When I see people preach about how Gay Marriage will destroy the "sanctity" of marriage, if I were in a straight relationship, I'd be really offended. For someone to say my marriage, my marriage founded on LOVE, is fragile to outside happenings is not only insulting, but demeaning.
Agree, or disagree?
2007-12-17 06:56:19 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Pitching- Maybe you should go study Christianity, because in fact, there are.
2007-12-17 07:03:30 · update #1
Look up St. Serge and St. Bacchus.
2007-12-17 07:12:28 · update #2
I agree completely. My marriage is sacred, and nothing anyone does can change that.
2007-12-17 06:58:42 · answer #1 · answered by czekoskwigel 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Well isn't marriage based upon religion? I'm not religious at all so in the same sense, am I hurting marriage being it's based upon God and I don't believe in God?
I don't know why people get so wrapped up in what other people do with their lives. If a couple lived next door to me and they were getting married tomorrow...how does that affect me? Now if that same couple that lived next door to me got married tomorrow and on top of that they're gay, again...how does that affect me?
It doesn't...they still go to work each day, live their lives, and come home. Gay, straight, red, black or purple....
So I guess the answer to your question would be that I don't think it is an insult to my marriage at all. Because people can SAY what they want but it doesn't stop me from living my life as I have been for the past 25 yrs. People talk all the time, voice opinions all the time, even pass laws to ban certain things, but hey...I'm still happily married. Whether the law says it's legal or not...well that's society's problem.
2007-12-17 15:09:25 · answer #2 · answered by Momto2inFL 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you and will go one step further. The very fact the gay people see marriage as something that they want to be included in, even after heterosexuals have made such a mess of marriage, makes marriage even more sacred.
A comedian said, "There is nothing that gay people can due to marriage that heterosexuals have not already done." I think gay marriages will be much more successful than heterosexual marriages, since getting married will mean so much more to the couples. It will take a few generations before gay marriage will be as meanless as heterosexual marriage has become for many people.
Take care,
Troy
2007-12-17 15:16:20 · answer #3 · answered by tiuliucci 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure about demeaning, but i do not agree that it will destroy the sanctity of marriage, because that has already been destroyed. Have you looked at the divorce statistics lately? The majority of ppl in the US have been divorced at least once. I do not see the harm in allowing gays to marry. but I do see the harm in not allowing it. Just because "God" said to multiply, does not mean you will go to hell if you do not have children, and it does not mean that being gay is a sin. But I'm a Pagan anyway, and my feeling is that if you are gay or straight doesn't make any difference, you should still be allowed to marry whoever you want to marry.
2007-12-17 15:02:01 · answer #4 · answered by Emily Rugburn 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Marriage is Marriage btw two people. I dont see how Same sex marriages will ruin anything? Dose that change how you feel about your spouse. I can hear it now the judge will ask " What grounds are you seeking a divorce" the husband will say...gay marriages are on the rise. hahahaha. I think the people who make this kind of comment about it effecting marrige has never been married or have a really crapy marriage and looking for anything and everything to blame it on except themselves/
2007-12-17 15:09:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I agree 100%. You bring up a good point that I have never thought about. Huh. So true. If your marriage is not strong enough to withstand a marriage of a gay couple a million miles away from you, and they are a couple you would never ever come in contact with, then your marriage has deeper issues than anyone could imagine.
2007-12-17 15:01:00 · answer #6 · answered by venusazaboy 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Agree.
Giving gays legal rights (which is what the damn argument should be about anyway - if you want to walk down the aisle of a church and get married by a priest, if THAT'S why you want gay marriage, you're a looney) would do nothing to the sanctity of a religious ceremony. People need to get their heads out of their butts and realize that what the government sanctions is not the same as what the church sanctions, and that when you think they are the same, you're being duped by conservatives.
2007-12-17 15:03:58 · answer #7 · answered by rozefyre86 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
What I find odd is that the fundamentalists have a problem with promescuity sp? but they will not allow gay marriage. It is as though they won't let them get married so that they can continue to bad mouth and judge them. It is not for us to judge.
I do not feel gay marriage affects my marriage personally. A marriage is personal between two people and everyone has their own idea of what a marriage should be. The two people getting married should decide.
2007-12-17 15:02:29 · answer #8 · answered by bleh 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree. Of course, my mother is a lesbian, so I'm FOR gay marriage. I'm also for gay parents adopting or having children. I did a 160 page thesis on gay marriage and gay parenting. The major point is this: Gay parents can't have kids by accident. Every child is a wanted child. It also ties into being Pro-Choice. Pro-Choice IS Pro-Life, every child a WANTED child. In a gay couple, the decision to have a child is very carefully considered and takes a great deal of effort.
So, Hooray for Gay Marriage!!!!
P.S. I'm straight.
2007-12-17 15:13:08 · answer #9 · answered by Yup Yup Yuppers 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Seriously. I agree with you SO MUCH. I don't even know what people mean about "sanctity" of marriage anyway. Divorce is what is destroying the sanctity of marriage, if anything. Not being gay.
2007-12-17 17:08:21 · answer #10 · answered by Miss Brown 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am straight, I am married and I am even Catholic. And my opinion on gay marriage is a very positive one. Some who is gay cannot help that they were born being attracted to the other sex...just like I cannot help (as a female) being attracted to a man. I did not ask to be born heterosexual and gays did not ask to be born homosexual.
With that being said, their marriage is no different. We ALL (or at least most of us) desire love and committment at some point in our life. Why should someone who is gay be denied that same life? A gay marriage is founded in love just as mine was.
This country needs to roll with the changes of society. We need to RESPECT all relationships and homes...no matter who lives in them.
If you are gay and reading this, may God bless you and I hope you find happiness and a lifelong partner with whom to share the joys of living.
2007-12-17 15:14:37 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋