*With the exception of a couple states....
Are there any argument against it besides the bible? because i can't think of any. Isn't that unconstitutional?
2007-03-08 07:03:09 · 19 answers · asked by funaholic 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Do you have any reasons why it's wrong?
2007-03-08 07:06:45 · update #1
I live in Michigan...
2007-03-08 07:12:30 · update #2
First there are no reasons why it's wrong. Because it's not.
Being gay is not just about sex with people of the same sex as most illeducated people would proclaim.
Second, it's because people who oppose it are most likely closet gays to begin with and are afraid that by supporting it would confirm their preferences.
The question has been asked a million times. "How does my being married to another man affect your life in another state?" As unbelieveable as it may seem...it doesn't.
Quite frankly, it's discrimination pure and simple. It's no different than any other ethnic minority asking to be recognized as equal members of society.
2007-03-08 07:20:14 · answer #1 · answered by Peter 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
There is no good argument against gay marriage, except religious reasons. A majority of people in the United States are part of a religion that bans gay marriage, therefore a bill that legalizes it, will probably never pass. I grew up Lutheran, and was always taught that homosexuality was wrong. Now that I am older, I really find nothing wrong with homosexuality. I mean there are much larger things that politicians should be worried about, like the war in Iraq. We are supposed to be a free country. We have the right to have no religion, yet we are required to follow laws that ban things for religious reasons. They can't ban homosexual relationships, so why can't a gay couple be married? It's the same thing, only they get a tax break, and can have insurance together. Big deal.
2007-03-08 07:19:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Gay marriage is legal in the US. In all 50 states.
A gay man can marry a lesbian woman in any state (assuming they are of age and not biologically related). Sexual orientation has nothing to do with it. What's prohibited is same-sex marriage, which is pure gender-based discrimination. See first link for details.
But let's get past semantics. Same-sex marriage is legal in Massachusetts. And the equivalent (without the title) is legal in Vermont, Connecticut, New Jersey and California. The dividing line seems to be states that have a true equal protection clause in their state constitutions, and states which don't -- thus allowing blatant and deliberate discrimination based on gender.
There are no valid non-religious arguments against homosexuality or same-sex marriage. None. See the second link below the for a complete analysis, point by point.
The only valid arguments against same-sex (or gay) marriage are religious. However, in this country, we're not supposed to be passing laws based solely on religious doctrine. The problem is, hatred and bigotry run so deep in so many people that it's going to take time before people stop passing anti-gay laws out of spite.
It took almost a century after the passage of the 14th and 15th Amendments before laws based on race were mostly eliminated from the books. Hopefully, it won't take as long before laws based on gender also fall by the wayside.
2007-03-08 07:53:42 · answer #3 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because the moral majority and the religious right have gotten out and vilified everything that isn't on their agenda. Unfortunately, it is the "RR" that has the money, the clout and the media access that the poor, underrepresented and undereducated are lacking.
Those groups make me ill.
What's more - I am a heterosexual, Caucasian male, in a stable marriage with a home and two kids ... just their demographic. However, I can see beyond the end of my own nose, which so many can't ... and understand the need for diversity and individuality.
Let's hope a Demo gets in in 2008. Granted that won't solve everything ... politics in this country have become an aristocracy ... but it's a start.
2007-03-08 07:12:42 · answer #4 · answered by kentata 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
It is not legal because it is against public policy. Ordinarily, states must give court rulings of other states "full faith and credit." That is why a marriage (or divorce) in one state is good in all other states.
However, a state may constitutionally refuse to honor a ruling by another state if the state finds that ruling is against public policy. Like it or not, most every state finds gay marriage to be against public policy--just like incest, bigamous marriages, beastiality, etc. You may think that these are unfair comparisons, but you must realize that many people currently do not, legally speaking.
That is why a marriage in MA, the only state to have legal gay marriage, is not recognized in any other state.
Hope this helps.
2007-03-08 07:14:56 · answer #5 · answered by Patrick (Midwest) 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's not legal because the religiois right wants it illegal.At leat in some states they can legally marry. It's also legal in Europre and Canada it's legal for them to marry. I think it's just another example of how far behind our nation is from the rest of the world regarding this matter.
maybe one day our nation will wake wake and allow them the same rights as married hetrosexuals have already.
Can you imagine how much more money the marriage industry could make if it was legal?A lot of money that's for sure!
2007-03-08 11:29:25 · answer #6 · answered by new name 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because some people ( a lot I guess for it to become law)believe that being homosexual is morally wrong. Most people think this because they say it's in the bible. Some people just think it's gross. I personlly don't know why Jesus would teach love and tolerance and then tell us to hate gay people, nor do I think it's gross for two people to love each other. I agree with you that if religion is the reasoning behind the laws then it's a violation of the constitution. I really don't get how people don't see that.
2007-03-08 07:14:45 · answer #7 · answered by so.good 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I don't necessarily support gay 'marriage', but they need to be allowed to have some kind of civil union that allows them to have some of the same rights as a married couple.
Being able to visit their hospitilized spouse, or make medical decisions for them, being able to file taxes jointly, and a number of other rights that straight married couples take for granted.
2007-03-08 07:08:38 · answer #8 · answered by joemammysbigguns 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's common sense that animals and humans were made to reproduce offspring. You have to believe that there is something wrong when two animals get together that have no chance in he!! to reproduce. What they are doing is just confusing. How many male lions do you see boning each other or male orangutans having sword fights? We are the only species to become smart enough to confuse ourselves on which gender we are suppose to mate with.
2007-03-08 07:18:01 · answer #9 · answered by SGT 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
" Marraige," is the institution of a man and a woman.
One can't change the meaning of a word into something that it doesn't mean.
It's nothing to do with legal or illegal, instead the answer lies in the meaning and origin of the word.
If they want to have civil unions that's different, but then what' next; Three people want to be partners leading to wanting to be joined in marriage?
2007-03-08 07:14:45 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋