Re gay marriage: They want to file their income tax jointly and arrange each other's funerals, so -- ?

Question

-- what's the problem? Why does this constitute a threat to heterosexual marriage?

(I'm asking this here because it's the believer types who've dug in their heels against equal rights for gays.)

@ Giggly Giraffe: "Since there are so many avenues for people to get these governing rights... "
What avenues? The state of Virginia is about to enact a law which will bar gay people from adopting children. Which is ironic, as that's where Vice President Cheney's daughter and her partner live, with their baby on the way. This means that Mama #2 has no legal rights with respect to the care and upbringing of their baby. Mary Cheney may simply up and leave with the baby and Heather Poe will be powerless to prevent it.
Many hospitals refuse to allow gay partners into the ICU -- "because you're not immediate family," is their stated reason.
A widowed gay spouse may not inherit any shared property, and thus could lose their home when they lose their partner.
Do you still think there's no discrimination here?

Answer 1

It doesn't make much sense that believers think marriage is such a great thing that they want to see less of it (by banning same-sex marriage).

Answer 2

it is a religious problem that needs to be left out of our SECULAR government.

as with all other religious issues. there should only be 3 patries that can decide whom can get married.
the 2 people that plan on getting married. and the Priest of official that will preform the ceramony.

Christians want to claim marriage. FINE.

civil unions for everyone under the Government. call it what you will church to church.

i for one am tired of the biggest deciding factor of a president being what religion he will endorse. look at what that got us last time. of course maybe christians that throw 10 percent of their money into an offering plate do not care that they have to spend $3.00 for a gallon of gas that used to cost $1.50 less than 3 years ago.

Marriage
Abortion,
sexual orientation
and all matters of religion should be banned from government discussion.

this is a country fro the free. and if it is legal for a Christian to be married. then it is legal for EVERYONE to be married and i dont care what sex they are.

next thing that they will want to do is stop non-believers from having a Heterosexual marriage.

how long witll it take for people to realize.

first it was Free the Slaves.
the Black Rights.
then Native American rights.
then Womens rights.
then Civil liberties.

and now we as a country are discriminating against Gay people. what the hell is wrong with this country.

noone would think to say that black people cannot get married. or jewish people cannot get married. not today anyway. 60 to 70 years ago maybe.

if one man has rights then all men have the same rights this is what our country is founded on. why then is it so hard to allow a gay couple to get married. it does not hurt you or anyone in your community. homophobes are afraid of them...

it is not a disease people you cannot catch a case of GAY.

it is not a choice either. because if i could be happy doing a guy i would be there. it would be much less hassle than listening to my wife bitching all day and night about crap that i do not care about.

Answer 3

I agree with you 100%. Marriage was never a religious ceremony. Even in the Bible it was all about So and so the father of so and so gave his daughter so and so to...fill in the blank. (King Saul proposed his daughter out to whoever won a battle for him...Pretty romantic huh?)

But what you are going to get is "it's an abomination". Well folks homosexuality is only referred to as "an abomination" in the OLD testament. So unless you are walking around in clothes that resemble robes and you women xtians arent wearing any jewelry, or sit outside in a tent when its that time of month, and everyone refuses to eat shellfish than I'd say that line is pretty much..out of date.

Now if you are going to rebute to that statement by dishing out scriptures in the new testament that refer to homosexuality. I know they are there and I know what they say. And "abomination" is not a word used.

And he who has not sinned....

So unless you want the govt. interferring with YOUR sex life and making sure you arent having like....oh premarital sex and punishing you for that...then I suggest you get something else to whine about.

Answer 4

Christians are not against mans law for homosexuals but we do stand against turning the truth of God into a foul lie! Marriage is a covenant created by God and ordained for a man and a woman. If the laws of this land want to grant gays the right to file income taxes jointly and arrange funerals or medical care for one another then let it be at that. Leave marriage alone! It will put an abominable (Romans 1) sin on a perfect and Holy Covenant that God created. How arrogant, and so totally in trouble with God, would mankind be if we allow such a thing.

Answer 5

The whole problem starts with the biggest problem on this planet: many people refuse to make an effort to try and understand others. And even those that tried to understand others, make wrong decisions after they failed to understand.

I for one tried to understand fundamentalist Christians. I really tried. But I failed at that. I simply can't understand them.

That doesn't mean I will deny them the right to do in their own home whatever they please to do.

Sadly enough, the fundamentalist Christians themselves, when they don't understand other parts of our population, they immediatelly start to scream about making rules against it.

Answer 6

I don't like people changing definitions of words. Any words, really, but religious words particularly.

I believe God instituted marriage (I understand other people see it differently). As such, I go with God's definition of marriage: one man, one woman.

I believe that God should be central in marriage. I understand that unbelievers marry without that idea and without marriage being a religious or spiritual endeavor. But their ideas do not redefine marriage or detract from marriage being defined as one man and one woman.

I understand that homosexual couples want the same legal privileges, hospital visitation, etc. and I have no problem with that as long as it's called something else.

Answer 7

There is nothing wrong with gay marriage and there is nothing that it would do to effect straight marriages. It's all a figment of people's imagination. Like being afraid of the boggy man.

Answer 8

It does not affect hetero couples in anyway. Period.

Marriage should be de-regulated anyway. If you want to call someone your spouse, just do it! Skip the whole legal thing and license stuff.

Answer 9

It seems corporations have more rights so I was thinking about forming one with my partner and making us officers of the corporation.

Answer 10

If they really want to preserve the 'sanctity of marriage, ' why don't they ban celebrity marriages first?