I've heard some conservatives complain that liberals want to impose their own sense of morality onto them by legalizing gay marriage. How are we imposing anything on them by legalizing same-sex marriage? After all, how other people live their lives is no skin off their noses! I've also heard some complain that legalizing same-sex marriage would violate the sanctity of marriage. These people seem to assume that marriage is religiously based, but what about people who marry in civil ceremonies? Do religious conservatives think that straight couples who marry in civil ceremonies also violate the sanctity of marriage?
2007-02-28 02:59:46 · 21 answers · asked by tangerine 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
CONSIDER THIS: How much tax revenue would the federal government lose out on if 5 million gay & lesbian couples were to get married and file "married jointly" instead of as "single". Even a $2000 tax credit change = $10 BILLION in lost income tax revenue for the federal government! Hmmmmmmm! Beyond that, I see nothing wrong with two people in a loving and committed relationship. Besides, Ive said it before and I'll say it again.............show me an anti-gay activist and I'll show you the same person who was turned on while watching Jenna Jameson in an all girl scene!
2007-02-28 03:15:12 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The conservatives violate the sanctity of marriage everyday with divorce. Not that liberals don't divorce, but they aren't uptight about the sanctity issue.
Gay marriage would provide partners with equal rights to financial benefits that straight couples enjoy. That is the issue. And I see no threat to the straight population if that occurs.
If America is the Greatest Nation in the World, why are they so far behind the times with respect to basic fairness and decency?
2007-02-28 11:20:43 · answer #2 · answered by Super Ruper 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The financial benefits of marriage are substantial. Social Security, health insurance, etc. There is a cost element for those not directly involved, just as there is for the Iraq war for those not actually fighting.
Also, there are those who think that society is making a mistake by giving its official approval to same-sex relationships. They point to the health risks of certain sexual practices and their belief that children are best raised in a stable family headed by both parents.
People like to get into each other's business - or, more precisely, they have an opinion on the kind of society they want to live in.
They are doing exactly the same thing that people who oppose polygamous marriage, or marriage between adult brother and sister, parent and child, are doing. The same as people who say "why do the rich need all those mansions" are doing. Expressing their opinions about what they think, rightly or wrongly, the society they live in should be. The idea of "not in my name."
You may think some, or all, of these people are wrong, but that's why.
2007-02-28 11:02:56 · answer #3 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
I think that people with that attitude are most worried about homosexuality becoming more normalized, and for their children to be more enticed into becoming one (there is no becoming, it's biologically assigned). I mean, think about it, a conservative Christian's worst nightmare is to have a gay son / daughter, which is sad. Also, if marriage is religiously defined, then the state redefining it as a union between any two people does infringe on that religion. I marriage is a word that should be reserved for only men and women couples, but that gays should have an equal ability to form a union in the eyes of the state.
Anyone who says gay marriage or homosexuality should be illegal is simply prejudice, screw whatever book told you that, and screw whatever parents told you that, it's simply prejudice. If it was the other way around, you would not be saying that.
And anyone who says 'it's just the conservatives' obviously is not a parent, there will come a time when your child's knowledge of sexuality becomes an issue, and you will want to have control over it to teach good lessons.
2007-02-28 11:07:45 · answer #4 · answered by Pfo 7 · 6⤊ 3⤋
No one should. If gays want to to marry, that's their business. It is none of my business what they do, as long as it doesn't violate any of my rights, which it doesn't. What to call it in my opinion is still up to debate, because there are religious folks out there who believe that marriage is between a man and a woman, and I think that that should be respected. However, if there is going to be something else similar to marriage that gays have, then I think that have a rights to all the same rights and privileges that straight couples do.
2007-02-28 11:13:49 · answer #5 · answered by Ice 3 · 5⤊ 2⤋
All of the arguments against gay marriage are religious. I believe the first amendment is pretty clear on that one. If the government can't give equal rights to all then it shouldn't be in the marriage buisness in the first place.
2007-02-28 11:15:01 · answer #6 · answered by Franklin 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
The Christian Conservatives believe that the very fabric of life itself, nay, existence in it's entirety, will fall apart at the seams if gay people are allowed to marry each other.
2007-02-28 12:10:10 · answer #7 · answered by MishMash [I am not one of your fans] 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Happy people should be allowed to marry as long as the marriage is within the legal definition of marriage in this country.
For example, an unmarried adult man can marry any adult unmarried woman if they both agree.
Married men can not marry other women while still married. Married women can not marry other men while still married.
Men can not marry men as that is not within the definition of marriage.
Woman can not marry woman as that is not within the definition of marriage.
Humans can not marry animals or plants (or other nonhuman species).
Humans can not marry nonliving things like chairs or corporations or dead people.
There are many restrictions on marriage. All for the good of society.
2007-02-28 11:15:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Because marriage is first and foremost a religious institution, a legal one secondly. In the Roman Catholic faith, it is considered a sacrament. I don't mind Gays being granted all the same legal benefits, and liabilities of marriage, as long as it is not called marriage. To do otherwise is to interfere with the separation between church and State.
You may argue that the church is wrong, and I may tend to agree with you there. Still, that does not mean the government has the right to impose what it feels is correct on any religion. Religions that fail to adjust to the mainstream will die out eventually.
Certainly, gays can have all the same rights under civil unions. It seems to me that they just want their pound of flesh for being held as outcast in the community and are exercising their political weight to get it. Shame on them. Did they not learn from their victory in the St Patricks Day Parade fiasco? The win they got there only cost the Parade for everyone, not good PR for the Gay community.
2007-02-28 11:11:42 · answer #9 · answered by SteveA8 6 · 2⤊ 7⤋
I suppose that if two people of the same sex want to get married, that's their business.
But I find it quite ridiculous that they want to, especially two men.
Why don't they just draw up a binding civil contract?
2007-02-28 11:17:32 · answer #10 · answered by Tokoloshimani 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋