What Do You Think About GAY MARRIAGE?

Question

I personally believe that gay people are enduring one of the most severe forms of oppression by being denied the right to marry. It wasn't long ago that women were being denied the right to vote and black people were denied all basic human rights, but we have come a long way. In the present time of 2007, gay people are still being discriminated against and I am outraged. REGARDLESS OF YOUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO DENY SOMEONE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MARRY? I am not gay, but feel a need to express my concern over this devastating issue in our country. It is a Human Rights issue and it is Real. We need a solution NOW.

Answer 1

AMEN BROTHER! I wholeheartedly agree. The government has no right to legislate on religion, and since marriage is a socio-religious institution, it falls under the separation of Church and State. In trying to legislate such an event, the government of the United States of America is stomping on the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Human Rights.

If an American citizen is allowed to practice Wicca or Judaism or Buddhism or Zoroastrianism or Islam, or even the garden-variety Protestant Christianity of their choice without fear of reprisals, as guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, then guaranteed therein are the rights of each of those religions to perform marriage ceremonies according to each religion's practices. Otherwise it becomes an infringement on Freedom of Religion.

Furthermore, the government has no right to legislate the admission of ONLY ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN into matrimony. The Christian view on this falls flat on its face, since Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, King David, King Solomon, and every major figure of the Old Testament (the basis for ALL of Christianity and thus the foundation of this here United States) had more than one spouse. But the Mormons were told to have only one spouse or lose proctection of their institution as a tax-exempt organization. Wow. Talk baout strong-arming!

Conservatism is based on maintaining the status quo. Today that status quo is shifting to the RIGHT! More restrictions on bortion, less protection from discrimination, fewer guarantees of equality for men and women, and definitely fewer guarantees of equality for alternative non-christian WASP lifestyles.

Bad stuff.

Answer 2

I agree with you. However, I think everyone should have a civil union that is recognized by the government (the SECULAR government). You can have your religious leader separately "marry" you, which would have no actual legal meaning, just a religious one.

Then gay marriage wouldn't be an issue--two men have the right to sign contracts in this country. They'd have the same rights as everyone else, to obtain a civil union granting two citizens legal and economic benefits.

Answer 3

Individually I am allowed the right to get married. But how is it up to the state to decide to whom? That makes no sense. In fact, in some states it is legal for me to marry a CHILD. But I cannot mary another consenting adult UNLESS they are of the opposite sex. It's a stupid law, that big business, the bush administration and gay bashers everywhere will hold onto for dear life. I think the average (non bible thumping Christian) could care less who I marry - but there is money at stake. Pensions, insurance, social security - that gets powerful people all riled up. I say lets do it and move on.
What's funny is that now we can have kids (my girlfriend and I have two - plus we adopted her brother)
BUT WE CAN'T GET MARRIED????
Idiots. All of them.

Answer 4

I believe that just as the government should not dictate our religious beliefs, they also do not have the right to tell us who we can and cannot marry.

Whether you agree with gay marriage or not, no one should be denied thier rights as a citizen of the Untied States.

I am not gay, by the way. I just think that there are some things the government should stay out of regarding its citizens.

Answer 5

Having some sort of legal rights is one thing - a civil union but not a marriage. A marriage takes place in a church and is between one man and one woman. I do feel that their relationships should have legal rights but marriage.

Answer 6

I believe that gay people have all the right in the world to get married, marriage is a union for a couple that is in love, they probibly would take marriage more seriously then the straight

Answer 7

There really isn't a reason to stop them from marrying at all. What concerns me is the fact that they can raise children and adopt. But it's too late for that, they have been raising children for too long and this practice should have been stopped ages ago. The problem with this is that raising children in that sort of household will create maladjusted people who will have a propensity of being gay (nurture vs. nature). While some may argue that all gays have been raised in a heterosexual household and that it's not going to change anything, this is a false assumption. It's like saying that the ABCs (Abstinance, Being Faithful, and Condom use) of HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa is not working since the disease is spreading, therefore (the Christian fundamentalists argue) we should tell them to just be abstinent. My point is that for both scenarios people are choosing to pour fuel over the fire thinking that the current situation can be made any worse.

Answer 8

It is not a human right issue. It is an issue of let me have my way. I do not believe that Adam and Steve were made to procreate. It is unnatural. I am Black. I am human. The rights that were denied my forefathers where not of a sexual nature. Non comparison. So don't you ever put being gay in the same category.

Answer 9

I believe that adults have the right to be happy and if that's in a gay relationship, so be it. I have no problem with that. But I also believe that marriage is a sacred vow between a man & a woman.

Answer 10

I think gays in a long term relationship should get all the advantages that heterosexuals get when married, whatever they are. But two men walking down the aisle seems a bit strange, and I am gay.