The tide of marriage for same-sex couples has ebbed and flowed over the last decade with no end in sight. Because marriage sits squarely at the intersection of religion, law and society, the discussion around same-sex couples’ inclusion into the institution of marriage has been one of the most complex and hotly contested topics in America.
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I was raised by my mother and her partner and I wouldn't have it any other way! It was the best time of my life. Being raised by 2 women felt no different then when I would spend time with my father and his wife. I really don't care for marriage, but if someone wants to get married then so be it, to have that extra special connection. You say God created this planet and everything on it, well they are apart of it. They are His creation and it's not your job to judge who they are, because I believe you are just judging His judgement. If He wants to judge them in the after life because it's true about what us humans say, well you have no damn clue. You are not talking to Him and He does not talk to you, so who are we to say what He may really feel. He may not like you judging His judgement and just might send you to hell. New time, new era. Try and to keep up with it. Or event yourself a time machinge and get out of this era. Everyone is just afraid of change, when everyone just needs to accept it. Who cares if gays and lesbains can't reproduce. I know some that wish they could with their loved one, but obviously that isn't working out. So they try to adopt. They save a kid from misery of living in a foster home all their lives. That gives kids second chances that never had a chance in the first place. Because for those males and females that can reproduce, by golly will reproduce. They aren't going to adopt if their bodies all reproduction. So I say allow gay marriage and allow for ALL couples, married or not, allowed to adopt. If they can provide a better home then what their actual reproductive parents good, then why not. SAME SEX MARRIAGE NEEDS TO BE LEGAL!!!
For those of you who honestly believe that being gay is a choose, let's take a spin on it from my personal experience of coming out. It has literally been the worst experience in my life in how much stress it caused and still causes me, but I have never been happier. First of all, you all argue of how any gay kid is not religious nor could ever know god, but I grew up in the LDS church for the first 18 years of my life. I grew up strongly believing that homosexuality was wrong, all I wanted was to live a 'normal' life. Normal in the sense of what mormons consider normal. Marriage between a man and a woman, having children, etc. Up until my first year of middle school, I was perfectly fine with the morals I was taught and never found any reason to doubt it. This was also the first year I came to experience these "terrible, disgusting" feelings of being gay. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I knew I was gay, but being raised under the family and values I was, I felt it was my duty and responsibility to fight off these feelings and ensure that I never acted on them. For seven years, yes, seven years, all the way up until my freshman year of college, I suppressed these feelings and put on a straight face for all of my friends and family. In reality though, I was completely disgusted with myself. I hated having to fight everyday to be "normal", and I didn't understand how it was fair that God create someone like me and expect me to go through life pretending I am someone I am not; pretending not to be the person he created. Let me say, not many people can begin to understand the pain I went through, mostly emotional. Fighting off homosexuality is not just a time to time battle. It is a fight that takes place EVERY single moment of EVERY single day. Do you know, why? Because just like being straight, being gay is what you are. For those who say that they have overcome being gay and gone to marry a woman and have children, I am truly sorry. Because even when I felt like I had the upperhand on my feelings, they would always come back, ALWAYS. Sometimes 100X times stronger than before. It wasn't until college that I finally realized what I was doing. What was the point of all the years of fighting the feelings? There was not one. Once I had gotten away from the constant influence of my church every sunday as well as the values of my family, it was so clear that I was fighting my feelings not because I personally thought it was bad, but because I was being influenced by external factors. After that I was able to come out to one of my friends for the first time. It was no easy thing, and in the coming weeks I still didn't know if I had made the right choice. But as I came out to more people, I realized something. Although there are people who would/did severe our connection because of my choice, there is always someone new to meet who will be perfectly fine with you, love you for you. Gay people are just as normal as everyone else, they love, they cry, they laugh, they smile, they..... feel! Honestly though people, why would anyone choose to be gay?! Why would ANYONE on this planet choose to go through the all the public hate and bashing we receive? How is it anyone's right to deny marriage to us? Now before I go into that, let me first make everyone aware of every piece of info. In my life at college, away from home, I am out and everyone around me knows that, but in no way does my family know about the decision I have made. Think not telling able to tell my family who I really am sucks, just listen. I already know their response to this. My family would completely cut me off, my parents would kick me out of the house, and would no longer support me in any way. I know this for a fact and have accepted this, so there is no point in wasting your time with your optimistic points of view. In what world is it right where parents will openly reject their children because they choose to be who they are? Not only is this terrible, but growing up in the church, I made several of my closest friends there, and the second I came out to them, they would respond with just as much rejection as my family. How is that right? Be aware though, I am in no way saying that this is the case for every kid, but only for me specifically. Back to the point though. Most people would agree (obviously the ridiculously religious wouldn't) that the rejection of friends and children for being gay is absolutely terrible. So how is it any better to reject an idea when it has no effect on anyone else whatsoever? How exactly is me marrying the man I love or any other gay couple going to destroy anyone elses life? Are we going to come to your home and force you to watch us make love in front of you? Do we go around trying to force others to be gay? (<---Not that this is even possible because like I have said, you don't choose to be gay.) In no way would our marriage affect you, and you are completely absurd if you think so. Marriage should be allowed to be with any two people who love each other. Woman and woman, man and man, woman and man. It is all the same. Who can doubt love? I hope that people open their minds one day and look at how much more pain their causing rather than the help some are supposed to be giving as religious people who act from God.
I am so sorry that you can not come out to your family :'( I cannot fully understand how it must feel not being able to do so, but I get an understand from my brother about some friends not accepting it. He came out in 8th grade. Our mother was understanding because she was lesbian, but our father didn't take too great to it, but still loved my brother for my brother being himself. Now he is understanding and accepts him. My moms whole side of the family is LDS as well, and they may not like the idea of any of it, but I am pleased to say that they have accepted it. I hope for when you do come out to them that either, A. they accept it or B. over time they will accept it. I wish you the best. It is a lot harder out there for men.
I think the real problem is the fact that either the church has to influence the government or the reverse has to happen. I am a christian, and from what i read in the bible, I've gathered that-yes being gay is a sin. But also the bible says to hate the sin, not the sinner. And furthermore, how dare any of us presume to know the true will of God. will he condemn a christian who lead a good life merely based on the fact that some people are born with a different biological disposition than most? I don't think that's quite his style. Gays are not "bad people", a few good friends of mine are homosexual and i have never seen anyone made uncomfortable by them or have they ever done any real harm to anyone. It is always, sadly, the heterosexual population that inflicts the hurt and pain onto my friends. Where is the loving and understanding in that?
Back to my first statement, we have separation of Church and State for a reason. The government should not be hindered by pressure from the church, and neither should the church from the government. I do believe that homosexuality was not Gods plan during the creation. And the church has every right to uphold their believe that marriage should be a bond between a man and a woman. However i also believe that the government should be able to make Gay Marriage legal, but not force the churchs to uphold said ruling.
One of the main issues is the amount of perks that come with being a married couple. The government should give the same rights to a homosexual couple, in the form of a civil union. And by civil union i mean the governments equivalent to the church's marriage. Every government given right that straight coupled married in a church are granted should be given to a homosexual couple married in a court of law.
In closing, i would urge Christian everywhere to remember that Jesus never condemned people for their sins. He just kept the love flowing. Do i think that homosexuality is a sin in Gods eyes? Yes. Is it different from any other sin that i have committed in my life? No. No-one, save the Messiah, is perfect. And it is not our place to pass judgement on our fellow man.
Where have American values gone? "All men are created equal." Right? I'm a gay veteran who denounced my US citizenship a few years ago to live in Spain, because I feel more American here. Why does the government say "marriage is between one man and one woman." I know religion says this, but why does the government protect one religion, rather than all religions and beliefs? Why can't everyone just live their own lives without condemnation? Gays adopt children, but straight people keep having their own when there are millions of children without homes. How selfish is that? Is it possible that gays are a part of God's plan to give homes to children without one? For thousands of years, the Christians and other religions have burned and tortured gays and other people. It seems that religion tears people apart. God has and will never condone hate or physical harm towards his other children. America is supposed to be a place of freedom, but for some, it's not that place. I believe in God, but I don't believe God is hateful towards gays, so where is the freedom for an American to have a same sex marriage?
People say gay marriage is a sin, well the bible inexplicably says these acts are sins too:
"Don't cut your hair nor shave." -- Leviticus 19:27 "Don't wear clothes made of more than one fabric." -- Leviticus 19:19 "Any person who curseth his mother or father, must be killed" -- Leviticus 20:9
The bible also commands you to "kill anyone with a different religion." -- Deuteronomy 17:2-7
If people use the bible to condemn gays than why can't gays use the bible to condemn others?
I feel for you man, I am so sorry that religion is too often out of balance with logic and reason. I too and christian, and it saddens me to see such an abundance of hatred. It is our (straight people) place to pass judgment on homosexuals. if it is a sin, who among us can claim to be without some kind of sin or another in our lives. I do not hate you, and God does not hate you my brother.
i know everybody who disagrees with gay marriage either use the "Bible" argument or the "Science" argument. i am a christian, but i dont believe that being gay is wrong. everyone who says that they choose to be gay is just wrong. do you think people would just choose to ignore hormons and choose to be hated by ignorant people like you? there are scientific studies showing that homosexual people's brains work differently. also, the science thing about "they cant reproduce and that angers me even though it doesnt affect me at all" is bullcrap as well. like i just said, science screws up your argument too. i know christians who think that science contradicts everything they know. my pastor said, "i know science states that gay people are born gay, but thats not true." and without anymore explanation, he basically told us to just ignore science in general. why do you even care? if a gay couple gets married right now, will it even affect you? no.
Let me start by saying I am straight and a Christian. I think that gay marriage should absolutely be legal. Everyone who hates on gays is ignorant. If some gay couple gets married right now it won't even affect you. You probably haven't even met any gay people but you're afraid of something different than your religion. This is a free country where people don't have to follow Christianity. You don't see Amish people trying to pass a law against buttons. I know some people think it's wrong to be gay, but that's the way God made them they don't choose to be gay and be hated by people who haven't even met them. Even if it is wrong, people don't get angry about fornication or adultry. But ignorant people are afraid of change.
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I just feel the need to put my two cents in. I'm a happily married man and I support gays and lesbians. If I get special rights just because I'm married why not them? Here is a short list of the things married couples do: they love each other, they support each other, share the role of raising children, financially support each other, help in the upkeep of the house, are faithful to each other, etc. But don’t gay and lesbian couples living together do the same things? Yes they do! Even raising children together. The only difference is we signed a piece of paper and had someone read us our marriage vows and we get special rights. All they want is to get the same rights as we have. They are not out to change your way of life or what god you believe in. How are two guys getting married really going to affect you? Are you going to be sitting on the couch every night worrying about what Bob and John are doing across town? You never know how many gay and lesbians you talk with every day. The waitress that served you dinner could be in a 15 year relationship with another woman. I know everyone says loving the same sex is not “normal”. I feel that “normal” is just an opinion everyone’s view of normal is different. Now moving on, should I type out the list of animals that have been documented as doing such behaviors as sex, courtship, affection, pair bonding, and parenting among same sex animals? There are over 1000 animals including mammals according to the book: Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity by Bruce Bagemihl. So really humans are not alone. If you take the bible and god out of your argument what do you really have left? Not much really……..just your view of normal
amen brother
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If you believe in God, Like I do, and you are gay or lesbian. You're the hugest lier i've ever seen in my life. First of, you can't know God and be gay. Its either one or the other kids. Second, do you want your "STRAIGHT" neighbors seeing you and your (same-sex) partner making out on your porch. OH HELL NO!!! I came here to express my opinion, don't get all mad cause I'm hating on gays and lesbos but....GET THE FUCK OUT OF THIS World..NOBODY LIKES YOU...leave all of us religious straight people alone..GOSH, get it through your brains. Im only 14 and all I here is Gay this, Lesbian that. Its annoying like really. I HATE GAYS. and GOD HATES U 2
And I don't want to see some 14 yr olds making out in the movies or back of the mall or some place all on each other like some sex monkeys. Its just as disgusting as seeing 2 men do it... yick! I actually see gays (not so much lesbians) more respectful then straight couples. Why you may think?? Because gays know how much it bothers people for them to even walk around holding hands. So they respectfully don't do it. They definitely know how to keep PDA out and leave it in the privacy of their own homes. Lesbains on the other hand don't because men find it so hot and sexy so they don't give a rats rear end. Nobody likes people like you. Plus you don't know God so your judgement of Gods judgment should send you to hell..... that was just my turn of 2 cents.
ok i just have to say this GAY PEOPLE ARE MESSED UP IN THE HEAD!! Y CANT PEOPLE C THAT!!!
why do you even care??? gay people arent hurting you! god made them that way they wouldn't choose to be hated like ignorant people like you!
Know what's funny about you? You're about two steps away from coming out of the closet. No need to fight it anymore
Why can't you see that YOU'RE messed up in the head for thinking that?
I am a 15 year old teenage Australian girl and the fact that Gay's and Lesbian's who want to commit to each other through loving vows is not allowed disgusts me. It is not right. It should not matter what your sexuality is, it is your life & your sexuality. I find it rather distubing that people try to ruin their happiness because they can not accept the fact that everyone is different. Whether that be through nationality, skin colour or sexuality. I could not care less if two people of the same sex married or did not marry, but wanting to marry and not being allowed to by law is repulsive. My bestfriends oldest sister is a lesbian and she & her partner are the happiest couple that I have ever seen. I can not believe that this is what the world is coming to. It is disgusting that they are not permitted to marry when that is probably all they want.
Heterosexual married couples get more than 1100 rights that gay people do not get. If people don't want gay couples to have these rights, then they should reduce their federal and state tax rates. Also, if you are a heterosexual person, would you want to marry a gay person? Wouldn't you prefer that gay people marry other gay people. I don't understand why so many heterosexual people want gay people to marry them rather than marrying another gay person.
Alright let me just start off by saying that im a christian and that i do NOT support gay marriage here is why. We human are mammals and are made to reproduce and the only way to reproduce is through sex with a man and a women not man and man and women and women thats not normal and you may say"who says whats normal or not?' well science does and were made to reproduce just like all other mammals we are a creation just like any other creation there is we just have a spirit and thats it but still gay marriage should not be legal if it was normal then how come gay married couples cant have kids? BECAUSE ITS NOT NORMAL! It should also be illegal for gay married couples not to be given the right to adopt kids because every kid deserves a mom and dad not mom and mom or dad or dad. WAKE UP PEOPLE!
Wow. I can't believe people like you. I think u can ask any orphan and they'd rather be adopted by a gay couple then live in an orphanage but u are afraid of people different than u. U haven't even met this gay couple, but they're gay so u automatically hate them and think they're unfit parents. That's just sad.
Why do stupid people have so much to say? No one can possibly take you seriously when you can't even argue your point in a comprehensive manner. We do not live in a theocratic society, your god plays no part in the creation of our laws. The key words are "secular law". Google it. Then try and figure out how it applies to our government.
i used science too retard look at my other comments
I read your other comments and they only further prove that you are an imbecile. You used science? What does that mean? We're talking about civil liberties, not your futile effort to use science and religion as a basis for your inept argument. You said something about being mammals...THERE ARE HOMOSEXUAL ANIMALS..look it up. No joke. Bible this, god that, blah blah blah
i used science too retard look at my other comments
Your argument doesn't work. There are heterosexual couples who physically can't have children. So does that mean they shouldn't be allowed to marry? There are heterosexual couples who just don't want kids at all. Does that mean they shouldn't be allowed to marry? Marriage doesn't equal recreate. Homosexuals want the human right to be legally recognized as a couple, just like anyone else. Just because biology shows that you have to be a man & a woman to reproduce, doesn't mean that it is considered 'normal' and 'not normal' & that homosexuals shouldn't marry. I think that ANY kid deserves a parent.. there are so many orphans out there longing for a family.. I think they would be more than happy with 2 moms/2 dads than none at all. Children raised by gay parents are totally comfortable with it because they were never brought up to believe that being raised by gay parents are bad. People forget that these children weren't raised to think that a family means a man, woman, and child. So while others like you are against it, they have no reason to be against the 2 people that chose to take care of them when no one else did.
Some people think that gay parents would take away the opportunity for heterosexual couples to adopt. Well sorry to say but there are PLENTY of orphans & neglected children that are in need of parental figures.
Couples who cant have children dont choose to be its up to God he decides rather a couple has a kid or not and the couple still marries out of love and they can always adopt kids and couples who dont want kids thats just wrong but there are people like that and im not saying n homosexuals shouldnt be recognized as a couple because its not the same there different and yes biology is the study of life are you saying you know something else that knows how life works better?? and yes normal and not normal are based on how we were created and we act. homosexuality is not normal you are not born being homo do a research on it and you will see but make sure its based on scientific research not on what other people say and a kid deserves PARENTS and yes there are many orphans but a couple man and women should adopt them and if u think they will be happy with two moms or two dads then ask them! How do u think they feel when they go to school and they see that all there friends have a mom and dad except him. They start to feel different and start to wonder and nope children are raised thinking that family is between a man and women they look around and its not hard to see a man and women with kids.
I'd rather be raised by my mother and her partner. They together raised me better than my father. My mother and her partner are my PARENTS. They are my parental figures who taught me right from wrong. My teacher adopted the cutest little boy with her partner and I actually asked him how he felt about it and because his mother was a meth addict and didn't want him he is happy to be with them. And he knows of his mother and what she has done. He's happy to be loved
http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jun/born-gay
^^^-- Magazines do, do research and write articles about the studies of being 'born' with homosexuality in them.
No- normal is based on our perception of things. If everybody had a horn on their head and three legs, that would be considered 'normal'.
Also, I know people with two Gay parents and they love them all the same. They do not feel jealous of anybody else's parents. You act as if Gay people are these crazy psychopaths who want to ruin the human race and destroy childhood. They're not. And your attitude is much too similar to people's attitudes towards blacks before the civil rights movement. Way too close.
And anyways, it hasn't been proved EITHER way, and even if they aren't 'born' with (which I think is doubtful- who would choose to be hated by people they don't know?) it's still not exactly a choice. You just don't wake up one day and say, "Oh I think I'm going to choose to be Gay."
You just aren't attracted to the opposite sex, or you're attracted to both.
I would really recommend that you spend sometime researching your claims. The APA has stated that being GLBT is NOT a metal disorder. It is not a disease.
Please. Try to look at this topic with an open mind and an open heart and see someone else point of view.
no one has a horn on their head so you cant use that dip shit and nope and science tells us what normal is and hey you never know all kids are different and still i think parents should try to convince there kids otherwise to not b gay
And that is where the problem comes from. Parents shove shit so deep into your head at a young age that when you decide to grow up, you never see the big picture. And the other person was just using an example. Like if everyone was fat, no one would make fun of fat people. Or if everyone was just a black blob with the same personality that all liked pancakes, then no black blob would judge another. For your science part, science has shown that heterosexual and homosexual is partially inherited through the maternil line. Also being proven is that men are more likely to inherit this chromosome of either being just a homosexual or just a heterosexual while women are going both ways with ease.
THANKYOU!!
People like myself don't believe in God, so in my opinion its not about God.. its about the genes they were born with that makes someone not able to have children. RESEARCH. But if you want to get into that, then why would God ever create something that is destined to go to hell? That isn't a very loving God.
Yes you are born homosexual...YOU should research. How come you like the opposite sex? Because you were born that way.
I don't think that a child would be happy with two moms/dads.. I KNOW. I have seen the statistics and done plenty of research. I PERSONALLY KNOW people with two moms/dads and they are perfectly happy with them. They don't care to have a mom and a dad. They like their parental figures. They think they are just as normal as everyone else.
If you read what I wrote, I said that the children raised by gay parents are raised to think that EVERYONE is equal and that there is no difference between a man, woman, & kids or a woman, woman, & kids, or a man, man, & kids. Sure its not hard to see a man and woman with kids.. but it also shouldn't be hard to see gay parents with kids. If all children were raised to think a family is 2 parental figures with children, we wouldn't have this issue today. We wouldn't have this issue where gays are alienated over a sexual preference that isn't anyone else's business but them-self.
First off lets start by saying that I am a Christian. Now I hope that doesn't mean that I am instantly considered a bigot or a "hater". I read my Bible daily and I have a strong relationship with God. The bible does point out that having sex with the same gender is a sin. Notice I didn't say homosexuality or being gay or a lesbian. Yes. God is love. But not in the same way us humans can love. Now after saying all that it may come as a surprise to many of you that I am OKAY with gay marriage. Some of you will think, well if she is such a great christian, than how could she be okay with Gay marriage? Well I tell you. Do you hold the rest of the world accountable for their sins as well? If your telling me that Gay marriage should be illegal, than shouldn't things like having sex before marriage be illegal? Or what about bestiality? I don't see any one making a big deal about that! Also, What if different religions held YOU accountable for what THEY believe? Now do you see some perspective? To the "Gay community" I want to say that I am truly sad that many of you think us Christians are a bunch of hypocritical bigots. I know I can speak for myself and say that I try to be very openminded. Also I am sorry for those I have offended. I am just stating the way I feel and the way I believe Jesus would want me to be.
Ummm, I'm pretty sure bestiality is illegal. Just saying. But thank you for realizing that! :)
Alright let me just start off by saying that im a christian and that i do NOT support gay marriage here is why. We human are mammals and are made to reproduce and the only way to reproduce is through sex with a man and a women not man and man and women and women thats not normal and you may say"who says whats normal or not?' well science does and were made to reproduce just like all other mammals we are a creation just like any other creation there is we just have a spirit and thats it but still gay marriage should not be legal if it was normal then how come gay married couples cant have kids? BECAUSE ITS NOT NORMAL! It should also be illegal for gay married couples not to be given the right to adopt kids because every kid deserves a mom and dad not mom and mom or dad or dad. WAKE UP PEOPLE!
So heterosexual people who can't have kids shouldn't get married either, right? And we only marry to reproduce anyways, right? And single parents should not be able to raise kids, right? And they're totally going to be less loved than having two straight parents, right? There's no way that homosexuals might be more stable, right? No way. Right? (I hope you realize I am being sarcastic).
heterosexual couples who cant have kids ought to adopt children and its not there fault that they cant have kids some males cant because of health problems and they should still get married because they probs wanted to have kids but couldnt it wasnt there intention and they should also marry out of love and yes and to spend time with the person we love most and single parents wish that they had another person with them to raise there kid because its too much work and no there not going to be less loved but there self esteem is there going to go to school and see that all there friends have a mom and a dad except them there going to start thinking that there different and there going to start being angry that how come everyone looks at them weird when they go places with there parents. and stop being sarcastic thats not a good way to argue.
Says the person who doesn't use good sentence structure.
It's not their fault they're born differently, just like it's not heterosexual couple's faults they can't have kids.
So are you saying Gay parents shouldn't adopt children? That there shouldn't be a few less family deprived children in the world? That's just sad.
And I wouldn't care if I had two dads or two moms. I would love them anyways.
And is your opposition to Gay marriage really for kid's self esteem? Is that really what this is about for you? It's sad too, but I find that hard to believe.
In my personal opinion, correct me if I'm wrong, I think people don't want Gay couples to be able to marry because they are afraid of things that aren't 'normal'. This has happened at least four times in history since the colonization of America, and it WILL be the fifth.
People aren't just going to give up. There is every legal reason to give same-sex couples the right to marry and the only thing holding it back is narrow minded people who can't see that they are treating them just as bad as blacks, women and every other minority ever.
I know this probably changed absolutely nothing in your mind, but I hope you will at least try to step into their shoes and see how it might feel.
i want to start this by saying that i am not christian, i am not homosexual, and i support gay marriage. i want to say something to both sides of this argument. a lot of people who claim they know a lot about this topic really do not. for those of you who say that the bible does not say anything about this matter are wrong; as many people opposing gay marriage have tried to tell you; it does say some about this. another thing that i want to tell you u should not do is shout foul language at the opposing side. do you think that makes them want to support us at all?!? and to all you people who hat gay people, they are normal human beings! i have lost friends over this. when i asked if they had ever met someone gay; they said they hadn't. but to those of you who have said you haven't either, that you don't talk to those kind of people, that you would know if you had met someone that horrible. you don't; because they are not horrible; they are good people. please listen. for a lot of us; most likely even you, gay people are our friends, and our family.
I'm a Christian. I was raised that way and I'll always be a Christian. I speak with God on a daily basis and we have a pretty good relationship. I'm also a lesbian; have been as long as I can remember. I firmly believe that it is wrong to use the Bible as a catalyst against same sex marriage. I have been in a committed, honest, loving relationship for over 2 years and I will spend the rest of my life with her. Love is love and love is of God because God IS love. Why would he knowingly create people genetically designed to be condemned? What kind of father would do that to his child? He wouldn't. God loves me just the same as he loves everyone else and that will never change.
How many of you come from a broken home, a divorced home, an abusive home? How many of you don't know who your father is? How many of you have spent years of your lifetime in agony because your mother and father didn't love each other? It probably scarred you and the repercussion of their actions have prohibited you at some point in your life from being happy, healthy, functional, and productive. Those same people are allowed to marry whomever they choose, whether it be for love or (usually) not. Gay couples that actually -want- to get married usually stay together their entire lives because, unlike all you straight folk and homophobes, we can't exactly abuse the right to get married, divorced, and remarried 5 times. WHAT sanctity of marriage are we killing by loving each other and being happy? People that I will never meet tell me I can't marry the only person I'll ever love. How fucking insane is that??
Politically speaking, do you have any IDEA of how beneficial it would be to legalize same sex marriage? Marriage, no matter who or where it is, creates stability in communities. Marriage is binding, meaning you take care of each other. Functional marriage will prevent financial, medical, and emotional meltdowns across the nation. If same sex marriage is legalized, it will ultimately create happier, healthier, more productive members of society, which in turn will create happier, healthier, more productive children who will grow to be those same members of society.
I ask that all you so-called Christian bigots copy/paste the following address into your browser and educate yourselves. (Tried to hyperlink, wouldn't work..)
http://www.christianity-revealed.com/cr/files/whensamesexmarriagewasachristianrite.html
PS- What about the first amendment's Separation of Church and State? Hmmmm??
alright if you love god so much then you should stop being gay u know y? cuz In Sodom and Gamora which is a bible story talks about how gay people were living there and how they had sex with each other and stuff and you know what god did he DESTROYED THE CITY! and if you keep up ur basically going to hell cuz you know what ur doing is wrong so yea have fun. and politically speaking we shouldnt do things for money the only reason politicians wanna legalize gay marriage is so that all you Gay freaks shut up and get off there backs they think its nasty but they tell u guys that thell legalize it so that u can vote for them and we shouldnt do things for money we should do whats normal which is not gay marriage and if your a christian you would know that God says the purpose for marriage is to spend the rest of your life with the person you love and to REPRODUCE!! you cant make kids with man n man or girl and girl! so shut up cuz ur just saying stupid stuff
also, the bible was written when they were trying to populate the earth. i think we have plenty of people now a days. thats just sick that you would call someone a freak. you havent met her/him. them being gay doesnt affect you. leave them alone.
umm... dude, did you read any of her post, or did u just see christian.....support gay marriage? she has always been a lesbian. she didn't choose to be hated like ignorant people like you. she cant just choose to ignore her hormones. thats just sad they u would tell her to pray the gay away or whatever.
Alright, first off, why are so many people's punctuation and shift keys broken?
Second, being Gay is not something you choose. It is scientifically proven that the sexual part of the brain of straight men and the sexual part of the brain of Gay men have a different make-up.
And anyways, if you did choose to be Gay, why would you choose that? To know that you would be ridiculed and teased and hated by random people you don't even know?
Also, the U.S. does not base the law off of Christianity. Our government does not work that way.
And, yet another point, a lot of people that get married don't have kids, or can't. Plus, why is it a bad thing to adopt kids who don't have families? Why is that a bad thing?
Being Gay is just like being Jewish or Black or an Atheist. It's different from what some people are, but that doesn't make it wrong or nasty, and that doesn't make that person wrong of nasty. I have a friend who is Gay and he is one of my best friends. I do not believe he will go to hell.
If God is so loving as you all are all saying, then clearly he loves EVERYBODY.
That is all.
hey stupid out keys arent broken retard.. stop with the sarcasm or maybe your just plain stupid its okay there are many people in the world like you and yes your right its a "complex interplay of biological and environmental factors" aka its an illness like other babies are born with and like other illnesses there is always a cure even to cancer there is a cure but still you can change now there are people who dont think that they can change so they continue being gay. and yes i know that the government doesnt base there government on christianity but i wrote that story of the bible for the christian person NOT U! and our government should since they say God on there coins and in our pledge of allegiance and god bless america and all that. and yes and it is bad scroll up if you wanna see my comment on what i told another person all the way up im not going to say it again and thats not true you religion and races make up our world not homo sexuality and is ur gay friend a christian?
Well then use them.
And it is not an illness. The APA has concluded that is not mental disorder.
Also, I am Christian. I do not believe they will go to hell. I believe that you go to Heaven or Hell based on the kind of person you are, as in your character. I do not believe that God would purposefully create people just so they could go to hell.
Yes, there is but there is also the Separation of State and Church.
Actually, we all make up this world whether or not we are Gay, Jewish, White, Black or anything else. Some people don't just see that.
And it shouldn't matter should it?
ok ur a christian wow alright if gay people know that having sex with another person of the same sex is wrong because its true and if they keep doing it then yes there going to hell its a mortal sin
so youre saying that everyone that has ever had sex before they were married is going to hell?