is there any legal right that the government can stop gay marriage?and if so, are there any morral reasons?

Answer 1

The government is a funny thing. They want laws in place to dictate who can be married, restrict your legal rights when you are married, charge you extra tax if you need married filing separate, and then profit heavily from the divorce actions you have to file to get out from under this legal hell.

But this same government will also put laws in place to "not interfere" in the sanctity of "marital harmony." IE- Don't call us with your domestic disputes.

You see your mrs. kill someone? Don't bother telling the cops. You can't testify against your spouse. She signed your name to a mortgage loan & now you're out $250,000? Oh well, it's legal. That's the government for you.

Personally, I do not feel gay marriage is immoral. What the government has done to marriage ALREADY, is immoral.

Answer 2

Legal, yes. According to existing law, marriage is specifically defined as the union between a man and a woman. So long as those laws are still phrased in such a way, the government has every "right" to prevent gay couples from marrying.

As for moral reasons...that's more subjective. Most moral arguments against gay marriage center around the religious definition of marriage. Opposers of gay marriage cite a breakdown of traditional family values and an allowance of deviance as reasons against gay marriage.

Supporters of gay marriage argue that fair is fair, and they say that many heterosexual couples have done a fine job of breaking down traditional family values on their own (infidelity, divorce, etc.), so why not let homosexuals have a crack at it?

It is the moral reasons that the laws are still written the way they are. Unfortunately, so many of the reasons against gay marriage are relgious-based. Not that religion is a bad thing per say, but just about any argument that is relgious-based isn't going to go anywhere.

The religious opposers to gay marriage aren't suddenly going to change their mind about what their religion stands for, no matter what arguments are used to sway them. And the anti-religous supporters of gay marriage aren't suddenly going to change their minds either.

Answer 3

Legally - yes and no. The government sets the rules as to what will be legally recognized as a marriage - you have to have someone liscensed to preform weddings, you have to have two witnesses over 18, you have to saw :"I xxxx take you xxxxx...", etc. So - the government CAN decided if it will or will not recognize the marriage as legally binding.

But, they can't actually stop a gay wedding from happening. Gay couples have been having commitment/marriage services for years already - they just aren't recognized as legal weddings everywhere. Sort of like a straight couple getting married on a beach with no witnesses. The wedding still happens - but the government wouldn't recognize it.

Answer 4

Sadly, we have seconded the right to define and regulate marriage, a religious rite, to the government. Holding said right, the government then sees fit to regulate the same. Civil unions could provide the appropriate rights and benefits to gay couples, duly registered as straight couples. We have not reached that point.
Morality is at present defined by each individual. The government struggles, but morality is not legislated easily. Self-defined groups define their own morality, cf. religions and Lions/PTA etc. They then seek to spread their morality, occasionally in place of their membership.
You are not specific about whose moral reasons. The governments? Yours? Mine? The Boy Scouts? Las Vegas?
The latter's reason would likely have to do with capitalist profit is good therefore this is good. etc.

Answer 5

"The gay marriage movement is demanding the same perks and benefits and the same recognition as the natural family, even though they have no direct natural connection to the benefits that the natural family provides to the state. In effect what they are asking for is plainly benefits with no responsibility to shoulder the cost."

Answer 6

i don't know about the government but i don't see ANY moral reasons that gays shouldn't get married. it sickens me that a person would try to rob another person of the right to be happy and pledge their love to their partner, just because of their personal sexuality. in america "equal rights" is a load of bullshit. it is actually read "equal rights for all godly heterosexuals".

i think it is immoral NOT to recognize a gay marriage as a legal union. what about life partners who have the same family dynamic as a wife and husband. if one of them dies, they are not entitled to ANY benefits of their spouse, unlike a wife would be if her husband died. its all bullshit.

Answer 7

the government is not stopping gays from getting married the government just does not acknowledge the marrage

Answer 8

It's infringement upon basic human rights and you need to stop it or simply become Canadian. Yea, my country is better than yours.

Answer 9

There isn't. But many people abide by the bible which says gay matrimony is wrong those motherf**king @$$holes. I bet they wouldn't try to stop it if they were homosexual.