And please don't mention laws against murder, etc. - that's the old apples and oranges thing. Gay marriage harms NOBODY.
2007-07-22 12:35:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yeah. I think so.
In the U.S. laws aren't supposed to be based on religion.
People keep trying to pass laws based on what their religions say about it. Not the best tactic.
The way I see it, we are supposed to live our lives for ourselves. We are supposed to be free to do that. Now, obviously, we have laws in place when one persons freedoms will interfere with another persons(i.e. murder), but gay marriage doesn't do that. At least, not the one I support. If two people want to legally bind themselves, I think that is their right, regardless of what their sexes are in relation to each other. If they want to have a religious ceremony, and a religious figure is willing to join them, then good for them. I don't think that, say, the orthodox church of we hate gays should be forced to marry a couple or anything if they don't want to.
So far as free will goes, if the angels had put a 60 kazillion foot tall/deep electric fence around the tree of knowledge, maybe adam and eve would not have eaten the fruit. They couldn't have. That would have underminded the whole "temptation" thing. You can't call it a choice if you can only pick one of the two outcomes.
2007-07-22 12:48:31 · answer #1 · answered by Blearg 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, see, the problem is that people tend to think that free will is a unilateral thing, and it just isn't. Free will extends to one question (regardless of how many ways you phrase it), and one question only: Choose you this day Whom you will serve. That's it. So being gay could be said to be choosing not to serve God, but that's a matter of the heart of that person. IF you can be gay and serve God, do it. It'd be damned hard, in my opinion, but what isn't? If I met someone who was actively seeking to truly serve God, and was having a positive effect for Him, and souls were being won to Christ, I wouldn't care if the person were gay, straight or an alien from the planet Kilowatarathog, he'd get as much support as I could give. It is not my place to judge the person, only to ascertain his nature as evidenced by his deeds. If Christians would come down off their high horse and quit worrying about what everyone else is doing and live their lives to reflect what they SAY they believe, there wouldn't be time to continually bash anyone, gay or straight. Get your life right, keep it right, and if you have time left over, which I doubt you will, then still don't judge others because God said don't.
2007-07-22 12:52:29 · answer #2 · answered by Steve 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two commandments from the Old Testament which point to only one possible moral answer to gay marriage.
The first commandment which God gave to all creation (not only Man) is to "Be fruitful and multiply." This means simply "Have a lot of babies."
The second commandment is in the ten commandments which God wrote for His people. "Thou shalt not commit adultery" which simply means "Do not have sex with anyone besides your marriage partner-for-life."
Due to the fact that we are a species with two sexes, we can only reproduce by having sex with someone of the opposite sex. In order to not commit adultery, we must be married to the person with whom we have sex.
Therefore, gay marriage is a sin. As to whom it harms: it harms God every time someone sins.
2007-07-22 13:05:00 · answer #3 · answered by Jeremiah 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Apparently free will only applies to straight Christians.
2007-07-22 13:45:31 · answer #4 · answered by t_rex_is_mad 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many Christian churches and Christians themselves are certainly trying with all their might to undermine gay marriage.
2007-07-22 12:44:21 · answer #5 · answered by CHEESUS GROYST 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There is no free will.
The laws you refer to are interfering with people's Human Rights.
CD
2007-07-22 12:40:40 · answer #6 · answered by Super Atheist 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
It certainly undermines freedom. Someday Christians may soon live to regret trying to impose their religious dogma on others.
2007-07-22 12:49:16 · answer #7 · answered by God 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Sure, God gave us free will. So what? We live under a government, that government sets down certain rules that we must live by- and by 'we' I mean society as a whole. Don't mince God and the government, they don't go well together.
2007-07-22 12:44:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yes. Discrimination is wrong. No one should be allowed to force any idiotic religious dogma on another through our laws. I am totally disgusted with fundies in our government.
2007-07-22 12:39:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 2⤋
Nope, because either way they're still gay. The fact that they can't get married doesn't change that.
2007-07-22 12:38:57 · answer #10 · answered by Raven's Shadow 4 · 1⤊ 9⤋