The churches say it will. Will heteros suddenly get divercedd an marry same sex? Will it happen gradually? Will the government start insisting everyone has a same sex partner? How do the churches back up this statement that denys people the right to be together?
2006-10-21 03:43:01 · 27 answers · asked by nursesr4evr 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
I personally believe adults should be free to do as they please.
2006-10-21 03:47:33 · update #1
The 'sis at Sodom and Gomarrah was rape, incest and pedophilia.
2006-10-21 03:48:28 · update #2
Nice discussion going. If people would look at facts and not dogma, we'd all be better off.
2006-10-21 05:23:22 · update #3
It won't affect it at all.
Marriage is NOT a "religious based institution", it is found in most societies and all have their own variations(while most do include a religious aspect, how many practice the same religion?) Same-sex marriages challenge no religious ceremony or rite any more than "marriages" performed in Vegas or any other NON-religious ceremony. Churches themselves will still maintain the right to deny to perform any ceremony which they feel goes against their teachings(as in with Catholics and Divorcees) although I'm willing to bet that the money they see themselves losing from denial of such ceremonies will go a very long way in changing their minds.
2006-10-21 04:30:56 · answer #1 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This is a rather simple issue. Gay marriage is, for the most part a religous thing. Gay civil unions are a government thing. If the churches don't want to condone gay marriage, fine. Freedom of religion. However, I have never seen a reasonable legal argument for banning gay civil unions. Therefore the government refusing to allow gay civil reasons on a moral basis is technically a religous argument and unconstitutional.
Besides how can gay people getting married screw up the institue of marriage any worse than what straight people have? Does anyone remember Darva Conger? She won (and married) a millionaire. ON REALITY TV! Then there's Average Joe, The Bachelor, the Bachelorette, etc. The argument that gay people shouldn't be allowed to live together and given the same protections as heterosexual couples is ridiculous and discriminatory plain and simple.
Before the 13th-15th amendments were passed, All Men Were Created Equal unless...they were another color.
Before the 19th Amendment was passed, All Men Were Created Equal unless...they weren't men.
We keep speaking in terms of equality but we have yet to get there.
2006-10-22 00:46:54 · answer #2 · answered by dwmajick2 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In spite of all the dire predictions, my marriage didn't become less meaningful or fall to pieces because Suzy and Jane started getting married in MA. Also, as far as I know, the applications for marriage among heterosexuals has not seen a dip either. The notion that same-sex marriage will ruin society has no basis in fact.
The Netherlands have had it since 2001, no societal ruination has occurred. Following have been Belgium in 2003, Canada and Spain in 2005, and South Africa will begin allowing it on Dec 2 of this year. It seems there is no evidence to bear out the assumptions of the opposition. There is no opposition not based from religion or garden variety homophobia. If religious opinion were a good enough reason to stop it desegregation would never have happened and there would be no interracial marriage. Heck, for that matter, women still wouldn't be allowed to vote. All three of those things were fought tooth and nail by religious folk who supported their position with scripture. Human rights are often resisted by those chained to wild assumptions drawn from freely interpreted religious texts.
2006-10-21 12:10:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm straight & have no problem accepting gays.
The problem is a lot of heteros & church folk are strongly & some violently against gays getting a marriage certificate.
Sad that we still cannot accept those deemed "different." Would calling it a "union" be
a compromise? No I can't say gay marriage will destroy hetero marriages.
The Politically Correct & anti-family laws already destroyed marriages. Both Liberals & Conservatives control their own people. We are all controlled by propaganda whether we admit it or not.
While Gay people are egged on by the Politically Correct, our "govt" is Nazifying. While
the Church egg on their people, again our govt
can sidestep REAL issues...and Nazify.
Bottomline both the Gays & Church folk are ignorantly following their sides propaganda while America becomes Hermerica. By crushing one citizen, whether gay, male or child,
allows power to be consolidated...allows it easier to crush others.
Gays & church people are angry...but that makes both easier to use & control. The top Liberals & top Conservatives work together anyway.
P e a c e
2006-10-22 00:27:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously not. However, so-called traditional marriage (actually less than 100 years old) is killing itself - it doesn't need any help.
A century ago, women were essentially chattel; they'd got the vote by then (that was a struggle) but they still couldn't get finance on their own, couldn't easily buy a car, or even go to a bar on their own. Once women required that they be treated as equal partners in marriage, marriages started failing - because the women didn't have to put up with the behavior of their men any more.
Go back a couple of centuries, and women were essentially traded for property or kingdoms. In the West, marriages were arranged for political or status reasons - nothing to do with love. At that time, polygamy was still the standard in Utah.
Go back to biblical times, and you could marry four women, even your dead brother's widow, and divorce any of them simply by saying "I divorce thee" three times.
Where modern-day Christians get the idea that marriage is immutable is beyond me - they only have to look in the Bible to see how it changed over the centuries.
But getting away from the religious debate, I'm much more concerned that all Americans be treated equally by the federal government. Gays and Lesbians deserve the same tax breaks and responsibilities (defined in over 1,000 laws) that heterosexuals get as a right the second they are married.
The churches are welcome to keep the sacrament of marriage separate and construe it as they wish - I don't want to force any church to marry anyone they don't believe should be married in the eyes of god, but I do expect the federal government to treat me equally in law.
2006-10-21 13:09:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everyone should have the right to marry. There is more corruption in some of the churches that are protesting gay marriage. Some churches choose to interpret the Bible by saying God hates homosexuals. God created us all. He loves us all equal. Once society accepts that and allows gays to marry, I think society will be a lot better off. Look at the Europeans communities where homosexuality is better accepted. They don't preach that God hates homosexuals. They read and teach from the same Bible.
2006-10-21 11:58:39 · answer #6 · answered by gc27858 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It won't destroy it. I know three couples who collectively have seventy-eight years together who don't even talk about getting married if they were allowed. And the reason is they already have a standard of commitment to each other by which they measure themselves, and it isn't heterosexual marriage. I think Britney Spears marrying a friend while she was drunk, and other lovely "Kodak moments" are what is harming heterosexual marriage. Heterosexuals not taking marriage seriously is what has harmed heterosexual marriage, not gay people loving each other. Also, the churches do not all say it will harm the concept of marriage. My church, for example, does commitment ceremonies all the time, and straights, gays, many ethnicities and many diverse people attend. We're Christians, and we practice what Jesus preached. And Jesus is still speaking to us...I sure wish more of us were listening to the quiet voice of peace He still speaks with!
2006-10-21 12:50:35 · answer #7 · answered by Mark L 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe that homosexual marriage will destroy heterosexual marriage because homosexuals are homosexuals, and heterosexuals are heterosexuals. The church basically says that homosexuality is an abomination, however I definitely think that if someone has found a partner then they should be entitled to be together if they want. What goes on in someone's bedroom is really no of anyone's business....as long as it's consenting adults, and not children.
2006-10-21 10:47:25 · answer #8 · answered by prettydebutante 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Managing my life takes up all of my time and energy. I guess a lot of straights need to get a life and mind their own business. In the 60's & 70's we all said "Different strokes for different folks". Everyone should have equal rights not just the majority. Amen.
2006-10-21 14:43:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Agreed. I hear the stateent al the tme that it destroys the foundation of marriage, but have yet to hear how. Last I checked, marriage is for two people who love each other and want to spend their lives together. Doesn't seem to destroy anything if the two people are the same sex in my opinion
2006-10-21 12:59:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋