i know the defense for gay marriage is that the two people love each other and deserve to get married...then why cant we say the same for a brother and a sister who are in love and want to get married, we would call that incest...and how about a 50 year old man and a 12 year old girl who are in love, why cant they get married?
2007-10-25 11:17:47 · 6 answers · asked by clare renee b 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
well would if the brother and sister adopted? its the same thing as gays, gays cant have children and closely related people cant either, at least not healthy ones
2007-10-25 12:03:39 · update #1
Sexual relationships between brother & sister should be outlawed because laws should forbid things that are intrinsically, verifiably, and significantly harmful to people and/or society.
Sexual relationships between an underage girl and an old guy should be outlawed because laws should forbid things that are intrinsically, verifiably, and significantly harmful to people and/or society.
Sexual relationships between people of the same sex should NOT be outlawed because laws should ONLY forbid things that are intrinsically, verifiably, and significantly harmful to people and/or society. . .
In the US, we have a right to participate (or not) in whatever religious tradition we choose. This freedom of religion means allowing others to have their own moral code; people might have their store open for business on Sunday, or attend a mosque for worship, or drink/smoke/gamble, or write books/make movies about offensive topics, or have sexual relations outside a committed relationship, or even form a household with someone of the same-sex.
Laws should forbid things that are intrinsically, verifiably, and significantly harmful to people and/or society. Same-sex marriage, IMO, doesn't fit those criteria. Therefore, a law against it would be based primarily on religious opinion. BTW, giving rights to only traditional marriages has a similar result as outlawing same-sex marriage.
Either you believe in the Freedom of Religion and therefore legally allow people to hold and practice either Christian or non-Christian values AND ALSO not legally endorse one value system over another OR YOU DON’T.
2007-10-28 18:17:16 · answer #1 · answered by nc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the reason brothers and sister can't get married is due to the genetic problems. And the reason a 12 year old can't get married is because they aren't an adult, and thus not legally able to get married. The reason you should support gay marriage is because in the US, we are supposed to treat everyone equal.
Straight or gay, siblings can't get married for the reason I gave. Straight or gay, children can't get married for the reason I gave. Yet when it some to two consenting adults, we say you have to be straight? That is unequal treatment to me. And it is no different then saying blacks can't get married.
Also the arguments you gave were used as defense when it was illegal for blacks to get married.
2007-10-25 18:25:37 · answer #2 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
because marriage is between consenting adults.
minors can't consent, mentally disabled people can't consent.
incest is illegal because its often rape and the offspring has a likely hood of being sick.
its easy to understand why 2 adult people who love each other and pose no danger (like future children) to anyone would want to and be able to marry;
its hard to understand why anyone would have an issue with that. laws are amoral and very rational.. personal beliefs however can be very morally based and arational.
we're talking about the law not your personal beliefs
people who protest gay marriage use the same arguments as those who protested inter-racial marriage
2007-10-25 20:10:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A 12 year old of either gender is incapable of making that sort of decision, and the limited gene pool of a brother/sister bonding could cause harm to any potential children. A same sex couple causes no harm to offspring, society, or anything else.
2007-10-25 18:27:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because 12 year old girls can't sign legal documents, consenting adults can...
Additionally, a 50 year old sleeping with a 12 year old is illegal even without marriage, as is a brother and sister sleeping together.... you cannot say the same for two men or two women. They are legally allowed to have sex, get civil unions, adopt children.... everything but marriage.
It's a ridiculous comparison.
2007-10-25 18:21:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
no its not
if a brother and sister have a kid, it will end up screwed, like bad
young people are easy to take advantage of, whats to say that the 50 year old isn't taking advantage of the 12 year old?
think about all the factors before you start blowing ****.
2007-10-25 18:24:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋