2007-08-15 05:53:36 · 12 answers · asked by elfkin, attention whore 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Absolutely not. I have said for years that if every gay in the world got married tomorrow, my marriage wouldn't need any protection from that.
2007-08-15 05:58:07 · answer #1 · answered by Phartzalot 6 · 6⤊ 1⤋
It is only a threat to the self righteous and their claim on everything.
My hubby is walking the fine line into homophobia, but I still love him. So therefore gay marriage can't effect my marriage in any way, shape or form.
The neighbors down the street are swingers...Their marriage doesn't effect me either...
There has NEVER been any proof that children need a two gender household. Children of gay couples are just as happy as children of straight couples.
And certainly any child that is in a loving family is better off than a child from a broken home.
As far as I am concerned celebrities have shamed marriage far more than any homosexual union ever could.
Finally.STOP thinking that the GOD only YOU believe in is the authority. You will NEVER win this argument. You cannot base a legal precedent on your warm fuzzy feelings or your so-called holy book.
This is a legal matter and a lame one at that.
2007-08-15 06:04:26 · answer #2 · answered by All I Hear Is Blah Blah Blah... 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Gay marriage does not validate or invalidate any aspect of marriage -- straight or otherwise.
I am not insensitive to the feelings of gay people. I have no issue with gays pursuing civil unions and obtaining legal rights to property, power of attorney, finances and other aspects associated with modern life.
My problem kicks in when gays think they have a right to a church wedding replete with a minister and the accouterments of holy matrimony which is forbidden in the Bible and designated an abomination.
Likewise, gays in the ministry are an abomination and any person assuming the sex role of the opposite gender in the act of intercourse is an abomination.
However my opinion finds itself in the hackles of the gay community is not going to be my problem. I don't hold any other person's opinion on gay marriage -- pro or con -- against them either. I have plenty of gay friends who are well aware of my scriptural orientation to their lifestyle.
Life is about getting past things. I get past my feelings that gayness is an abomination. Gays have to get past the fact that I think their lifestyle is an abomination. If a gay person approaches me for assistance I render it as I am able without regard to any aspect of their personal life.
I expect peaceful coexistence in the presence of our differences.
2007-08-15 06:10:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've never been married because that special someone never came along. However, for those who do find the one they want to spend the rest of their lives with, I see no point in denying them the right to marry. I can't see how gay marriage would invalidate a heterosexual marriage, and it certainly wouldn't make me love someone any less.
2007-08-15 06:08:39 · answer #4 · answered by iamnoone 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Good point. The Christians need someone to be mad at. It is not socially acceptable for them to treat blacks and women bad anymore. Now, they target Latinos and homosexuals. The Christians will eventually be forced to evolve socially and then they will have to find another group to target.
2007-08-15 06:02:21 · answer #5 · answered by Biggus Dickus 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Nope but people still think that it will cause the downfall of western civilization for some reason
2007-08-15 05:58:20 · answer #6 · answered by John C 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
First, let us deal with the idea that gay marriage has no affect on people who are not gay. We hear the mantra of "why are you threatened?" and "it doesn't concern your marriage."
So very funny. At the fundamental level of basic logic, something does not have to affect me for it to be wrong. I believe, for example, in the immediate forgiveness of Third World debt. The issue doesn't concern me personally but morally.
Gay marriage, however, does concern marriage itself and the greater society. It's legal in Holland and Belgium but virtually so in Scandinavia. And in Scandinavia marriage has become so shamed because of this that heterosexual people are abandoning the institution.
In Norway, 80% of first-born babies are born out of wedlock. Even those who campaigned for gay marriage in this region are rethinking their position.
Marriage also affects children and is, please, a child-centred institution. Every informed and intelligent expert, every good parent knows that children need the example of a male and female role model. Indeed, it is sexist to assume otherwise. Single-parent families do exist, of course, and are often admirable. But we do not aspire to them.
2007-08-15 06:00:16 · answer #7 · answered by osborne_pkg 5 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Not less vaild.
Don't love spouse less.
2007-08-15 06:07:36 · answer #8 · answered by Hekler 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No but it is making something acceptable that will never be to God. No church or pastor could ever suport it if he has true faith those who will go along to keep the peace can not know Jesus. if the stats wants to leagalise gay partnerships that is ok but you do not need to call it marraige.
2007-08-15 05:58:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
Nope. It just makes me deeply worried about our society and its continued decay.
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2007-08-15 06:01:26 · answer #10 · answered by McClintock 4 · 0⤊ 5⤋