Gay Marriage: For or Against?

[Sam]

Originally Posted by coadie

Gays travel to where they can have a wedding.
Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry. What’s Wrong with Same Sex Marriage? (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2004):

What does a homosexual marriage look like? Well, the longest term that we have available to look at is in the Netherlands. Researchers found that the average “marriage” between two men lasts one and a half years. Furthermore, during that time, men have eight other partners per year. — Dr. James Kennedy2

The Netherlands has this marriage since 1990.
People want happiness. It appears same sex marriage doesn't provide that.

How long does the average marriage last between a man and a woman in that country?

[coadie]

Originally Posted by Sam

How long does the average marriage last between a man and a woman in that country?

By now you know I am a straight forward guy. I have no idea.
Actually the question of duration of marriage is now a bad question. With high cohabitation rates, marriage is more common with church people. In the case of shacking up, they create no divorce stats. So when they say divorce rates are just as high in church folk, that doesn't comment on non church folks just don't get married.

[pelathais]

I have just one question for "gays" who want to get married...

"What are you? NUTS?"

Two questions, I guess.

[Twisp]

Originally Posted by Charnock

Gay marriage will eventually be legal in the United States.

As such, what should the church have to say about the issue?

How do you feel about the issue?

Do you believe a gay person should have a legal right to marry? If so, which do you think is most important, that person's individual liberty (rights as an American), or God's opposition to homosexuality?

Should the church remain silent on this issue, or should the church work the political system to preserve traditional marriage to the exclusion of gays.

Which should a Christian be most concerned with; protecting individual liberties or declaring Bible absolutes?

i don't have an issue with gay marriage being legal. Not all people believe homosexuality is wrong. They should not have lessor rights simply because they believe something different.

[Jason B]

100% against

[coadie]

Originally Posted by Twisp

i don't have an issue with gay marriage being legal. Not all people believe homosexuality is wrong. They should not have lessor rights simply because they believe something different.

They don't have lesser rights,. Every unmarried male of legal age has the right to marry an unmarried female of a legal age.
Today, homosexual males can't marry homosexual males. Heterosexual males can't marry heterosexual males. How equal can it be? Heterosexual males can't marry homosexual males. Same matrix for females.

[Twisp]

Originally Posted by coadie

They don't have lesser rights,. Every unmarried male of legal age has the right to marry an unmarried female of a legal age.
Today, homosexual males can't marry homosexual males. Heterosexual males can't marry heterosexual males. How equal can it be? Heterosexual males can't marry homosexual males. Same matrix for females.

They do not have the right to marry who they want to. Thus, they do not have the same rights that heterosexual couples do.

[commonsense]

against gay marriage

[coadie]

Originally Posted by Twisp

i don't have an issue with gay marriage being legal. Not all people believe homosexuality is wrong. They should not have lessor rights simply because they believe something different.

Having a group not believe it is wrong doesn't give us a reason to change the law. Muslims in Sudan don't see anything wrong with killing parents and taking kids for sex slaves.
Do any liberals vote against abortion?

[Sam]

I believe sex between two persons of the same gender is wrong. We call that homosexuality or the gay or lesbian lifestyle in today's terms. The Bible calls it a man lying with mankind in Leviticus 20:13

However, I don't see how we can legislate that in this country. If we deny marriage to persons of the same sex it is discriminating against certain people.