Do you approve of gay marriage? As a true Christian I don't. What about you?

Answer 1

I'm OK with marriage being the sacred institution of the church.

I favor giving marriage to the church and the government getting out of it completely.

The government should only issue civil unions.
Any 2 adults should have the right to choose to enter into a civil partnership with all the legal rights traditionally given to "married couples"
file taxes jointly, heir to an intestate estate, medical decisions in the event of the other being incapacitated...everything.

If anybody wants a marriage beyond that, let them take it up with the church.

Answer 2

Society gives "benefits" to marriage because marriage gives benefits to society. Therefore, when those who are not married, such as people in homosexual or cohabiting relationships, seek to receive such public benefits, they bear the burden of proof. They must show that such relationships benefit society (not just themselves) in the same way and to the same degree that authentic marriage between a man and a woman does.
This is a burden they cannot meet. Only the union of a man and a woman can result in the natural reproduction that is essential literally to continue the human race. And research clearly demonstrates that married men and women — and children raised by their married, biological mother and father — are happier, healthier and more prosperous than people in any other living situation. These are the true benefits of marriage.
The legal and financial benefits of marriage are not an entitlement for every citizen regardless of lifestyle. They give an incentive to enter into the socially beneficial relationship of authentic marriage and give protection to the social institution of marriage.
Awarding such benefits to the unmarried makes no more sense than giving veterans' benefits to people who never served in the military.
Fortunately, voters in 18 of the 26 states that have defined marriage in their state constitutions did so in a way designed to protect the uniqueness of the institution of marriage, not just to protect the word "marriage."
When the voters of Michigan adopted an amendment saying that "the union of one man and one woman in marriage shall be the only agreement recognized as a marriage or similar union for any purpose," it was clear that state recognition of a "domestic partnership," created for the purpose of obtaining state-sponsored health insurance benefits, would be illegal.
The unanimous Michigan appeals court was correct in recognizing that and would have been guilty of judicial anarchy if it had not.
It simply makes no sense for a state's taxpayers to fund the financial benefits of marriage for people who are not married according to that state's supreme law.
Marriage is clearly defined as between one man and one woman. As we have laws against counterfeit money, we need laws against counterfeit marriage.
Homosexuals already have the same rights as everyone else, they may marry somone of the opposite sex anytime they wish. what they really want are "special" rights, that are not given guaranteed under the Constitution or the Bill of Rights.

Answer 3

Yes as a Christian I do support gay marriage. It is not my place to judge what two consenting adults do. I also realize that Biblical law and definations of marriage are not applicable in a country that is supposed to have goverment separation of church and state. I prefer not to push my personal religious beliefs on others who may not believe the same way. Their gay marriage will not affect me in any way.

Answer 4

If you don't approve of gay marriage, I strongly urge you not to marry someone of the same sex as you.

I don't approve of some heterosexual marriages - the old rich guy who dumps his faithful wife for a trophy wife, or the loveless marriage of convenience, or the teens still in high school doomed to fail - but I dont' go around trying to make them illegal. It's not my business.

Answer 5

As a true Christian I know that other people's sins are between them and God, not for me to judge.

In the book of Matthew, when Jesus was asked which of the commandments was the most important, he said the first was "Love God with all your heart", and the second was "Love your neighbor as yourself". If you find yourself in a position where love of the sinner and hatred of the sin become a conflict for you, err on the side of love. It's what Jesus demanded of us.

It's easy to get hung up on the sexy sins (adultery, homosexuality, fornication, lust), but keep in mind that we've all sinned one way or another. Why do you think their sins are worse than yours?

Remember John 3:17- For Christ did not come into the world to CONDEMN the world, but that through him the world might be saved. If Jesus isn't condemning, why should you? So they want to call themselves married. It doesn't hurt anything to let them. But it does hurt Christs' message when his children feel it's okay to look down at the other sinners.

Answer 6

I don't like it but I don't like to interfere with anybody else's life, either. I also think that the gay marriage issue is a distraction from real problems in the US.

I am catholic an I don't mix religion and politics..

Answer 7

I could care less. I don't believe it is government's place to legislate morality. Besides the least moral seem to be our politicians.
What gays do has no bearing on me or my family. Gay marriage doesn't affect my marriage at all. My wife and I don't care if the neighbors are gay, just as they shouldn't care that we are straight.

Answer 8

I think that falls under letting other people live their own lives. You don't have to approve of it...I don't approve of a lot of things about other people...but why must you intrude upon other peoples lives by legislating your morality.

Live and let live. The world would be a better place if we all lived by that motto.

Answer 9

I personally disapprove of gay marriage, but I feel that people have their right to live their life out as they see fit. If homosexuals want to marry, then let them marry. No skin off my nose.

Answer 10

If it doesn't affect me in terms of taxes or how the country is governed, it is OK with me. If two people want to make a committment to each other, hey, it's none of my business.