Reasons why Gay Marriage is "wrong".

[Renee750il]

Thing is, just like the decision to marry, doesn't divorce fall under "personal choice?"

So, why are divorce rate statistics relevant as to why homosexual marriage should or should not be legal?

Frankly, "marriage" is a religious and/or cultural institution and the government shouldn't even have its finger in it. There shouldn't be differences in how we're taxed according to marital status, or how we're treated. If there has to be some sort of official, government sanctioned status (which I disagree with), let it be a civil contract, regardless of sex. Leave the bedroom and/or emotional ties out of the state's bailiwick.

 

[filarotten]

My Bf's oldest sister is gay, she has been with her significant other about 24 -25 years. Her relationship has outlasted her 3 other sisters who have had "normal" marriages.

 

[Laurelin]

My Bf's oldest sister is gay, she has been with her significant other about 24 -25 years. Her relationship has outlasted her 3 other sisters who have had "normal" marriages.

I know a couple female/female relationships that are going on 10,15, even near 25 years in one case.

Thing is, just like the decision to marry, doesn't divorce fall under "personal choice?"

So, why are divorce rate statistics relevant as to why homosexual marriage should or should not be legal?

Frankly, "marriage" is a religious and/or cultural institution and the government shouldn't even have its finger in it. There shouldn't be differences in how we're taxed according to marital status, or how we're treated. If there has to be some sort of official, government sanctioned status (which I disagree with), let it be a civil contract, regardless of sex. Leave the bedroom and/or emotional ties out of the state's bailiwick.

:hail:

Anyways, I love the OP. I've seen it before and it cracks me up every time.

 

[ACooper]

So, why are divorce rate statistics relevant as to why homosexual marriage should or should not be legal?

I don't think anyone said it was relevant as to why they should or shouldn't be able to marry. Grammy made the comment of gay marriages lasting longer, Puppy threw out some stats, Psy wondered about them..........and it made me curious as well, LOL.

It's something I've never thought of and it made me go looking around

As to marriage being a "religious institution"...........I don't think it is. Marriage predates written history as far as I know. Atheists get married, people who don't care either way get married, and of course every religious group out there marries too. Kevin and I did NOT get married at the church or by a religious leader. We were married at the courthouse by a Justice......sanctioned by the state of course, LOL

This is what wiki has to say and it's the way I think of it too.

Marriage is an institution in which interpersonal relationships (usually intimate and sexual) are acknowledged by the state, by religious authority, or both.

Marriage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

What the bible has to say on the subject of how man and wife should treat each other comes into play in our marriage most definitely..........but like the 10 commandments, it's just common sense and a good way to live your life

 

[Renee750il]

Notice I said it is a religious and/or cultural institution. And religion predates Christianity by a long shot. It also predates history written in words -- as a religious or cultural institution.

 

[smkie]

Control freaks.

 

[puppydog]

I don't think anyone said it was relevant as to why they should or shouldn't be able to marry. Grammy made the comment of gay marriages lasting longer, Puppy threw out some stats, Psy wondered about them..........and it made me curious as well, LOL.

Sorry, I only saw this now. Those stats were published in the Pink Parade, a local gay magazine. They were placed in there a year after gay marrige was made legal in South Africa. They surveyed the gay male population, not the lesbian population.

 

[Dizzy]

I don't care if you want to marry a cucumber.

 

[puppydog]

I don't care if you want to marry a cucumber.

I am more a swede kinda girl myself. :rofl1: