Gay Marriage Destroys Sanctity of Marriage?

Question

One morning my wife and I woke up, and realised our marriage had been devalued.

Why? Was it because my wife and I had been attending orgies? No, we had been doing that for years.

Was it because my wife once had a fling with a shetland pony? No, I forgave her for her youthful high spirits.

The reason: some gays had married somewhere.

After 15 years together we feel we now have to split up.

We don´t think it would be right to continuing living together in a devalued marriage as God would not be happy about it.

Gay marriage is destroying millions of perfectly good marriages throughout the USA.

What are other Born Again Christians thinking about this?

Answer 1

You have my deepest sympathy. And I know whereof you speak.

The other day as I was leaving evensong services at the Church of Local Christians Only and was shaking hands with Pastor Falstaff and his wife (Ophelia Pratt-Falstaff, the former actress) we were subjected to the horrid homosexual spectacle of two male digs next door besporting themselves in a manner most unnatural.

They devalued the condition of canininty so much in the good Pastor's eyes that he immediately went to the parsonage, dragged his dog Newbert out on the lawn and slew him forthwith with an aspergillium borrowed from the Verger.

Hopefully gay marriage will not make it necessary for you to treat your wife likewise as the means of marital dissolution.

Answer 2

I think the high divorce rate between heterosexual couples are partly to blame. I think some of the blame also needs to lie with people who allow marriage in the first place. Wasn't the sanctity of marriage destroyed once a person could marry away from a church and away from a priest, vicar, anyone within the church? Marriage is to easy to go through with and a person performing a marriage doesn't even have to be religious these days. The fact that gay people can now marry is of little relevance in such an argument considering the idea of marriage in general. Most marriages are no longer holy or sacred, it would be better if there was some kind of difference between a couple married in church and a couple married in a town hall other than the destination; something that stated that one marriage was carried out in a religious context. The word 'married' is not just a religious word.

Answer 3

Please show me non-biblical non-Christian evidence that the marriage of same sex couples somewhere has caused the demise of your marriage. To say that means that your marriage had no meaning or was worthless from the start if someone you don't know, never met, never will meet, could destroy your marriage. You sound like the kids on the playground. I'm not going to play if you let HIM play. I will only join the team if HE's not on it. Grow up. Face the facts that millions of same sex couples will be married and it will have no effect on your marriage nor your church of hate. Born again are fanatics who should go to church and stay out of my business. Government needs to stop pandering to these radicals. Our country is a disgrace on the world scene. We look like hipcrates who preach freedom and liberty on the world front, but at home it's non-existent. if South Africa can be free-thinking enough to legalize same sex marriage, why can't the defender of freedom, the United States of America do the same. If you want to live in a dictatorship where everyone thinks the same move to Iran, North Korea. Hell why go that far when Cuba is so close.

Answer 4

Marriage has never been a static institution; it has evolved over time. Marriage began as a practical way to ensure that a man's property was passed down to his legitimate heirs. After all, there was no way for a man to be sure that a child was his unless he could guard and protect his woman and make sure she didn't canoodle with any other men. Basically, marriage was a transaction between a man and a woman's father (or other male relative). If marriage was really a holy sacrement between men, women, and God, then why was it necessary for a woman's father to pay her future husband a dowry?

When the Bible was written, it was customary and perfectly acceptable for men to have many wives. It was until the Middle Ages, 1000 years after the alleged birth of Jesus, when the idea of Courtly Love emerged amongst the noble troubadors that romantic love was even considered relevant to the idea of marriage. Despite its vogue during that time, romantic love between a man and a woman was still one of the last considerations when planning a marriage, and indeed, the interested parties might have very little say in the matter.

It was not until the last 100, 150 years or so that it was considered appropriate or even desirable to allow a man and woman to choose whether or not they desired to be married to each other. And of course, today one can obtain a divorce from their marriage with very little social stigma, and even obtain an official annulment of the marriage from their church for reasons that would have never been deemed appropriate when the Church was forming, and still be thought to hold to God's laws concerning marriage.

The main purpose of marriage, as I said, was to produce offspring of certified origin and to allow the transmission of wealth and property from one generation to another. Many christian religions today believe that it is the duty of all good christians to marry and to produce children. And yet there are many in our society who choose not to marry, or who marry and decide not to produce children. Why is this not considered an affront to the sanctity of marriage?

If marriage has changed and evolved so much over time, not only in the way in which it is practiced but in the attitudes surrounding it as well, then where is this sanctity and tradition that is to be preserved? Why are so many other affronts to God's commandments toward marriage considered acceptable, while same sex marriage is not?

Answer 5

If you wanna save marriage, ban Celebrety marriage!


Honestly, Christians don't have Marriage all to themselves. It's been around longer than Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. So what if someone wants the same rights as other couples? That's in the hands of the courts, not churches. However as an aside, churches should be able to decide who they marry, because it would be a violation of their freedom of expression not to do so just as banning same sex marriage violates theirs. : )

Answer 6

Because with a 50%+ divorce rate in the US, heterosexuals were doing SUCH a good job maintaining that sanctity, right?

I mean, look at Brittney Spears. She's sanctified two marriages so far!

Answer 7

I personally am voting for a matriarchical society, in the hopes we can achieve a more balanced and natural approach to life.

The antique concept of marriage needs to die and go away -- period. It causes more harm than good.

Marriage and monogamy is for repressed or small-minded people.

Everyone is bisexual -- get over it.

Answer 8

I'm taking your anecdote as satire. That being the case, it's funny as hell.

The really sad thing is that there really are morons out there who believe that gay marriage is somehow destroying our world. It would probably be funny if these idiots weren't allowed to vote. Sigh.

Answer 9

I'm not a "Born Again Christian", I'm Catholic, and although I don't agree with a lot of the things you said, I do believe that gay marriage does destroy the sanctity of marriage...it makes a marriage between a man and a woman not seem so holy anymore..marriage is a sacrament in my church, and although I cant accept gay marriages, I do not hate gays..they are just called to live a chaste life

Answer 10

I think your marriage was devalued when your wife was bangin' a pony. Fess up you can't take the thought of that anymore. Don't blame the gays, thank them. I'm totally disgusted by her actions. I don't even know her or you YUK!!! Shame on you for blaming your problems on other people.