gay marriage?

Question

i personaly disagree with gay marriage.
but i have a question should it be called marriage because by defination it says the union between a MAN AND A WOMEN not a member of the same sex.

Answer 1

I disagree with it, but if they want to go to hell, that's on them.

Answer 2

Yes, it should be called "marriage" because you're only using of the word's MANY definitions.

Try picking up a dictionary once in a while and reading further than the first definition offered.

mar‧riage  /ˈmærɪdʒ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[mar-ij] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun 1. the social institution under which a man and woman establish their decision to live as husband and wife by legal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc.
2. the state, condition, or relationship of being married; wedlock: a happy marriage.
3. the legal or religious ceremony that formalizes the decision of a man and woman to live as husband and wife, including the accompanying social festivities: to officiate at a marriage.
4. a relationship in which two people have pledged themselves to each other in the manner of a husband and wife, without legal sanction: trial marriage; homosexual marriage.
5. any close or intimate association or union: the marriage of words and music in a hit song.
6. a formal agreement between two companies or enterprises to combine operations, resources, etc., for mutual benefit; merger.
7. a blending or matching of different elements or components: The new lipstick is a beautiful marriage of fragrance and texture.
8. Cards. a meld of the king and queen of a suit, as in pinochle. Compare royal marriage.
9. a piece of antique furniture assembled from components of two or more authentic pieces.
10. Obsolete. the formal declaration or contract by which act a man and a woman join in wedlock.

Answer 3

This is not a question, it is a rant. Please don't use this site unless you have a genuine question about something.

Legally, you're right, it is not "marriage" yet.
But grammatically, marriage is the correct term. An alternate meaning of marriage is "an intimate or close union," which could be applied to things or abstracts (ex: the marriage of innovation and technology, he's married to his work) as well as to people. Many gay couples share a close and loving union that they wish to solemnize with a formal ceremony.
Besides, the dictionary isn't written in stone - words and definitions can change over time as society changes.

Answer 4

Incorrect little one.

Marriage is NOT defined that way. Christian Marriage is defined that way.

Wiccan Marriage allows for same sex, so do other pagan faiths.

Who are Christians to claim this word which, until Christianity made its way to Rome, was defined as the Union of two souls (this allowed men to marry in Rome as well as Greece) within the Pagan faiths. The term for the union of a Man and a Woman in the Bible is NOT Marriage but Betrothal.

If Christians are going to argue this one, could they at least make an attempt at knowing what they are talking about.

Answer 5

Marriage in the Federal statutes confers over 1000 rights and responsibilities. By refusing to allow same-gender couples to join in this civil contract, those couples are excluded from those rights and responsibilities. State laws also are written with Marriage as a defining characteristic in applying those laws. Without the word, the legal recognition is meaningless.

There are those who advocate for allowing marriage to become a religious institution and creating civil unions as the civil equivalent. However, this seems like a remake that is actually destructive to the institution of marriage. Gay marriage does nothing to harm marriage itself, and it allows loving couples a chance to participate fully in society.

Answer 6

I suppose the question to ask is how this definition came to be aligned with the word 'marriage'. Is it possible that it happened simply because our society has been so (and still is) heteronormative and the only people who we imagined/condoned marrying were men with women?

Also- what's the historical background of marriage? Procreation? The joining of two families' wealth? Other reasons that had nothing to do with love? Nod your head yes, because that's true. These reasons are nill now- today we marry for a myriad of reasons, one of which is two people who want to join and share their lives. Because the reasons have changed, perhaps the rules that govern the institution should as well.

And lastly, before the law, all individuals are equal and granted equal rights. We have to ask whether making gays have civil unions as opposed to marriage is treating them as second class citizens. In my opinion, it is. 'Separate but equal' is a concept we got rid of in Brown vs. the Board of Education.

Those are my thoughts.

Answer 7

By whose definition? Yours? Marriage is simply the union between two people in love - and that's all it needs to be.

Disagree? Why do you even care? Why can't two people of the same sex share the feelings that a male & a female share? More heterosexual unions fail then homosexual unions, so your argument doesn't hold much validity.

Oh well, not everyone can see clearly.

Signed,
A straight male.

Answer 8

well that's the whole point. isn't it between two adults living as a loving family i think is what is being asked for.
the church made many rules about marriage and others things and those were added to state law later..
but a strict interpretation would also require straights to make babies(not even adopt) to be married as that is the purpose and argument. and it was self serving. make more babies in my religion.
not even all christian churches are against it.
and it would be a great help with the other tax cuts.
so why are you so interested in what two nice consenting adults do with their lives in their own homes??
would you rather see two gay people in love or the sometimes abusive or loveless marriages allowed by law?
i don't understand why their private choices in love and the bedroom and trying to have family values... why its up for others to decide. at all. this isn't a commie country or is it?

Answer 9

The bible is the only thing that defines a marriage between a man and a woman. Our laws are not supposed to be out of the bible, they are supposed to be unbiased and fair. Marriage is about committing yourself to the one you love, be it a man and a woman, two women, or two men. Love is love and as long as they are happy why does it bother you so much?

Answer 10

My general opinion is that there are two definitions of marriage, a social one and a 'legal' one. It's up to society to decide whether or not a union of two people qualifies for the social definition, but a just government cannot deny the legal status to one group of people and still call itself just.

Answer 11

I think its a crazy to have gay marriage ! But if they did Id call it a civil union.Can u believe these men I watched a show on men having sex with slave woman in the day of it and it goes to show men just change the laws to accomadate there sexuality! Its so stupid !