Do you support Marriage, Civil Unions, or None at all when it comes to marriage rights for homosexuals?

Question

By Civil Unions I also mean Domestic Partnerships and Reciprocal Benefits.

Answer 1

I look at marriage as being an oath that two people make before God. To me going to the courthouse and getting a marriage certificate is insignificant to the vows you take. Because of this I can not support gay marriages. The Bible teaches us that homosexuality is a sin and, due to me beliefs in marriage, can not condone taking those vows before God in sin.

However, I do not assign a value to sin. To me, sin is sin. It doesn't matter if it's lying, stealing or killing. It's all sin. Stating this, we all sin. Every one of us. So I can not judge anyone for the sins they commit, especially if it involves holding others to what my opinions of right and wrong are.

I support civil unions. If two men or two women want to be together they should be allowed to. They should be able to go down to the court house and attain the same rights and responsibilites that a man and a woman receive when they decide to spend the rest of their lives together.

But I look at marriage as a religious function, not a civil function. We should all be given the same civic rights regardless of sexual orientation.

Answer 2

Civil Unions all the way; I think it is a good compromise.

"Marriage" has a very long tradition of being between one man and one woman; besides, it is primarily a religious commitment, isn't it? I don't know about any other religions, but gays cannot be "married" in the Christian church, regardless of whether or not it is sanctioned by the government.

So give them civil unions. Why should the word matter? Most all of my gay friends just want their committed relationship recognized under the law; they don't care what it is called. Yes, civil unions don't grant a couple every single right that a "marriage" does, but considering they have nothing now, I think they should accept that compromise. This is a very divisive issue.

Answer 3

I support marriage for gays and lesbians. As a legal institution in the US marriage is a civil issue. A church marriage ceremony is not a legal marriage unless the officiant has the legal right and the appropriate paperwork under the laws of that state to perform marriage ceremonies.

I am not going to tell any church who they can or can not perform services for. It's not the state's business.

However, what we think of as legal marriage in the US is a state institution. The states regulated it. Therefore, who can or can not marry under state law should not have any relationship to who any individual church will or will not marry.

Civil marriage is a civil right.

Answer 4

I support Civil Unions.

Answer 5

Well, I am straight, so Any of them do not really affect me. So I would be fine with either marriage or civil unions. I don't like none though because gays have rights too.

Answer 6

I believe that everyone should have the ability to marry the person they love as long as they are at the age of consent. That kind of knocks off children (since they are not the legal age) and pets (since they can't give consent). Thus I believe in Gay Marriage (dispite my Roman Catholic upbringing), but personally, what business is it of yours. If you believe that gay marriage is going to destroy civilization or the concept of marriage, remember this they thought the same thing of interracial marriage.

Answer 7

I'm thinking that involving the law in 'marriage' - that is closely tied to religion - was probably a mistake. I'm for secular 'Civil Unions' for all. Those who want to get 'married' in accord with thier religion, no matter how wierd it may be, should not have to aply for a liscence, nor expect special privileges for doing so.

Answer 8

Marriage is a religious institution. so I support civil unions for all non-religious, or religion offending couples.
Civil union is all the government has to offer. Period.
We can't go around forcing church's to perform ceremonies and we can't go around changing word definitions to suit someone.

Answer 9

I support gay marriage. They should have the right to be as happy or as miserable as the rest of us. That doesn't mean we have to let a man marry his sheep or suddenly allow polygamy

Answer 10

Marriage is between a man and a woman. If you want to live with someone that OK, but don't try to destroy something special that has been in force before time was recorded because you don't like what is.