Why is it not OK for me to marry my BF of 8 years and it is OK for someone who's not known someone for more then a week to get married and devorce in a month. How is that noe runining the sanctity of marriage?
2007-10-26 13:54:26 · 23 answers · asked by Michael K 4 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
For the same reason why it's ok for my 18 year old sister in law to have a baby with no solid job or any means to raise a child and my husband and I (together 7 years) have so far been unable to. It sucks. While the media is now very anti-gay marriage, things will change one day. Keep up the good fight and just like with women's rights you will one day be able to plan you dream wedding with your beau. Think of how far things have come in your lifetime vs. you parents. Keep fighting! Things will get better someday.
2007-10-26 14:04:28 · answer #1 · answered by ditzydevil82 2 · 4⤊ 3⤋
I agree that it is not right, they separate church and state and it is time they stopped deciding what is moral or not.
It is legal for gays to marry in Massachusettes and Hawaii, all of Canada, England, and Netherlands.
I will grant you, the marriages are not recognized anywhere else but at least you can have a legal, binding beautiful ceromony there and live in an area with other couples who have tied the knot as well.
I am not suggesting segregation for gay couples, only pointing out where you can go to have a legal ceromony and live among others who have taken advantage of the laws.
It is my hope that eventually the Unites States will show the same intelligence and forethought as its Canadian neighbors.
Good Luck To You
2007-10-26 21:08:13 · answer #2 · answered by mn lady 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
THIS IS WHY ITS NOT OKAY TO MARRY THE SAME SEX.
mar·riage
–noun 1. the social institution under which a man and woman establish their decision to live as husband and wife by legal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc.
God loves all homosexuals! However, He hates the deeds of homosexuality because they are sinful.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (NIV): "Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters, nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God."
Leviticus 20:13: "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them."
2007-10-26 21:41:34 · answer #3 · answered by truebigman_2000 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Marriage was stolen by the church, it was not originally a religious institution.
"Roman marriage was based on an oral compact that indicated consent, but did not require a written contract and there was no religious ceremony."
In ancient Rome there was nothing religious about it. At best the couple asked a priest to bless then union, thats it.
The religious sanctity of marriage as "man and woman" is a lie.
2007-10-26 21:27:05 · answer #4 · answered by PharPhromNormal 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I completely agree 100%, If you are in love, know,know each other not this wow we have known each other 5 min. and were in love lets get married crap, If only the Govt. was that smart,I really wish there was an actual answer for it other than it shouldn't be up to the Govt, to say who can and can't marry.
2007-10-27 01:27:45 · answer #5 · answered by jesser31285 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your absolutely right.......... so, laws that men are making are making it difficult for you. It all goes back to those puritan day's and the laws just keep getting worse and worse......
There is no such thing as the sanctity of marriage anymore......... it's all a bunch of hooooey........... this is the age of throw away everything, wives, husbands, marriages, children........ you name it, it's thrown out, all in the name of my comfort........ sad huh..........
2007-10-26 21:35:00 · answer #6 · answered by bizzymom38 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In fact, I believe that not allowing gay marriage is much more likely to ruin the sanctity of marriage than allowing it, for the following reasons:
1. Gay couples are now much more visible and known by the majority of the US population. At the same time, they are also displaying all the marriage-like behaviors, without the possibility of gaining the marriage certificate.
2. Straight people are marrying less often, and half of all US children are now born without benefit of married parents. In other words, it appears that marriage as a container for sexual expression and early love is going out the door.
3. When straight people are shooting up the marriage commitment, and gay people are being denied it, marriage continues to fall apart, and it will begin to be seen as superficial because it is not necessary for children, for life-long commitments, or for family life in general.
HOWEVER,
If Gay people are allowed into the marriage arena, then marriage again takes on the contract people sign to make the long-term love contract. It's not flawless, but with gay people excluded, the youth of today will begin to see marriage (as a heterosexual institution) as meaningless. If gay people are allowed to marry, today's youth will see it as a way that people who love one another can express that love and state their commitment before family, friends, and whatever spiritual framework they adhere to.
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2007-10-26 21:05:42 · answer #7 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 5⤊ 4⤋
Both scenarios you present are damaging to the sanctity of marriage. Marriage is to be a life long commitment between a man and a woman. Not gays, or immature, self centered heteros who will solve their first argument by getting divorced.
2007-10-26 21:02:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
it is o.k. for you to marry your BF of 8 years. it's just not legal, which is a crock of sh1t in my book. heterosexual couples who marry have all the benefits, such as health insurance,etc. it should be no different for gay couples. and "commitment" ceremonies are not the same as a real marriage. true love is love, no matter what your preference.
2007-10-26 21:51:30 · answer #9 · answered by Joyce S 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That's EXACTLY what I've been saying. If no one has set up certain standards to prevent the "sanctity" of marriage from being ruined by "love at first sighters" and DRUNK PEOPLE, why should they worry about the "sanctity" when it comes to same sex marriage? The institution can't get much more trashed than it already has been by heterosexuals.
2007-10-26 21:08:39 · answer #10 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋