriage.
Please don't bring God, or Church, or Jesus or Bible into this argument - this is entirely about civil rights, not religion!
2006-09-04 15:04:06 · answer #5 · answered by Clarkie 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Well, I'm a lesbian....So, I of course see nothing wrong with it. I don't believe it was a choice, so how can it possibly be wrong?. I think the conservative & liberal christians have different views about this subject...I personally believe it all has to do with genetics. We're born this way. I never woke up one morning & said.."Oh, I think I'll be a lesbian" -- That's absurd...One of my favorite quotes is -- "I chose to be Gay the same day you chose to be Straight"...Point is -- You don't choose...Marriage is simply about love. Love is love, pure & simple; regardless of gender, race, shape, size, etc...I believe you should be allowed to marry the person you're in love with without it being an issue. We should all have equal rights.
2006-09-04 15:08:39 · answer #6 · answered by alindler83 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I'm married to my husband for 5yrs I'm 23 and hes 27 .i think its noboby's business who u should marry men+men women+women , or women +man love is love no matter what u are everyone has the right to love how ever they want. god doesn't have anything to do with this . its closed minded people who anything different is wrong!
2006-09-04 19:24:36 · answer #7 · answered by erich's mama 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
monogamous, life-long marriage between one man and one woman brings order and a number of benefits to society.....
civilized cultures throughout history have understood and recent research supports that a physically present mother and father, that is a man and a woman married to one another, provide the best environment for children,
AS for the Christian view? It states plainly in the Bible that brother should not lie down with brother... a union is between a man and a woman.
Enough said
2006-09-04 15:07:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
there was a time that this question would never have come to any ones mind to be asked.And it doesn't matter what you or anybody thinks.Whether anyone is for or against it.Because everyone was created with a sense of right and wrong.That "sense", can be enhanced or perverted.It is greatly affected by the whispers of the sworn enemy of all of mankind,Satan!For he can make wrong doing fair seeming.
2006-09-04 15:10:43 · answer #9 · answered by Daddy 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm a chrisitan---non denominal----is till beleive in the saying "love your neighbor as yourself"-----it is thier choice-----if it is a sin----we all sin----i will not judge------it is not up to me to judge others---I think we need to worry more about ourselves then other people------
----side note cheating is a sin and Over 50% of marrages someone is cheating on thier spouse-----think about that-----
2006-09-04 15:16:19 · answer #10 · answered by applegrower 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋