Isn't divorce worst than gay marriage in it ruining the sanctuary of marriage? Opinion on same-sex marriage?

[lamarr3]

yeah they should, there people to and its not really bothering anybody

[leonie36]

marriage is between a man and a woman,why is that so hard to understand

[iker]

marriage is between a man and a woman,why is that so hard to understand

See now how I see it is that religion has nothing to do with marriage. If marriage were a religious institute as they like to claim there would be no need for a divorce attorney and there would be no tax benefits to being married.

I don't care if two people who love each want to get married. It is none of my business what they do. Yes I support gay marriage.

Gay people should be "allowed" equal treatment under law, because and I know this is shocking for some people, they ARE equal.

Religious bigots are always trying to excuse their idiotic bigoted beliefs by hiding behind the Bible. They disgust me.

[link]

Homosexuals are people just like us and are entitled to the same unalienable rights that universally apply to everyone. While there is no defined lifestyle here in America, it depends on the many contradicting religious or non spiritual viewpoints, specifically that of the individual, that determine if something is 'right' or 'wrong'. If you subscribe to the faith of Christianity, then indeed yes, homosexuality is an abomination from your perspective, as is divorcing someone for a reason that does not involve adultery. If you believe in Christianity, you would also believe that all sins are equal in God's eyes, therefore the punishment is death, which is where Jesus Christ comes in and so on.

While you may not agree with the actions of others, and it is disturbing that the government seems to be tolerating this kind of corruption, you should also keep in mind that God informed Christians that this would happen, that they would be the minority. In this society, all of the things you have mentioned are entirely acceptable. We all have the right to do as we please, within the law, as long as we are not harming anyone. No one else has the right to dictate this. Infact, one of the unalienable rights is 'the right to happiness'. Same sex marriage is happiness in a relationship, so who has the right to deny someone of it? Is it harming anyone? No. We may run into other problems concerning it in the near future as far as means of reproduction, but that's our decision. While it is debatable as to if this issue is morally indecent, there is no sound reason why gay marriage is so terrible, disregarding personal belief.

My uncle was gay, he died of AIDS. While we had many differences as far as our lifestyles, we had one very important thing in common: our love for eachother. You must always remember this: 'Gay people' are first and foremost people, just like you and I.

[werner72]

Homosexuals are people just like us and are entitled to the same unalienable rights that universally apply to everyone. While there is no defined lifestyle here in America, it depends on the many contradicting religious or non spiritual viewpoints, specifically that of the individual, that determine if something is 'right' or 'wrong'. If you subscribe to the faith of Christianity, then indeed yes, homosexuality is an abomination from your perspective, as is divorcing someone for a reason that does not involve adultery. If you believe in Christianity, you would also believe that all sins are equal in God's eyes, therefore the punishment is death, which is where Jesus Christ comes in and so on.

While you may not agree with the actions of others, and it is disturbing that the government seems to be tolerating this kind of corruption, you should also keep in mind that God informed Christians that this would happen, that they would be the minority. In this society, all of the things you have mentioned are entirely acceptable. We all have the right to do as we please, within the law, as long as we are not harming anyone. No one else has the right to dictate this. Infact, one of the unalienable rights is 'the right to happiness'. Same sex marriage is happiness in a relationship, so who has the right to deny someone of it? Is it harming anyone? No. We may run into other problems concerning it in the near future as far as means of reproduction, but that's our decision. While it is debatable as to if this issue is morally indecent, there is no sound reason why gay marriage is so terrible, disregarding personal belief.

My uncle was gay, he died of AIDS. While we had many differences as far as our lifestyles, we had one very important thing in common: our love for eachother. You must always remember this: 'Gay people' are first and foremost people, just like you and I.

I think your question, in its thoroughness, is absolutely marvelous and should be required reading by every person in the United States who would try to justify banning same-sex marriage. It reminds me very much of the lyrics to South Park's "Blame Canada":

The smut we must stop
The trash we must bash
The Laughter and fun
Must all be undone
We must blame them and cause a fuss
Before somebody thinks of blaming uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuus!!!!

Instead of addressing the problems of poor decision making that leads to failed marriages (which happens to as much as 50% of all marriages in the United States) is doing vastly more damage to the "sanctity of marriage" than gay marriage. It's just easier to have a scape-goat than to look inward and address the actual cause of supposed social rot.

That's all it is: people imposing their own collective self-loathing onto an innocent minority.

Bravo, my man; you just broke down every argument against same-sex marriage like it was a high school science project.

And hey, you can add that you now know *two* atheist Republicans; I am a proud atheist, and I am fiscally extremely conservative. I usually find myself voting for Republicans, unless they are running solely on the Jesus ticket. To me; politicians who use their religion to get votes is just whoring their religion out for worldly gains, and that is the opposite of reverence to me. In my opinion, the ideal politician echos the sentiments of Thomas Jefferson: "Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone. Its evidence before the world is to be sought in my life, if it has been honest and dutiful to society the religion which has regulated it cannot be a bad one."

[dubh35]

It isn't used as proof, maybe for the Christians but not for anybody else. Christians are homophobic because the "Bible" says that God said homosexuality is unnatural. But considering the fact no God can exist, and they (the Christians) can't prove he does, rules out the bible as a reason that homosexuality is unnatural. Homosexuals have just as much right as heterosexuals to get married, and I regret any ones ignorance that say they do not.

[jomei69]

I think things like Britney Spear's 55-hour marriage and that between Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney, they have been married 16 times is far worse than gay marriage

[ricard83]

People have come to accept divorce as a part of our culture (reluctantly or otherwise), but have not yet done so regarding gay marriage.

Give it time, because it will happen eventually.

Also, don't write a dissertation on Yahoo!Answers. Nobody is going to read through that whole thing. ;)

[ezri]

I think gay people should be allowed to marry. Gay people are going to be gay whether or not they are allowed to be married so not allowing them to marry isn't going to prevent gay people. 16 year olds and guests of the Jerry Springer show are allowed to get married. Why should we tell people who take their relationship more seriously that they aren't allowed to marry just because they are gay. They aren't hurting anyone. They're a part of our cities, neighbourhoods, families, world. They will get their rights eventually. Why not now? Marriage has evolved. We don't permit men to have tribes of wives any more. Black people used to never be allowed to get married but they can now. The people have voted for a separation of religion from government but every time you turn around they want to drag God in to the court room. I don't know why we can't just live and let live.

[breasal]

Do you mean Sanctity? I am a Christian and I believe that if you love someone you should marry. Even an idiot knows that birth control is preferable to dying of hunger. The Lord will sort us out when we die.