2006-11-06 09:46:39 · 15 answers · asked by Joel L 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
I am referring to that clever bumper sticker.
2006-11-06 09:52:31 · update #1
Yes, it's way more important to have love. I'm a straight woman that is engaged to a fabulous man. I am also roman catholic. However, I support gay marriages. Why? Being gay, although considered a sin, isn't a big enough sin that god wouldn't forgive. God loves his worshipers! There are gay people who happen to be very religious. God will forgive their homosexuality and open the gates for them in the long run as long as they believe in & respect him, as he will with all his believers that respect his wishes.
I don't understand why there is such a negative focus on gay marriages. People should be more concerned with the percentages of straight marriages that are ending up in a divorce!
Anyway, god never said we couldn't love. And, I believe love comes in all shapes, sizes, races, and sexes.
2006-11-06 09:53:36 · answer #1 · answered by ♪Msz. Nena♫ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if they can abstain from intimacy, then marriage is not necessary. Marriage is intended to cement the union as far as legality and morally when the union involves children, property, debts and other legal matters. Love is suppose to be a part of the equation, just like God is suppose to be a part of the equation, but some people elect to omit one or both. If either is omitted, then the likelihood that the marriage will be successful and last is substantially limited. There are marriages of convenience, whereby each benefit in some fashion from the contract and both are comfortable with it. Then there have been forced marriages by tradition or for stability of the country (kings & queens). Since love comprises of many sides, it is good that it be included in the marriage in whatever form possible. Since God is love, He also should be the central focus, since by both members of the couple centering their relationship on Him will help them to weather the storms that come against their marriage as the years go by. Last, but not least, God choose the first marriage couple, a male and female, which by design fit as a puzzle and complement each other in many multiple ways.
2006-11-06 18:28:55 · answer #2 · answered by YRofTexas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
last I checked your equation does not make sense at all. man + woman equals a lot of things, marriage only one of them.
Now if you are referring to gay marriage...dont get me started there, I think people should be able to do what they want, but the fact is that it is an unnatural union, between same sexes, and In my opinion its an insult to married people. And before you start, I am not religious whatsoever and I vote Democrat, well maybe not anymore since they seem to be so bent on this particular issue when there are so many more important ones they should put their time into. If you want to be gay, go ahead, but keep it out of our faces. Marriage has, and always should be, between a man and a woman.
2006-11-06 17:50:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree, but society tells us to fall in love, get married, buy a house, have kids and then when you discover you're not happy living the life someone else laid-out for you in 10 years you get divorced.
With 50% of marriages ending in divorce I think allot of it has to do with confusing lust for love. Lust can mask allot of things about someone that normally you wouldn't accept. Years later when the lust dies down and real life sets in you see clearly what you were blinded to before and you realize you really don't have allot in common with this person.
Even "Puritan values" about abstaining from sex until married doesn't help, and I think in most cases makes it worse since that is the big reason you are getting married as a horny 20-something.
"Love is what we call the situation which occurs when two people who are sexually compitable discover that they can also tolerate one another in various other circumstances." ~ Marc Maihueird
2006-11-06 18:10:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Love is the most important component in a marriage. It's not like the people that are truly homosexual choose to be that way, so why punish them by not allowing them the same freedoms given to any other couple?
2006-11-06 17:56:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A status symbol....I disagree with that completely. Marriage is a bond, a commitment, an environment to raise children. Yes, love is an ingredient, as is trust, and devotion.
If you LOVE someone then making a lifetime commitment shouldn't be that difficult. If you love someone without being able to promise fidelity until death do you part then your not in love, your in lust.
2006-11-06 17:54:28 · answer #6 · answered by OleMarbleEyes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, marriage is an old word meaning combing together and has developed and defined by dictionaries to meet modern meanings. such as this.
2006-11-06 17:48:05 · answer #7 · answered by southernboy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, love is the most important thing.
2006-11-06 17:48:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
marriage is a contractual agreement between two lovers to always be there for one another... today, marriage is more of a status symbol than anything else...
2006-11-06 17:49:21 · answer #9 · answered by bl00dsuckr 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you don't have to get married if you are willing to take the chance of losing her. getting married tells her that you want to spend the rest of your life with her & only her & how much you love & need her
2006-11-06 17:50:34 · answer #10 · answered by Red 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋