Have Your Views on Same-Sex Marriage Changed in the Last Year?

Fags Marrying

No my thoughts are still the same. They should be expelled from this counrty!

re Marriage

Believe me - the same sex marriage advocates do not have any interest in attacking christian foundations. Rather, this would be an extension of christian foundations into their life, wouldn't you say?

Too bad you place such conviction in a book, even if it is the greatest science fiction story ever told.

gay marriage

since when does a country have the right to prevent people of being happy and being married.

being gay isnt a choice and cant be controlled

i used to think being gay was a choice but then i realized they are people too just like us

what does marriage have to do with government?

i really do not understand why government is involved in the marriage business in the first place.

Marriage

Gay marriage is a political attack on a basic Christian foundation. Adults in this Country are free to have relationships. Marriage is the basic foundation of our Society. People’s personalities are defined primarily by nature and nurture. The sexual relationships in the context of that relationship are for the purpose of procreation which provides the nature aspect of that personality. The male and female in that relationship are there to provide wholesome remodels to support and nurture their children. Bottom line, Sex is for having children. Consequently, a child can not be the product of the homosexual relationship nor can they provide the gender role modeling to a child of the opposite sex. Bottom Line I will always agree with the BIBLE.

Same sex marriage

Sexual perversion or homosexuality has been around a long long time and has nothing in common with the social institution of marriage and family.... we need to get married to protect the good name of our offspring...if we have no offspring we do not have to get married but we can form a domestic partnership aggreement to protect assets and property .....like any other business.......Same sex marriage is a new twist on an old old habit...... Cordially, Steve ....

Marriage

When did the state get religion? States issue licenses. If you are asking for particular church to bless the union of a same sex couple, then the answer is it is up to the particular church to sat ya or na. If you are talking about a state function then the answer is you can not treat one adult diferently from another unless you can show an overwhelming reason. Read your Supreme Court opinions on discrimination.

The trouble with the term marriage is all of the baggage people want to attach to it. Remember it is just a word and when associated with State power it is legal permission and not a religious one. My two cents.

Same sex Marriage

This should not be in the same category with racism because its not about race its about sexual preferences. I my self use to like all kinds of sexual experiences but solely out of pleasure not because I can't help it...

read the Bible

Here again ...people should read the Bible...

If people don't go against what God has written in the Bible

God will take his own judment!!

Where Did The Definition Come From

I ask this question because it seems that we have lost the definition to the word "definition." To define something means to describe it. In that context, we must ask where then did marriage first appear and what was the definition of it at that time. Obviously, God both created marriage and then defined it as for this purpose (What purpose? The purpose of marriage)a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife and they shall become one flesh (Genesis 2:23-25) Here it's obvious the one who created and defined marriage intended it to be between a man and a woman. Period.

Now, if we accept that premise, then there can be no argument about the definition of marriage. Either water is wet and dirt is dry or it isn't. You can't call wet dry or dry wet just because you feel like you have some right to do so one day. There is a definition for everything. It's how we distinguish one thing from another. Without specific definitions, we wouldn't know right from left or up from down, etc.,etc., etc.

So, with all that in mind, we need to consider what should we call it when two people other than a man and a woman decide that they want to leave together following a ceremony, like husbands and wives do? How about a domestic partnership! How about allowing them the same rights legally as husbands and wives, such as medical coverage, life insurance benefits?; You get the idea. How about leaving the word marriage out as the description of what domestic partners are doing.

Why is the word "marriage" so important for gay couples to change? Its never been applied to same sex couples throughout the history of civilization. Not because everyone wants to discriminate against gays, but simply because there is already a definition for marriage described in the book that originated the saying. I mention this with no intentions of even getting into the moral implications as to what the Bible says God feels about homosexuality, but only to make a point.

I would campaign for domestic partnerships to be granted the same rights as married couples. I have no problem with that. As a Christian, I confess that I have some obvious difficulties with gay couples raising children, but I don't believe that its my business to impose that part of my faith upon others, who may not believe as I do. I do though believe that marriage is a sacred trust between a man and a woman and that it has been established since the dawning of civilization.

So, that's my two cents. I have many gay friends and we agree to disagree on this topic. As I explain to them, I don't see it as a civil rights issue. I think that's a deceptive characterization of the issue that switches the subject from: Do gays couples have a right to be joined together in a domestic partnership with the same rights as husbands and wives, to: Why can't we redefine the word marriage to include gay couples? Being recognized as a legal couple is one thing and changing the foundation of marriage is another.