What do people have against gay marriage?

Question

What do people have against gay marriage?

Answer 1

The main reason is that these people want to keep something in their domain and not allow anybody else to play in their sandbox.



I say that if two homosexuals love each other and want all the rights and benefits that marriage implies then they should be able to get married in the legal and binding sense. There's no real reason to deny them this so all the protesters out there call on the bible to try and deny them this right.



The problem with that is, it doesn't say anything about marriage only being between a man and a woman in the bible. That's man's interpretation.

Answer 2

Totally agree. Everytime people try to defend their opposition to gay marriage they always go back to religion. They just don't get the point, its throught the STATE, not the church. I don't understand why this is even an issue dont we all have EQUAL RIGHTS.

Answer 3

The problem is, ever since the first marriage laws were enacted (shortly after the War Between the States), their sole purpose was to restrict and control who the state allowed to marry. It has taken over 100 years to chip away at those laws, to eventually (as late as 2000 in some states) allow interracial marriages, and now gay marriage is one area where the hateful still have some influence over state law.



Gay marriage upsets people because it is the one area where the hateful, KKK-era marriage laws still exist, and it is the one area where they can still express their KKK-era hatefulness without being condemned as freely as they were when the laws still banned interracial marriages. Thus, it is the one area where they can still express their despicable hatefulness and get away with it. If you took that away from them, their hatefulness would no longer have the support of the state, and that terrifies them.

Answer 4

I honestly WISH they'd let gays get married, and I think religion should play no part in whether gays have the right or not. Government and religion aren't supposed to have anything to do with the other. Unfortunately, they often intersect. I agree with you, that they're gonna continue being gay, and doing what they want, so why not let them have the few perks of being married. But that's just me.

Answer 5

I am a lesbian woman who is firmly opposed to same-sex marriage. Same-sex marriage is not a 'marriage' at all. Marriage is a God-given gift that is meant to link the two sexes, man and woman, mother and father. I do think that same-sex couples, (I.E me and my partner) should be given full legal rights and benefits. I do think it is unfair that in the state I reside in (Florida) technically speaking, my partner Christine is a stranger to me. But we should NOT be married. I am all for civil unions for same-sex partners, though.

Answer 6

You are right... "hate the sin not the sinner". In the old testament, God tell Moses what the laws are concerning marriage. " man shall not lay with another man as he would a woman..." is stating NO same sex intimate relationships. Fornication and adultery are a sin. Man's persistence with the State is what brought the gay marriages about. but it is NOT God's Law!!! Read the words of a marriage vow. Ask a minister what he thinks about it.

The reason the couples go through the state is because it is immoral !!!!

Answer 7

I don't care if they get married under law, just not under God. However, I don't like the idea of gay men and gay women adopting. And that will be easier if they are married. I think that growing up in a gay household is going to change everything, and mostly not in a good way, for the child. I wouldn't want to put a child through that, no matter how much the adoptive parents love the child.

Answer 8

answer: Amen. They never have an answer when I ask why they're against gay marriage outside of religious reasons other than lame "it's against nature." I then point out it does occur quite frequently in nature.



I then ask how they can consider themselves good US citizens if they're trying to impose their religious beliefs on others. I never get an answer to that one either.



Announcement: anyone fighting against gay marriage because of your religious beliefs - that makes you a poor US citizen. That's not what I put on the uniform of a United States Marine for.

Answer 9

"homosexual" was a term coined in 1869 so it can't be in the bible

the bigots cherry-pick to suit themselves

it was christian bigots who redefined marriage as the 4th link shows

people are ignorant of what marriage used to be before it was redefined and some are also homophobic

edit: homosexuality is natural as shown by the humans and animals that exhibit this



edit2: I've never understood why same-sex marriage isn't ok and sex out side of marriage isn't OK - the only answer i could come up with is christians are too much like control-freaks and too invasive



edit3: it's not like being an alcoholic and kids raised in same-sex families are as well-adjusted as others



Muslim is wrong as it's not bad and everyone wouldn't be into the same sex plus it's not a bad thing, freedom doesn't mean forcing others to live in a way that bigots approve of



I agree with what vernenufield is right about Esther

Answer 10

Nothing at all, I don't understand why they are not allowed to & nobody thus far has answered your question apart from quotes from a book to prop up basic homophobia (they simply don't like it) or stated that the human race will die out, patently ridiculous....it won't homosexuality isn't catching & it isn't a sin.



I've been to friends civil same sex civil partnerships & hope I live to see the day when same sex marriages are given the same legal & social status as a man/woman union.



You're right - have a star, I'm controversial - I'm collecting thumbs down...

Answer 11

marriage is ordained between a man and woman. I don't deny that some people are born with homosexual tendencies. However some people are born with the predisposition to be alcoholics. Just because they're born that way doesn't mean that we should encourage them to drink. I think of homosexuality like that. Its a weakness God has allowed some people to have so they learn to "master the flesh."

Answer 12

To Esther, disagreement is one thing. Trying to keep homosexuals second class citizens is another. There is nothing of love in that and plenty of hate and bigotry in it.



"Frankly, the only hateful language I've seen has been directed against people who have my same opinion."



Frankly, that's an outright lie.

Answer 13

Good things are good to spread, the more the people do the more it should be useful to the community and to human race.

at the other hand

Bad things are Bad to spread, the more the people do the more it should be harmful to the community and to human race.



what will happen if every man on earth is gay? and gay marriage dominates? the human race will disappear in less than 100 year.



freedom does not mean to do whatever you want, going to work naked is not freedom.

Answer 14

bla bla bla-

Marriage is sacred, designed for a man and a woman, and is a Holy union.

Gay marriage is just a mockery of what it stands for.



Homosexuality IS a sin, just because it doesnt use that specific word in the bible, doesnt mean it doesnt talk about it.



Yes, it can be forgiven ***IF*** the sinner repents and walks away from that sin- meaning- Not being gay/acting on the homosexual feelings/not being 'gay-ly' married. tada!

Answer 15

It's funny that Christians rail against same sex marriage which is a forgivable sin, but when Fred Phelps commits blasphemy (which is an unforgivable sin according to the Bible) they do nothing about it. It makes me think more evangelicals agree with Fred Phelps then let on to it.

Answer 16

Marriage has always been between a man and a woman, thats how I was raised and thats what I believe, my problem with it is that it was 4 judges in san fran who decided to make califronia law instead of just interpreting the law. The legislative branch, not the Judicial, makes laws, generally by will of the people.



As for seperation of church and state, if thats the case why can a church in california now by sued if they refuse to "marry" a homosexual couple? If gays want the same rights as a married couple im all for it, I don't care what they do behind their bedroom doors, it's none of my business and I will not persecute anyone for choosing to live a life they want but on the other hand I don't want that life shoved down my gullet.

Answer 17

I honestly thought that people were finally getting over their homophobic attitude, but with this latest proposition, it seems some things never change.

Answer 18

the people who answered this are all ******* **** assholes i hope they ******* screw themselves over ******* *** bitches.



and its the way the world is. people are lifeless, they make themselves feel better by hating on people who CANNOT HELP BEING GAY. ITS NOT A ******* CHOICE, HUNNYS. GET OUT OF SHITTING KINDERGARTEN!



ps sry for the cursing its just really insulting and hurtful **** people are saying



grow up, people. god accepts everyone.



**and also.

im christian.

and bi sexual.



guess what bitches, its possible.

Answer 19

Because it takes up all the good men!



Im kidding people get wrapped up in all that the bible,koran,scrolls,etc. says this and that, when it really all boils down to money.

Answer 20

Start with the question what does it mean to be married?



To be maried is to be united in another person, to make two fresh one. Not in a metaphorical sence but really to make two spirits and two flesh one.



God created Adam and Eve (no pun with he didnt create adam and steve) not to have sexual relations but to be in communion with one another, to see one another not as individuals but as one being.



God tells us to love one another, a man may love a man and a woman may love a woman, there is nothing wrong with this. however marriage is something that is meant to keep Christians pure. A married couple commit themsevles to God, to love one another as they love God. Sex was created as something sacred which should not be outside the bounds of marriage. It is a symbol of the unity of flesh and spirit which God created during the Sacrament of Marriage, it is meant for the creation of new life also



No one, man or woman with inclinations toward homosexuality or hetero, should have any kind of sexual activity outside of marriage it is purley selfish. Lusting after the flesh instead of desireing God is sin. Homosexuality is no different than any other kind of lust outside marriage

Answer 21

Some people see it as a religious issue. I simply want to preserve the historic meaning of the word. If people want to do civil unions, with all of the rights and responsibilities of conventional marriage, that is quite okay with me.

Answer 22

Please stop confusing hate with disagreement. I am a Christian and I do not hate people who are gay. I revere the word of God, which teaches homosexuality is a sin and marriage should be between a man and a woman. Therefore, I voted yes on proposition 8, a bill here in California, to keep marriage between a man and a woman.



Frankly, the only hateful language I've seen has been directed against people who have my same opinion.

Answer 23

I think it's the man on man anal they can't seem to stomach Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve

Answer 24

Amen, Esther!

Answer 25

i completely agree! thank you for this - i enjoyed reading it :-)

Answer 26

If they are independent men... and respect others then they can marry 4 men... per person...

Answer 27

They are full of stupid.

Answer 28

i have a problem with it because all the lesbians getting married are ugly.



i say require hot lesbians to post thier sex on the internet and then problem solved.



all the worlds answers can be found in lesbian sex.

Answer 29

Because it goes against the natural order. If homosexuality is normal then bye bye humans because humans will be no more. God's rules are more important than humans laws.

Answer 30

it's

a sin

Answer 31

The fact that it is forbidden by God.