Why do you feel morally g*y marriage should or should not be legalised?

Question

I'd like to know why?

Answer 1

thats not marriage....see webster and Holy Bible

Rom 1:26

1 Tim 1:10

Answer 2

g*y people are people just like the rest of us, except that they happened to be attracted to a different gender. It's really quite ridiculous to suggest that feeling sexually attracted to a woman is okay if you're a man but not if you're a woman, it's kind of like saying that liking the taste of pizza is okay if you're a man but not if you're a woman. Why does a person's own gender affect the morality of it? It doesn't. Homosexual couples should be allowed to marry just as heterosexual couples are, there's no rational basis for discrimination.

That said, personally I think the government should get out of the business of marriage entirely. I don't think it's moral to treat people differently just because they've written down that they're married on a piece of paper. The government should treat everyone as an individual, and marriage should be entirely a ceremonial thing.

Answer 3

I think it should be legalized. It is wrong and immoral to deny people equal rights because of their sexuality.

Answer 4

God only recognizes marriage between a male and female. Genesis 2:24

Answer 5

g*y people are no differnt than straight people. they shouldnt have their rights taken from them. whatever they do or like is there own business not something that everyone else should control

Answer 6

I feel the laws serve for two things.  

1.  Prevent people from harming other people by "illegal" actions.

2.  Provide a sort of moral base to keep society intact, creating organizing regulations and such.

Marriage is an institution ordained of God to be between a man and a women, it was Adam and Eve in the beginning and anything else simply would not have worked.  God designed us to work together that way.

Keeping with that thought, g*y marriage should not be legalized.  This doesn't mean that we should fine or jail people who chose to live that kind of lifestyle, but they should not be accepted by the state as a legal couple.

Answer 7

If g*y people want to get married, let them.

They're people and no different to you or I in anything except sexual orientation. If they love each other enough to stay together for the rest of their lives, why should any human being stop them from joining themselves in marriage?

We've got civil partnerships in the UK and as far as I'm aware, the fabric of our society has yet to crumble to the point of families disintegrating because g*y people can get married.

Answer 8

Morally there is nothing wrong with g*y marriage, or g*y anything else, for that matter.  Christians often misinterpret the Bible in ways that seem to cast homosexuality as immoral, but the fact is that God has chosen to create some people -- in God's image -- as g*y.  g**s are no different from anyone else, and should have all the rights and privileges that straight people have.

Mentally, you'd think the g**s would see how messed up straight marriages are, and avoid the whole thing!  JOKE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rixkck8Qn...

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Answer 9

Yes... if for nothing else, for the simple fact that it's nobody's effing business what others choose to do with their lives. My relationship with my fiance will be just fine no matter who is marrying who.

Answer 10

It should be legal!, marriage is a human right not a heterosexual privilege...love is love, no matter what the gender is...

Answer 11

No one should have to ask for permission to marry the person they love. g**s pay taxes and contribute to this country too. It should be legalized because everyone should be able to marry the person that they want to spend the rest of their life with. Gender and sexual orientation shouldn't even be an issue.

Answer 12

YHVH said to 'go and populate the earth'.  If the Creator told us to do it, why should we get permission from the state to do what the creator told us to do?  "g**s" (which is to say perverts) do not populate the earth.

Answer 13

people will always find a way to do what they want,since they are going to do it anyways,why not allow it?

Answer 14

There is nothing immoral about being g*y.  The Bible, Koran, etc. have no bearing on the matter because they don't govern our nation; the Constitution does.  Two consenting g*y adults who are law abiding and tax paying should have the same legal rights as everyone else, and that includes marriage.

Would you want your rights determined by what somebody else's religion said was right or wrong?  Would you want their beliefs codified into law to determine that you could or couldn't do things just because their "holy book" claimed you were lesser than they were?  Think about that before preaching about "sin" and "The Bible says...so blah blah blah".  We're not talking murder or theft here.  We're talking consenting, non-related adults entering into a loving, committed relationship.

Not that I expect haters to grasp that.

Answer 15

I agree that g**s should have the same rights as everyone else, but the privilege of being "married" should be reserved for the one-man-one-woman combination that has proven time and time again to be beneficial to society. I understand that g*y marriages have a higher rate of spousal abuse than in traditional marriages, and that g**s are subject to a lot more health problems than those in traditional marriages (see http://theroadtoemmaus.org/RdLb/22SxSo/P... It is not fair to children to allow them to be adopted into a situation where their parents are often flitting from person to person, picking up diseases and ultimately living a shorter life than the average person (see above reference). I realize that not all traditional marriages are healthy, either, but statistically the traditional marriage is more stable than g*y "marriage."

Answer 16

Should be legalised. They're just people, like everybody else. They deserve to be happy.  

Answer 17

Civil marriage is a civil right; therefore, g**s should be able to be married by the state. As to whether a church should marry them, well, that is up to the individual church.

Answer 18

Legally recognized g*y partnerships should be allowed for those who want them.  I am not happy with calling them "marriages", but recognized or registered partnerships is fine by me.

I believe that g*y people are entitled to live with a same s*x partner in a stable, loving, faithful relationship in the same way that heterosexual people are able to live in a married relationship - if they wish to.  (Some don't.)  

Stable sexual partnerships are about more than providing a secure basis for the procreation and nurture of children.  There is a personalist or relational factor, which not only supports the couple but contributes to the stability of society.  Homosexual persons contribute much to society through their talents and skills, the same as heterosexual persons do.  Social justice demands that they should have the same legal rights to form stable, socially and legally supported partnerships as heterosexuals.

Whether or not some people find this acceptable or unacceptable on religious grounds is immaterial, especially in a nation which recognizes no legally established religion, leaving all free to belong to any faith they choose, or not to belong.  It is a matter of social justice.

Edit:  The Christian view that marriage is an institution ordained by God is fine for Christians.  I heard it stated only this afternoon at a wedding in church.  However, the state recognizes marriages other than Christian ones: Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu etc. and secular marriages that have no religious sanction whatsoever.  We don't live in a theocracy (well, not in the West).  We live in a secular state.  Therefore it is perfectly moral and proper for the state to recognize legal g*y partnerships on the same basis that it recognizes all sorts of heterosexual marriages, some religious, some secular.