2006-10-09 11:56:53 · 9 answers · asked by ana 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
YES. In civil marriage we should have full marriage equality, treating same-gender couples like any other couples. ("Marriage equality" or "same-sex marriage" is a more accurate and inclusive term than "homosexual" or "gay marriage". Discrimination in civil marriage also affects bi and trans people, as well as those who don't identify with a particular label.)
Civil marriage is a legal status by which a couple gets many special rights, benefits, and obligations -- some 1,138 in U.S. federal law, according to a recent General Accounting Office report. If we as a society grant benefits to support a committed couple, we should do so fairly and equally.
Civil marriage IS NOT a religious institution. It's available to atheists. "God's law" or "God's plan" has nothing to do with it.
Civil marriage IS NOT about procreation. Couples can be legally married even when they're infertile, for whatever reason, or if they choose not to have children.
If civil marriage is about the welfare of children, all modern research has shown that children raised by same-sex parents are just as psychologically healthy and well-adjusted as those raised by opposite-sex parents.
Tradition does not make discrimination right. The divine right of kings used to be a tradition. Slavery (condoned and regulated in the Bible!) used to be a tradition. Denying women the vote used to be a tradition.
We know better!
Civil unions that are not recognized as marriage are a "separate and unequal" second-class status. The meaning of calling a marriage a MARRIAGE is that it's more likely to be respected, whatever state or country you go to.
(Religious leaders and institutions are free to recognize and bless same-sex unions, or not, according to their own teachings. Many don't; many do.)
2006-10-09 12:16:30 · answer #1 · answered by Consider This... 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't see why civil unions shouldn't be allowed. It's a legally defined relationship which allows for all the same rights that heterosexual couples have to be applied to homosexual couples.
There is a difference between the various religious ceremonies that bind people together and how the state views the unions. Marriage means something different between faiths but yet they're legally recognized.
I think all couples should have a civil union ceremony and that those that choose can go to their places of worship for the religious ceremony can do so as they please.
2006-10-09 12:02:32 · answer #2 · answered by misskate12001 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because people have the "right" to be happy - if being with another of the same sex makes them happy, then who are we to judge them? We shouldn't judge others by what they MAY be doing behind closed doors.
2006-10-09 12:07:21 · answer #3 · answered by BugGurl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Having some sort of celebration, but not an actual wedding with clergy.
Just not right.
2006-10-09 11:59:44 · answer #4 · answered by Albert H 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Of course, it doesn't hurt anybody. It's really nobody elses business except the two people who want to get married.
2006-10-09 12:00:29 · answer #5 · answered by nicole 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's wrong but it should be legal.
2006-10-09 11:59:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yea
2006-10-09 13:57:15 · answer #7 · answered by ;p 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
DOESNT MATTER WHAT WE THINK THEY ARE HAPPY AND HAVE A SEXUAL PROBLEM WITH IN THEM SELVES,SO IT SAVES OUR SONS BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED LET THEM MARRY SOMEONE THEY ARE HAPPY WITH
2006-10-09 12:05:29 · answer #8 · answered by staffie lover from Aussie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no
2006-10-09 11:58:53 · answer #9 · answered by bigboss 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋