Question for people who are opposed to Gay Marriage?

Question

Do you oppose Gay Marriages in America because God intended Marriage to be for a man and woman for the purpose of a family?

If so,

Should heterosexual marriages be annulled automatically after three years if the marriage fails to produce a child, since they are not fulfilling the purpose of marriage . . . a family?

Should it be 5 years?

Since you are saying Gay people shouldn't marry because they can't have families, I assume you aren't hypocrites and there for this applies also to heterosexual marraiges where there is no children, that they can't be married cause the purpose of marriage is producing children for a family?

Answer 1

Opponents only have too arguments, really:

1) can't have children (the secular argument)
2) it's against God's will (the religious argument)

As you've pointed out, the secular argument is completely illogical and doesn't hold water--usually it's a cover for the religious argument.

However the religious argument has absolutely no Constitutional basis, since it is a clear and unequivocal violation of the Establishment Clause, which is why opponents are forces to come up with a secular argument, no matter how silly it is.

Answer 2

Ok, here is my view:
Ever since the beginning of time, a MARRIAGE was between a man, and a woman, a life long bond of love between the two.
Look it up in a dictionary, that is what a MARRIAGE is.
You cant just change the meaning of an age old word.
Its always been like that, I think that homosexuals, should have there own form of marriage, call it something else.

Times have changed since the writing of the bible, people had children back then, so that they could keep the religion and the family going. Some men and woman, cannot produce children, and dont have enough money to adopt, so punishing them for that is very unfair.
Now people are more interested in there careers, and have a quicker pased lifestyle, to settle down and have children, I dont think that every married couple should have children, because if they did the world would be a disaster.
There would be no room for everyone, especially, with the fact that there very close on getting people to be able to live forever.

Answer 3

The purpose of producing a family is one of the main reasons why heterosexual marriage is the only acceptable form of marriage, but not the only reason. Other reasons include the fact that marriage means the union of a man and woman, and cannot be defined otherwise. Look it up in a dictionary.

If a marriage does not produce children, that doesn't mean its a failure. That's just the Will of God for those people. Nowadays they can take fertility treatment or adopt.

Answer 4

You're assuming a lot in making your argument -- which means that your argument is not getting off to a good start.

Marriage of a man and a woman is not necessarily expected to produce children -- but it should at least be open to the possibility.

Homosexual "marriages" are automatically closed off to this possibility due to biology.

Traditional marriage is the only natural form of marriage, because it is the only form of marriage that inherently contains the biological mechanisms for producing children. Gay "marriages" would not -- no matter how healthy the "spouses" are.

Again, this does not mean that marriages MUST produce children -- but they are certainly open to the possibility of having kids. Gay couples are not.

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Answer 5

Being gay is not normal and when two gay people want to get married then that is also not normal and it sure isn't legal. How can two people of the same sex consider themselves married. You do not have to be married to have children whether you are straight or gay. Alot of women have children without marriage. I had two babies before I was married. I also know couples who are married who decided not to have children.

Answer 6

Gay people can have children and be married too.

The woman that runs the local video store is a lesbian and she had a child by a gay man she had married. They are both gay.

I feel that if gays should not be allowed to marry unless they have children then God would want the same rule for straights. After all God's only son was as gay as possible. Never heard about him marrying or even dating. And he hanged around with a bunch of guys.

Answer 7

LOL

Homosexual people want to get married and heterosexuals think marriage is just a formality! lol

what a wacky world we're living in eh

but theres nothing in scripture that says marriage has to be between man and woman.

I have to be honest about this.

It just says homosexuality is an abomination..doesnt say we have to kill them, take away their basic rights for it yadda yadda

I say let em have it, if theyre not hurting anyone in the process. And let em deal with the consequences of their own actions. Isnt religion between you and God?

Answer 8

My opion is that being gay is an addictive sin, so does that mean two meth people should get togther and marry, no that owuld bring both addicted people down into the pit they dug themselves into, why bring children into the addiction as well, samething with alsohol abuse, do we let the person who grew up with an alcoholic prent marry and alcoholic and have kids so they can put up with that mess, no, why would we bring kids into an addictve, dysfuntional situation like that, and why would we allow gays to marry just because they believe they are born that way when they are in an addictive sin pattern, and allow kids to be brought up in a dysfuntional home, surely there are no bruises or mental, physical, emotional, sexual, or verbal abuse, but still a sin is a sin and its an addictive sin.

Answer 9

Why not just call it something else like Gay Union or something? Remember how well separate but equal worked for the black folks?

And does the phrase "God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve" really add to any argument? I mean, really? God also made Cain and Abel and Seth marry their sisters. Does that mean marriage should be between brother and sister? Or that incest is fine in God's eyes?

Answer 10

Good question. I am opposed to gay marriage. But it is not just for the reason you are stating. The purpose of marriage is not just "a family as you stated." That is a big purpose though. I oppose gay marriage because in the bible it says in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (NIV): "Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters, nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God."

I oppose gay marriage because I care about the souls of the people who are gay. I want them to inherit the kingdom of God. Plane and simple.