Before I start, I would just like to say that I'm not gay, lesbian, or bisexual. I'm a Roman Catholic (my religion tends to not like gay activity). I just feel really strongly that gay marriages are being turned down by many. I really think that there is nothing wrong with gays or lesbians marrying each other. Yet, others don't think it's right. Why do people feel so strongly about same sex couples? What's wrong with it?
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There's nothing wrong with it.18% Voted for by Rachael Anora, Crooked Teeth, cosmosis.
A lot of people (not everyone, but a fair amount) treat homosexual individuals the same way racists would treat other religions, race, etc. I guess one of the main arguments is in sex. Others say it isn't natural. Same sex contact is as natural as opposite sex contact.
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Nothing18% Voted for by Scrap, cosmosis, another raindrop.
You're right. Nothing's wrong with it. I have yet to see a single valid reasona gainst it. The only reasons people give are in relation to the Bible, it is "unnaturaly biologically", or in this idea of "what marriage was like in the beginning." None make sense because:
A. There are plenty of quotes from the Bible that are no longer follwoed by people. They randomly pick and choose what will be followed and/or interpretted.
B. Marriage has nothing to do with biology. Mouths were not "designed" for kissing, so what do you care that penises were not designed for people's bums? No one is being hurt here, so what are you making a big stink about it?
C. Marriage "in the beginning" was about controlling women, dealing with them as property, and polygamy. Things change with time.
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Differance18% Voted for by Hellsing speaks, cosmosis, pwincessovfantasy.
I think most people look down on gay marraige becuse it's different. Think about it for a moment, people use to forbid marraige between whites and blacks but now it seems to be quite normal. I think that people will accept same sex couples and marraiges in time but for now it's just too different for them to handle.
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WhyWhy are you a Roman Catholic if youdon't believe them?12% Voted for by mudgod, Energizer Bunny.
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Read this and find out...Voted for by street-crazy.
First of all, I am for homosexual marriage. I think that gay marriage is frowned upon in society is because of religion and politic backgrounds. Religion: In most religions it is forbidden and morrally wrong. If you didn't adhere to the divinity of the faith's diety, you were punished. This teaching has been passed down for a really long, long time. Politics: Basically because of parties, Republicans are against homosexuality, therefore Democracy must be for it. Obligations. Both of these reasons touch most people of America and so it influences them. Until it becomes popular, it will be frowned upon.
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It's resistance to changeVoted for by TooRainbow.
Specific groups cite several reasons, all or which are unique, for gays not to marry. Whatever each calls his or her "reason", it's my belief that it boils down to human nature and our resistance to change. I offer the following ideas for consideration: what if homosexuality is not unnatural? (It has appeared in several walks of life and been documented . . . monkeys, penguins, hamsters, birds, etc.) What if homosexuality is what happens when nature realizes the planet's resources are about tapped to oblivion? What if it is evolutionary? The beginnings of evolution appear as revolution to some because it's different AND new. People just don't like change. However, it comes in its own time.
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I agree...Voted for by another raindrop.
I am for gay marriages, though I am heterosexual. I have friends and family who are bisexual and homosxual, and I don't like the idea that when they find the person they want to spend the rest of their life with, that it is going to be illegal for them to get married just because of their sexuality. People who argue that the bible doesn't approve of gay marriage, or homosexuality in general, do you even see what you are saying? The bible also is pro-slavery, do you want to side with God on that one too? The bible also said that God created Adam and Eve...Their kids had to reproduce somehow! And didn't we also make incestry illegal? So what we are saying by using the bible as an excuse to ban gay marriages is that we only use God's views on things when it is in our favor, is that right? So in reality some things in the bible should be taken into perspective, yes, but there are also things that should be overlooked. Things that are not morally correct. Christians believe that everything happens for a reason, that God has everyone's lives set for them and their destinies already mapped out. So if God was against gay people...why are there any? God set their destinies that way, he made them different from certain other people for a REASON. Anyways, I don't see why it should matter to everyone who IS against it. It's not like we would be changing the law to say that everyone must marry same sexes now, we are just allowing those who love the same sex to take action in their relationships! To say it isn't right to let them marry is to say that we use the bible as a form of right and wrong only when convienient to things that we don't agree with based on our personal reflections on the situation. We are only using a religious foundation for liability to say that our opinions are correct, that we are right and they are wrong. Why should we force our opinions on those who don't share the same opinions?? It isn't right. By allowing same sex marriages, we aren't saying that you have to be gay now, we are allowing freedom and justice and respect to those who ARE gay and want to be a legal couple. Why can't you just let people live their lives the way they want to?? What if the homosexual community was the dominant group in society instead of the heterosexual community, and the law was the other way around, the law said that a man and woman was not allowed to marry, how would those of you against gay marriage feel? To be banned from marrying the one you love just because they are of the opposite sex???? How degrading would that be to you? How much would it hurt to be forced into keeping your relationship with your bf/gf completely just bf/gf, not having the chance to be a legal couple? think about the feeling you would have being banned from something like that. now why are you making gay people feel that way? why are you keeping them from living the way they want? it won't hurt you. they just want the same respect and freedom as everyone else! Have a heart, and let them express theirs, that's my opinion.
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Not going to changeYou can argue the validity of your imoral convictions as fervently as you like, and will not sway the moral, you can ask who they base thier morals upon, and argue its validity, but you will not sway the moral, you can proclaim them closed minded, proclaim them fraudulent, proclaim their foundation unfounded , but you can not sway the moral.....must be something to it...huh? Gay marriage is immoral, gay activity is immoraal, do what you will, but still, you can not sway the moralVoted for by Dwn.
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is any marriage relevantVoted for by pollywolly.
i believe people are only fighting to allow gay marriages for the sake of equality. after all why is one person allowed to do something but another is not. why is marriage so important to anyone? after all we can all be a father, mother, lover and friend without the need of marriage. i think the real issue here is the fact that without a marriage to their partners a gay couple have no rights on the partners estate should something happen to them. if something happened to me all of my property would go to my family not my partner as the law does not recognise him as my next of kin. yes i probably would get married if i could but hey i cant so its really not an issue for me cos it doesnt affect my day to day living. there are more important things going on in the world without having to worry about trivial things






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there really nothing wrong with being gay. I am not gay but. I dont think it is wrong inless it involes you, in a way you dont like.Energizer Bunny
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