i believe its absouletly wrong.
God Created Men & women to be together.
not same sex.
i dont understand why anyone would want to be gay in the first place.
homosexuality is a sin.
but we're called to love the person,
not his or her lifestyle.
2007-10-17 10:43:38 · 68 answers · asked by Longhorn_33 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Well, you can have your belief in God.
I don't share your belief. I am an atheist.
Tell me, what do you think about two atheists getting married? Do you think they shouldn't get married?
If you don't like same sex marriage, then don't get one. Don't presume to force us to observe *your* beliefs.
In fact, I might remind you that there is something called "separation of church and state." I know you hate being reminded of this fact, but the Government is supposed to be 100% neutral when it comes to religious affairs. Don't like it? Go move to The Vatican, or Iran, or wherever this separation is nonexistent.
Personally, if the Government's criteria of a marriage is even the slightest bit influenced by Christian belief, then it is outright unconstitutional.
With that said, I won't interfere with your Christian marriage if you won't interfere with my non-Christian marriage.
2007-10-17 11:11:51 · answer #1 · answered by J Bareil 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Marriage is, was, and always will be a religious joining ritual where a man is given ownership of his partner in the eyes of a given religion.
Ever since religion was invented by humans, governments (countries, leaders, kings, etc.) have always wanted and obtained part of the power that goes with religion to gain control over people.
To gain that power, governments have conferred on this ritual a legal status. At the same time, they had to recognize all marriages under ALL religions. Don't forget, there was a time when religion A did not recognize a marriage under religion B. Even worse, a failure of person A to convert to person B's religion would result in the church not only refusing to endorse the marriage but kicking them out until they comply!
This governmental legal power grab has resulted in certain legal rights not available in any other way. If governments were to grant those legal rights to two people committed to a relationship, then you would see the religion vs homo argument disappear and marriage would return back to its roots of religious ritual from where it began.
As far as gay / lesbian marriage, I just wonder why 2 people would want to honor and support religion when that religion openly and actively shows hate and disgust for them.
2007-10-19 10:58:30 · answer #2 · answered by Suzi Q 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haha, it's funny that you think that people want to be gay. You're right homosexuality is a sin, but so is cohabitation and sex before marriage. What happens to the people who commit these sins? As far as I'm concerned, straight people can keep marriage, all we need is the ability to have a civil union recognized by law, the same way a marriage would be.
2007-10-18 04:56:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If God created Men and Women then he also created man to be what he is or woman to be what they are.
Just because you are not Gay does not make these people less loved or takes away their right to live the life they feel better adapted to.
If you believe that God had a hand in all creatures great and small then surely he had a hand in the personality and growth of all people.
Love is universal for all whether you are a man or a woman, regardless of your preferences.
I am not Gay ...but I respect the right for people to live their life as they feel they should just as I would expect them to respect my way of life.
Why is so wrong for two people to love one another?
I have met a lot of wonderful Gay couples and they have a lot more humility, love and kindness than a lot of so called Christians. They never look at you and judge you the way you judge them.
Live and let live.
2007-10-17 11:00:58 · answer #4 · answered by slipper 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
You must be very young.
Homosexuality is not a choice.
No where does it say that "god created men and women to be together".
Nobody cares if you think it's right or wrong -- your life experience - or lack of it - doesn't give you enough information to be able to make an intelligent statement or form an informed opinion.
And, nobody says you have to love the person, his/her lifestyle or anything else.
The best think you can do when it comes to other peoples relationships is to mind your own business.
2007-10-17 11:56:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
You say you don't understand why anyone would want to be gay in the first place. Duh......... It's not a choice. You are either gay or you aren't. Kind of like you are pregnant or you aren't. You state "God" created men and women to be together. Maybe he did and maybe he didn't. Personally, I think love is so hard to find, why put up barriers?. Let's face it, half the heterosexual marriages end up in divorce. Just tell me how gay marriage would make it any worse for straight people? If you can find any two people who love each other enough to make a committment to spend their lives together, I say go for it.
2007-10-17 11:16:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sort of mixing apples and oranges aren't we?
Lots of heterosexuals sin too. Sin is doing things contrary to what God has declared for us. Same sex copulation is no different from hetero promescuity. A couple having sex with the spouse of the opposite gender--that he or she is married to--is something God expects. That is at least the description He gives in His book. If it weren't for that, there would be nothing for me to fuss with either way.
2007-10-21 08:14:49 · answer #7 · answered by Rabbit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gay marriage, I beleive it's a beautiful thing just like a man and a woman getting married is also a beautiful thing. Two people love each other and in there heart this is what they both want. more power to them.
2007-10-18 02:50:16 · answer #8 · answered by little girl 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
May I remind you that God's plan in the bible seems to be One Man and as many women as he can get his hands on. Just how is homosexuality a sin? who does it hurt, and how? i I live just like anybody else, I go to work, pay my taxes, enjoy my friends and family. Marriage is a secular institution regulated by the State, clergymen in the marriage ceremony always say "by the power granted to me by the state of (wherever) I now pronounce you man and wife. The religious ceremony is not valid without the license. If you're so concerned about gay marriages being sinful the solution is easy: don't enter into one
2007-10-17 11:04:20 · answer #9 · answered by nekhbet 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I certainly do not see why not. Gay/lesbian couples are just as much in love as any straight couple, so they should be equal. Yes the Bible says that homosexuality is a sin, but if you go back to ancient Greece the highest form of love was two men together.
2007-10-17 11:28:30 · answer #10 · answered by Green-eyed Nikki 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋