ok, im writing a paper and i would like to know what other peoples opinions are. PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL AND CIVIL. im not looking for a battle or harrasment or insults. im curious to see what other people have to say. backing up your answers would be amazing too. please dont make me regret posting this!
2007-10-25 14:34:24 · 24 answers · asked by cali_rocker_chic102 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
I believe marriage is a sacred vow between a man and a woman. I think same sex marriage destroys that vow and everything it stands for. I mean if God created man to be with man and woman to be with woman why would he create us different and not all the same? Why did He create man and woman and not just man? If you think about it when a priests or a pastor or someone who is conducting the service says you may now kiss the bride, Who is the bride and who is the groom? To me there is a whole lot of confusion when you do something that is not right in the eyes of God.
2007-10-25 14:43:36 · answer #1 · answered by faithfully2u4eva1 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋
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.
2007-10-29 00:54:32 · answer #2 · answered by nc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see no reason why two consenting adults cannot create a life-long, committed relationship.
I think adding an amendment to the US Constitution that limits the rights of law-abiding adults is a travesty. The Constitution is to guarrantee the rights of citizens; not to limit.
There was a time when African American people in the southern US were not able to legally marry. Today we find that appalling. In 100 years I am sure our great grandkids will find the effort to deny civil marriages to homosexual couples appalling too.
2007-10-25 21:48:04 · answer #3 · answered by krinkn 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Since marriage is a civil union and only becomes religious when the couple chooses it to be so there should be no problem with it. The couple getting married are not trying to "convert" the entire world to their way of life. They just want the same benefits any couple who is in a committed relationship for many years. My question is should hetero couples who have lived "in sin" for years be allowed to get married in the "church"? Isn't fornication a sin in the bible? According to the bible, sex outside of marriage IS fornication so why would it be acceptable for a foricating couple to get marriedin the church, aren't they just flaunting their sin? Food for thought.
2007-10-25 22:14:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Same sex union shouldn't be compare to marriage. The same sex union is a man made creation to allow the same sex to lived together openly in the public. This is another step to push the acceptance/torrence for same sex behavior into the mind of public. I don't have any problem who want to lived with who as long they're happy together. There should be a line drawn and shouldn't cross. Go ahead and acknowledged same sex union but don't compare it with marriage.
2007-10-25 22:32:37 · answer #5 · answered by Thomas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have absolutely no problem with it. Marriage is about spending your life with the person you love--and that is that.
As for the argument that the Bible doesn't allow it: I respect everyone for following whatever religion they please. But just because the Christian bible says same-sex marriage is wrong doesn't mean it should be outlawed for the entire rest of the population. Marriage is a completely personal decision.
And as for homosexuality being a choice. Who would possibly CHOOSE to put themself through all of the billion struggles that come with being gay? Many gays talk about feeling a sense of being different from a very early age. I do not believe that being gay is a yes-or-no option.
p.s. michelle said it perfectly.
2007-10-25 21:56:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, I think that people have the right to define their relationships any way they like, and, as for civil marriage, there are certainly legal benefits to being able to marry your SO (next of kin, spouse visa, etc.), and it doesn't hurt anyone to give that legal protection to gay people.
I'm aware many religious communities believe it's harmful to society to recognise homosexual relationships as marriages, but there is no reasonable secular argument for this that I'm aware of, and religious doctrine should not be the basis of our laws. No church, on the other hand, should be forced to perform a marriage ceremony which goes against its doctrines.
2007-10-25 22:00:11 · answer #7 · answered by Mich 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Life is so short .... so busy... and if you can find real love then enjoy it for life, no matter who you are with, male or female.
Who chooses who you love? No-one but you! Same sex marriage shouldn't even be an issue, if you don't believe it in then don't do it.
It isn't about what happens in the bedroom, it is all about who you want to spend the rest of you life with. Its about who you want to create memories with and share those memories with.
Same sex marriage just allows same sex couples the same future, same protection and same choices as heterosexual couples.
2007-10-25 22:07:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am pro same sex marriage. I think in a free country people of the same sex should have the same benefits of the opposite sex when it comes to marriage. Marriage is traditionally a religious thing so shouldn't this argument be left to religious institutions? I think the government needs to stay out of this and let each individual church decide. I think we have much bigger fish to fry when it comes to issues. This one is such a non issue for me. It's about freedom. Who are any of us to infringe upon the happiness and private lives of others. I say live and let live.
2007-10-25 21:58:01 · answer #9 · answered by oracleofohio 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Personally I am against same-sex marriage, because I believe that marriage is an institution created by God, to be between a man and a woman.
I'm not saying this to say that homosexuals are bad people. I have nothing against homosexuals, I just think thier choice to be homosexual is wrong, because God did not create people gay. Homosexuality is a choice, no one is born that way.
I also believe that sex was created by God to be between a husband and wife.
2007-10-25 21:50:19 · answer #10 · answered by Bryan M 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋