My personal feeling is that anyone should have the right to be wed and the only oppositional stand point I have seen, is it being against the bible which brings up the question: Aren't Church and State supposed to be seperate affairs?
2007-08-02 10:44:18 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
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2007-08-02 10:46:02 · update #1
Screw letting the government tell people what they can and cannot do.
2007-08-02 10:48:54 · answer #1 · answered by ouranticipation 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
As a Christian and a libertarian who hates control and fascism and inequality, I can surely see both sides.
Religion and government should not mix. Political scenes are turning my faith into a hotbed for power-hungry debates and hatred, instead of love and forgiveness, and unconditional positive regard for others.
So here is the best solution I've ever heard: abolish marriage completely, for everybody. Remove it's legal standing. It's a religious institution anyway. Allow every citizen the same rights under a Civil Union, straight and gay alike. The rights and priviledges for marriage now could be transfered to the Civil Union and that should be the document in the US. To end this, you have to compromise some things and be fair to both sides.
Those who want to get "married" can acquire a certificate at a church ceremony that is not legally recognized. This way, Christians and Muslims will not see their sacred ceremony as defiled and all will be equal in this country. Pleases everybody! There are churches that will marry gay people. And the majority of churches will declare them married by a false church, and the marriage invalid. The church should also be happy to see atheist couples quit acting like they need a pastor to be joined.
But the point is that it ceases to be America's problem. It becomes the church's. And the church has been disagreeing on this anyway, why not leave it all to it? I don't want Christians to be known for winning this battle in the political world. We have others to fight that are more important, like loving people and ending poverty and stuff.
It may be possible that the powers that be are trying to keep us distracted with this issue that so polarizes, while when we are not looking, they steal our money, start wars, and do other stuff behind our backs. It's time to focus on our huge bullying government, rather than constantly blather on about gay marriage. It's a "principle of the thing" issue anyway.
2007-08-06 13:18:57 · answer #2 · answered by Mrs. Eric Cartman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gay marraige is the same as straight marraige in the sense that there are 2 people that love each other and want to spend their lives together. They may have other logistics to figure out like which woman will bear a child or will they adopt. Who's job will let them claim the other spouse for insurance purposes. Will they take each others last name or not. All of those things should be the choice of 2 sane consulting adults, not the government. Hell they cant even govern themselves. My goldfish have more sense than most politicians. For those that are worried about what is right and wrong spiritually......Let God sort it out and mind your business.
2007-08-02 17:58:16 · answer #3 · answered by nimopiba 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There's is currently no prohibition against gay marriage.
Any gay man can marry any lesbian woman in any state.
The only bans are based on the gender of the participatnts, without mentioning sexual orientation at all -- and that is pure gender discrimination for no valid reason.
Detailed analysis below of every argument for/against
2007-08-02 20:09:08 · answer #4 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I still have not yet heard a single strong secular argument against gay marriage. Every person who argues against allowing gays to wed brings religion into it because in reality there is simply NO GOOD REASON such a divide exists. What is a civil union except a marriage without calling it a marriage? In that vein, denying gays a "marriage" is just a form of discrimination.
2007-08-02 17:53:02 · answer #5 · answered by Sue 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I support it. I do not think the government should have the say in whether or not they can be married. It is not hurting anyone, not affecting any one else, so they should be allowed to marry. If you don't want to look at gay people together, then turn your head.
2007-08-02 18:52:19 · answer #6 · answered by Saphira 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I completely agree.
People should be free to live, no matter who they marry. If the love is there, people shouldn't let the bible tell them that it is wrong. Whether you marry a man or woman should be up to you, others have no say in whom you choose to spend your life with. People only get one lifetime, let them enjoy it with someone they love, regardless of the gender.
2007-08-02 17:53:45 · answer #7 · answered by Hopeless Hearts 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I support gay marriage all the way. I couldn't care less what they want to do in thier personal lives.
2007-08-02 18:44:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If gays can marry than where will it stop, why not make it legal to marry your cousin or your sister. What about wanting more than one wife. If gays getting married is legal you are opening up a can of worms.
2007-08-05 15:09:48 · answer #9 · answered by Pip 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My beliefs are if two people fall in love and want to spend the rest of their lives together who am I to say they cannot be married.
2007-08-02 17:56:24 · answer #10 · answered by surfer grl 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
For it. They pay taxes too that gets spent on BS just like the rest of us.
2007-08-02 18:04:29 · answer #11 · answered by StoneCold 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋