Gay Marrages, Continued...

[ebbomega]

Originally posted by dj_zyx
Marriage is between two people of the opposite sex. And the Catholics / Christians have the right to defend there marriage rules because the bible say’s two people of the opposite sex joining together for holy matrimony. That's it.

No it doesn't. It says in a rather obscure passage of a thoroughly outdated book that someone was smote by the hand of god for bedding with another man. Nowhere in the book does it define marriage as between members of the opposite sex. If you're going to get bible-thumper it be best that you read the fucking book already.

If you don't go by the rules laid down in the bible than you cannot marry. By changing the rules according to the bible you are as follows...

There are 10 rules laid down by the Bible that are recognized by most churches on a consistent basis. Nowhere on those two tablets did it say anything about homosexuality.

Like I said, I guarantee you that there is a severe plethora of rules laid down by the bible that you are most definately not following. So I guess you're not allowed to marry either.

And what the fuck is all this "Marriage is a sacred institution" bullshit? Have you ever seen Las Vegas?

Furthermore, this society is defined IN ITS CONSITUTION as being Multicultural, meaning that Christianity is NOT the only religion, and there are plenty of religions I can think of that are quite happy to condone homosexual marriages.

[inkster]

so essentially his whole argument comes down to marriage being the sole domain of the christian/catholic church.

which is like ben and jerry's charging nabisco a royalty whenever they make cookies, since ben and jerry's holds the copyright to cookie dough.

did that make sense?

[ashley112]

when do people go by the bible these days?? welcome to 2004 i think gay mariages should be allowed you dont have to be their grooms or nottin you dont gotta be friends with them..let them be live your own life as to let them live their own how they like it...

[charly]

Originally posted by dj_zyx
Marriage is between two people of the opposite sex. And the Catholics / Christians have the right to defend there marriage rules because the bible say’s two people of the opposite sex joining together for holy matrimony. That's it.

If you don't go by the rules laid down in the bible than you cannot marry. By changing the rules according to the bible you are as follows...

I guess if that's how it is, then half the marriages out that are invalid. Oh wait, I guess that means my parents can't really be married, even after 27 years, because they were never married by the church and they don't live by the rules of the bible.

Bullshit. Marriage is no longer a christian or catholic only thing. If any two straight people, regardless of religion [or lack of religion] can marry, than so should two homosexual people.

In this country we're not forcing you to give up your religion, so stop trying to force everyone to live by it.

[Wood]

anybody who thinks these politicians are out to ban gay marriage because of their devout christian beliefs is pretty naive

it's all politically motivated, Bush wants a constitutional ban on gay marriage so he can lock down the bible belt vote in the upcoming election. Regardless of where his personal beliefs lie, Arnie's against it because he's afraid to defy his party.

It's good to see San Francisco's municipal govt standing up against Bush on this issue, but they'll pay for it if Arnie & his attourney general get their way. They've gone to the Supreme Court now, seeking to nullify over 3000 gay marriages that have taken place in the past 2 weeks, since SF courts began issuing marriage licenses to gays, in defiance of a state law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

[Prissypants]

I was really sickened by Bush's announcement the other day. I don't personally believe in marriage, but as someone who is bi, I would like to believe that if I lived in the states and if I chose to get married, I could enjoy the same rights and privelages as any other heterosexual married couple. Religion has no place in politics. If they are going to invalidate gay marriage because of some religious bullshit then they would also have to invalidate every other type of marriage that doesn't occur in a church.

No one is asking the church be forced to marry gay couples. But a gay couple should be allowed to enoy the same rights as everyone else. It is sad that a gay man or woman cannot even visit their significant other in the hospital if they are really sick because they are not family. It is also sad that someone like Britney Spears who was married for 58? hours had more rights than a gay couple that has been together for 40 years....

I agree that this announcement was completely politically motivated.

Also, for the people quoting Leviticus, you should also note that that section of the bible also states that it is ok to own and beat slaves...not cool. Start really thinking about what you read instead of just believing a document that has very little relevance to today's society.

[Senior]

Originally posted by Wood:
anybody who thinks these politicians are out to ban gay marriage because of their devout christian beliefs is pretty naive

it's all politically motivated, Bush wants a constitutional ban on gay marriage so he can lock down the bible belt vote in the upcoming election. Regardless of where his personal beliefs lie, Arnie's against it because he's afraid to defy his party.

It's good to see San Francisco's municipal govt standing up against Bush on this issue, but they'll pay for it if Arnie & his attourney general get their way. They've gone to the Supreme Court now, seeking to nullify over 3000 gay marriages that have taken place in the past 2 weeks, since SF courts began issuing marriage licenses to gays, in defiance of a state law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

Also it's a great distraction, IRAQ wut? American kids are being murdered every day in Iraq and rather than taking more heat for his fuck up Dubya has decided to do the noble thing and ban gay marriage.