How do you feel about gay marriage and relationships?

Question

I was just curious to know everyone's opinion. Personally, I support gay/lesbian/bi rights, 110%.

Answer 1

Gay Marriage doesn't threaten the Str8 Marriage.

I have a strong desire to support gay marriage is to increase the mental and physical health of the gay community. Our cultural erosion of family values is not due to an alleged homosexual agenda. The inordinate suicide rate of gay youth, among both homosexual and heterosexual populations, and 50% divorce rate are not due to the church's failure to oppress homosexuality, or to adequately boycott NYPD Blue. It is due to the church's failure to be Christ's blood to our culture. Our children are inundated by the cultural ideals propagated by the church and a conflicting reality. The traditional church has received certain cultural values from a generation of parents raised in the 40's and 50's--that a man and a woman should marry, have a couple of kids, purchase a house with a picket fence, and then the world will be a good place. As long as we make sure that the Communists and homosexuals don't invade our public schools and convert Wally and Beave, then we will all live happily ever after. However, this is not how the majority of Americans live. Most children live in homes which have never had a father, or are torn by divorce. At least 20% of our children have been sexually abused (possibly 30%), and many more have been physically abused or are malnutritioned. Too many become run-aways, drug addicts, or victims of suicide or even homicide, because Satan has overtaken our churches and our culture, and consequently our children's minds.

The current generation has grown up without the benefit of seeing that two people can commit to one another permanantly and stay together through hardship. Heterosexuals at least have a cultural ideology which supports their desires to attempt marriage. While most don't have the psycho-social models to sustain or believe in marriage, many at least attempt marriage. Many others don't. Many engage in sex-acts with whomever they meet on a particular night, not pursing a relationship, and not wanting a relationship. The same is true of homosexuals, who have an even greater disadvantage. Since American culture and the American church has traditionally defined marriage as a man and woman, only heterosexuals have the Weltanschaung to consider marriage as a viable (though unlikely) option in their relationships. Homosexuals do not have this benefit.

Homosexuals have been ingrained with the ideology that their behavior is morally corrupting, spiritually sinful, and legally inappropriate. Twenty states still have sodomy laws prohibiting homosexual behavior in any context. With this mindset, the homosexual cannot see him/herself as capable of a long-term relationship. While a similar effect is being seen in the heterosexual community, the effect is much more pronounced in the gay community because there are no role-models, or cultural acceptance for gay marriage. Many homosexuals, consequently, continue to engage in high risk sexual behaviors, and do not seek the fulfillment of a marriage relationship. While some people are satisfied with living a single, celibate life, most people aren't. Most people desire relational and sexual intimacy with another person. . However, it is rarely psychologically, socially, or medically safe to do so.

These are some of the effects the church has had on American mental and physical health because of its unyielding grip on irreality. The church should never condone immorality. However, it should similarly never tie cultural ideals and non-Biblical concepts to the Gospel. Such are "family values" and traditionalism in our churches. The closest thing to a boycott Jesus did was storming the temple because the church leaders had turned the sacrifice system into a way of making money and controlling the people. I think Jesus would boycott many of today's churches. Rather than supporting the mental, spiritual and physical health of our families (single parent, gay, inter-racial, etc.), we condemn and prohibit those who don't conform to our expectations. We make them feel guilty for existing as they do, and sin by trying to force them into our own beliefs about what families should look like, rather than showing them Christ's love.

Answer 2

I won't lie to this question. (you sound like you want the truth from heterosexuals)

I am not comfortable with it. Even knowing about it changes my view of a person as a whole. This is how I was raised to think. I know it is not against the law to love anyone, and I shut my mouth and behave as congenial as I can consciously. I do the same for those who are not my religion as well. I do the same who are not my race. It is very hard to bend out of the way we were taught how to please our parents. Not to conform to society; but rather to facilitate and continue living peaceably.

It has been on a rare occasion that I have made an actual "friend" (a term I do not give to mild aquaintences) outside of my race or religion. I have never been able to make a friend outside of my sexuality because of the politically strained nature homosexuals feel. Of the few encounters, they felt they must explain themselves to me. I would like to say, I do not explain my sexuality to anyone, and I expect no explanations, I would actually prefer to keep those aspects of myself and themself, private until we have established a friendship that would warrant knowing.

Answer 3

I support gay marriage and relationships 110% just like you.

I like the straight guy who says " We should let gay people get married because gay people deserve to be just as miserable as straight people."

Answer 4

I think they should repeal heterosexual marriage tax benefits and privileges to bring some "equality" to gay marriages...

...and as long as the churches allow atheists, non members, inter-religious or previously divorced people to use the word "marriage" then they should shut their mouths about Gay people wanting to use that obviously "social" term...as it has become...

and to "amiboo"...it's not a "sex" life...it's a life...

to "motochick467": then why are you in a gay question forum senator?

Answer 5

I support gays and lesbians too . I am a Christian so I dont think they should get married because God says we should only lay with the opposite sex . But Its not for me to decide , we should be able to marry who we want , except animals , thats just retarded.

Answer 6

Sure. Gay people should have the right to have legal messed up relationships and divorces like the rest of us.

I think a better idea would be to abolish all types of marriage. That would instantly zero the divorce rate.

Answer 7

It's not their fault. It's all phsycological. Heck, any one of us could realize that we are interested in members of the same sex at any given moment. It's not a matter of a choice. It's just the way some people are.

It's like autism, you don't get to chose weither or not it's gonna strike.

If anyone has any issues with my answer, feel free to take it up with me via email.

Answer 8

I 'm not either for or against gay and lesbian marriages. I let gays, lesbians, transgendered and politicians decide. I have no problem about this subject, but nth more

Answer 9

I think that gay marriage is fine if they are fully commited to each other. I just can't stand lack of fidelity in any relationship, be it gay or straight.

Answer 10

I think we should be able to marry who we want. It is really nobody else's business. I don't try to break-up a straight couple, I would expect them not to try to break up mine. But then again, there are some stupid people out there that can't evolve from the cave man days. Thanks for the support.