Do you believe gay marriage should be allowed? agree or disagree?

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Answer 1

allowed by who ... i wont sign off on it but whatever they take care of themselves is their business ..

Answer 2

Yes, allowed.

Because marriage as far is the government is concerned is an economic arrangement. Two people agree to take care of and support each other so that the rest of society doesn't have to. In exchange we agree to recognize that marriage as having value and being sacred. To the extent that any two citizens want to commit to this arrangement, it would be good for society at large if they did.


Three additional points.

1. I do not believe marriage as a religious institution should be extended to homosexuals. That is distinct from the government, which can only acknowledge civic arrangements - as far as the civic authorities are concerned, marriage is very much like starting a business partnership in kind. [If it is religious then under the Bill of Rights the government shouldn't be involved even in heterosexual marriage.]

2. Evidence indicates that children do better with a mother and father regardles of other factors. However, kids also do better when their parents have graduate degree-level educations, the second most important factor in determining life outcomes. I highly doubt anyone would argue less-educated people shouldn;t be allowed to have kids. Thus it becomes quickly obvious that the argument against homosexual parents is constructed on religious belief or irrational personal preferences rather than a reasonable standard. And two same-sex parents have a much better context to offer a child than a single parent. If the partners have female and male personality types, they can emulate a lot of the benefits of heterosexual parenting.

3. It is not a good idea to have the state determining what responsibilities and commitments and social and economic relationships concenting adults cannot enter into. In the 1960s it was the conservatives arguing against government social engineering at this level and the liberals arguing for it. Now we have the liberals telling the government to but out and the conservatives wanting it to intrude. Benig against gay marriage is not about ideology, it is about imitating people you respect on other issues. But I highly recommend everyone recall that the state and teh church are separated not just to keep religion out of government but more to keep government out of religion.

Answer 3

Not only should be but in time definitely will be.The Church does not have the legal authority to prevent it .It is the State which grants marriage license without which no marriage performed in a church is legal
Enter the Fourteenth Amendment which grants equal protection under the law to all Americans .
Since the State places few if any conditions on who can get married then arbitrarily denying a couple a marriage license because they just happen to be homosexual is a violation of their civil rights under the Fourteenth Amendment.
The full faith and credit clause further recognizes that since marriage is a contract , a gay couple's marriage would be recognized in all states .

Answer 4

Absolutely. Civil union is bull. They deserve equal treatment under the law!

Unless you are not from a divorced family, have never divorced, have only had sex after marriage with one person, have never cheated, and have sex only to procreate, you've already broken the "Biblical" mold of marriage. To say gays do not deserve the right to marry, or deserve a separate but equal status based on the so called "traditional family" is hypocrisy. Straights aren't made to uphold those values, why should gays be any different?

...and animals of the same gender have been known to fornicate and even mate for life.

Answer 5

marriage as a whole should be abolished in the legal sense. Only civil unions should be allowed, which would include heterosexual or homosexual of age consenting couple . Marriage should be kept strictly as a religious rite with no legal benefits. That way they can have their whole one man one woman BS, and the rest the sane world can be joined together in legally binding relationships, recognized by the state, without the church having any say in the matter.
WWJD

Answer 6

I think gay marriage should be allowed. As for churches I think they should have the right to decide for themselves based on their beliefs. Some churches don't have a problem with gay marriage while others clearly do. The state however, should not be allowed to deny civil marriage rights to people based on religious grounds.

Answer 7

Civil unions but not gay marriages. I think a gay or lesbian couple is fine and they can do what they want but a wedding is forcing the rest of us to think the same as they do. Why should we be forced to think as they do. Live together and do married things but don't expect married benifits such as a family discount on insurance.

Answer 8

Yes of course, but since it seems to be such a thorn in the side of fundamentalists, maybe call it civil union. But there must be the same legal benefits as with marriage

Answer 9

Of course it should!
Anyone with more than two braincells to rub together can see that.
Here in Canada there was a bit of an outcry but thankfully the government dragged the unwashed hoi-polloi (which are in the minority, thankfully) into the 21st century.
And you know what? Not one of the "doom and gloom" scenarios they ranted about has happened.
Gee, I guess it's because the ONLY arguments they had were based on an outdated book of bronze age jewish mythology and had nothing to do with reality. As usual.

As for the argument "it weakens families" could you provide evidence to that effect please? NOT hearsay or conjecture, but hard, scientific evidence?
Yeah, I did'nt think so either.

Answer 10

Allowed.

Answer 11

Gay marriage *thumbs up*