Why Gays Should be Allowed to Marry!
November 4, 2009 by Edie Magoun
Filed under News and Opinions
Because they love! They love just like any heterosexual couple loves. In some cases they love more.
AND because they have the excuse to NOT commit to marriage yet still desperately desire the RIGHT too commit to marriage!
How many straight men can you say the same thing about? Honestly?
But let’s say you are a married couple who opposes gay marriage, for whatever reason, but most likely it is religious. Let me ask you this: If a gay couple down the street marries is that really going to effect the quality of YOUR marriage? Is it? Think about this deeply. Is it? Is God going to see your union as LESS THEN?
If you believe that it will diminish the value of your own marriage then you possibly may be limiting your scope of both Jesus and God.
If you are a Christian you will know that Jesus loves everyone and that the trinity respects and loves all people. I was raised Christian and Lord knows that I have been far from exemplary.. but the little bit I learned in my Episcopalian upbringing is that it is not our place to judge or decide. In essence I am saying worry about the cleanliness of your own house before you decide who else deserves to live in a house.
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I'd say you are right on target. I live in San Francisco and I was happily married. The fact that some gay folks love each other did not harm my marriage one bit. I wish more people out in the heartland knew how many gay people there are – probably right in their community, then they wouldn't be so afraid of them
Thank you for leaving a comment! And not just cause you agree with me.
i agree with you
i think gay people should know what their doing before they walk down the aisle. On survey, only 5 couples out of 150 stayed together for 5 years.. and all the rest had more then 1 thousand sex couples while they were with their partner. Is that what you want marriage to become? they dont give a shit about it.. they just want the name.
What!? Sorry women but I don't understand what your trying to say. Could you be a little clearer please? If these 'facts' are true i'd like some evidence because from my experience homosexual relationships last just as long as heterosuxaul ones. Did you know that more than half of marriages end in divorce and as queers have to fight so hard, and get through so much discrimination, I think they're probably more likely to stay together. By the way queers do not have higher sex drives and are not more likely to cheat so I don't know where you got your facts from.
My god woman, Get a grip. There are so many things wrong with what you wrote I dare even begin to correct your obviously deluded fictitious beliefs, that you probably heard from someone who is just as ignorant as yourself. I tell ya, its people like you that are limiting love in this world, trying to claim it as your own and denying it to others. What an embarrassing life you must have. I hope you grow up one day, little lady!
lol, jen your comment is complete bull. the survey is 1/2 of all marriages end in divorce.
Thats right and you never no how much it would last
i agree, why would anyone in there right mind think that just because a gay couple getting married is going to hurt their marriage. If they think that it will then they are in crappy relationship anyways, to worried about what everyone else is doing and not what their partner is doing. I love gay people i hate straight people they are too narrow minded. I would much rather go to a gay bar and see a drag show than go to a straight bar. I get complements when i go to MY gay bar but when a group of us go out to a striaght bar i have girls talking crap about my hight and size! If a gay couple wants to marry let them do it! the divorce rate is outragous! and gay couples may not be able to reproduce but they could adopt and get alot of the kids that their "striaght" couples didn't want out of the hell hole that they are in and into a family that would love them and care for them like they were their own.
gays should be alowd to marry assholes. it says in the constituoion every man is created equal. so shutup! anndddd fuck u
Next time read the article before commenting. Unless you enjoy looking like an IDJUT!
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1. Love and sex has nothing to do with the definition of marriage.
2. "The argument of gays being allowed to marry "because they love (each other)" has as procon.org puts it for the argument "slippery slope” ending with giving people in polygamous, incestuous, bestial, and other nontraditional relationships the right to marry." Basically if love is the standard, then polyogmy, incest, and bestiality should be allowed according to that argument.
Basically, I agree that homosexuals shouldn't be bullied like I believe any other human being bullied, but honestly to argue that they should be allowed to marry because they love each other is flawed.
Even though I don't fully agree with same sex marriage because of my religion, they still have the right to get married because marriage is a commitment between two people that LOVE and respect each other, and they should be allowed this right because they are just a human as any other straight person they are no 'dog' or 'inanimate object'!…
…. and as you mentioned before it might allow people to bent the marriage law, and cause incestuous, bestial. when I saw you right this I thought "maybe it might have that effect" but then i researched it, there are already laws against incestuous, bestial, (you also mentioned it will cause non-traditional marriage; atheist already marry with no belief in marriage and as I mention before it will not cause people to marry animals or inanimate objects for they are not human) . …
… and also them marrying dose it harm you or anyone, they are just people, Hence they should be allowed to marry!…
.. but you are like me a 'Christian' and your beliefs go against gay marriage just remember this verse from the bible "Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things. Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God?" because even judging is a sin, stated in the bible (Romans 2:1-3)
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to be honest m8 polyogmy is usually allwed by both partners so that dont affect their love sum1 will just be left out the marriage, incest to me is fine whats so wrong about it? ye if they have kids they will most likely b deformed but hey we all came from adam an eve (at least thats what religion said, marriage is religious) i dont support em havin kids but if u wanna marry ur brother or sista thats fine. bestiality is kinda diffrent, i dont think theres any research but im pretty sure u cant fall in love with an animal. LOVE CONQUERS ALL!!!!
I have nothing against homosexual but same sex marriage is no longer moral.
i personally dont fully agree with same sex marriages because i am christian, but i do not have a problem with it, if they wanna be married it is their decision who are we to influence them..they should have the same rights everyone else does
I am sorry, but same sex marriage or couples is just wrong…..No gays will ever ruin my marriage whatsoever. Yes God does love everyone, but he also states in the bible that homosexuals is wrong and its an abomination!!! It seems like to me that marriage is not as sacred as it used to be. The world is letting anyone get married..God created Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve……
In America you can marry a horse in more states then another man
1. the bible has been changed thousands of times so you have no idea what the original bible said.
2. the bible wasn't written by God himself. it was written by pepole who believed in him and who could've possibly put their own perspectives and beliefs into it instead of "God's"
3. the bible also says that women are meant to be dominated by their male partner and have no rights, but that is no longer followed.
you should really be more empathetic to homosexuals since you are a woman and there was once a time where you too had VERY limited rights.
gay marriage is right! Society recieves no physical or emotional pain! There are rapist out there & all you care about is ruining gay peoples life!?!
The idea of marriage or a civil union by two people wasn't "invented" by any religion and therefore shouldn't be dictated by any religion. Marriage is a state affair. It's a document that unifies two people as one legal entity.
Plus, even if it were dictated by a religion, everyone has the right (in the United States) to NOT believe in God or follow any specific faith. So either way it's wrong to deny homosexuals the right to marry because it's akin to implying they're less than human. Which they're not.
Some people believe that because they disagree with someone, that it gives them the right to hate them and abuse them. That is certainly not right or moral. I believe the beautiful thing about America is that people can disagree with each other and have a say and stand up for what they believe in. I also believe that even if people disagree, they should still love one another, as God intended. So keep this in mind as you read my argument.
First of all, in my opinion, allowing gay marriage will not get rid of "the excuse NOT to commit." People gay and straight alike are getting divorced all the time. I believe it's because they make divorce an option upon entering and also throughout marriage.
Next, of course a gay couple down the street getting married won't effect my own marriage. Specifically, the saying, "Is our relationship effecting the quality of YOUR relationship?" is an invalid question and a false assumption. I don't think many heterosexual couples are worried about gay couples ruining their relationship. At least I hope not.
You said, "worry about the cleanliness of your own house before you decide who else deserves to live in a house." This statement is true for me, but it should also be true for yourself.
No, being gay is not evil or demonic, as many radicals are putting it, but I do believe that being gay and having gay tendencies can lead to sin. Now, I am not perfect myself, mind you, so don't think I'm being the least bit judgmental.
God burned down sodoma and gomorra because it was full of homosexuals soooooo dont think that God is happy with homosexual….he loves them but he doesnt love their actions !!
if you view that subject in a fundementalist state, then it would only be wise to view the entire bible that way, right? But we dont; or else this world world be very strict. God burned down the city because of all of the male prostitutes. It's certainly a shame that the bible is mistranslated to condemn a type of love; it might be comical if it weren't so tragic.
My cousin is gay and before he told anyone he was angry and grumpy but he is crazy happy so even being straight and chirstian I have no problem with gay marriage along as your happy.
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someone tell this jerk who did this statement on why shouldn't gays get married to marry a gay him or herself. it's against the bible and god. i'm a man married to a woman like god intended and you sir are twisted. i lost am adopted brother and cousin from aids you idiot. you have some nerve you anti-christ.