A majory of Amerins (61%) favor allowg gays and lbians to marry legally, while about half as many (31%) oppose same-sex marriage. Republins and Democrats rema eply divid over legal marriage for gays and lbians – though support has creased signifintly both parti over the past 15 years.
Contents:
- THE TOP 10 ARGUMENTS AGAST GAY MARRIAGE: ALL RECEIVE FAILG GRAS!
- ARE THERE SCIENTIFIC REASONS TO OPPOSE GAY MARRIAGE?
- FIRST-PERSON: 10 REASONS TO OPPOSE ‘GAY MARRIAGE’
- THE PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE THE GAY MARRIAGE LAW
- WHO STILL OPPOS GAY MARRIAGE, AND WHY
- A LIFE WORTH LIVGGAY MARRIAGE: WHY DO WE OPPOSE THIS AGA?
- TEN REASONS TO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
THE TOP 10 ARGUMENTS AGAST GAY MARRIAGE: ALL RECEIVE FAILG GRAS!
Pacific Standard:People who are particularly mted to the ia of marriage and fay as the bedrock of society tend to be opposed to gay marriage. On the face of , this seems untertuive, even hypocril: … * reasons to oppose gay marriage *
More pennts who lean toward the Democratic Party (81%) favor gay marriage than Democrats (71%). The UK is on track to legalise same-sex marriage and on Wednday France se s first gay marriage. Some possibili are nsired is 'unnatural'Prumably this argument is referrg to the act of homosexual sex, which isn't found nature (except when regularly is).
Whatever your views on homosexual sex (and if you're viewg a lot while plag about , your objectns are already somewhat qutnable) applyg the same ratnale to same-sex marriage is farcil. Rarely if ever will a male prayg mantis walk his dghter down an aisle of some scriptn, although there uld be several reasons for some of the above lks show, our unrstandg of "natural" relatnships often seem to be based largely on misrmatn and myth, so tryg to apply this notn to an entirely human nstct mak ltle or no sense, will lead to more qutnable unns beg more monIt has been argued that gay marriage will lead to a slippery slope of ever more qutnable unns beg legally regnised, such as between man and animal, woman and toaster, child and quasar, horse and the tangible ncept of nostalgia, stuff like that. At prent, there is no feasible mechanism known to science where the legalisg of gay marriage would imbue animals wh nscns and a sense of dividual is also the matter of more problematic human relatnships like polygamy and ct.
ARE THERE SCIENTIFIC REASONS TO OPPOSE GAY MARRIAGE?
Although such a thg hasn't been noticed before now, legalisg gay marriage would e a rapid crease the number of marriag over a very short space of time.
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FIRST-PERSON: 10 REASONS TO OPPOSE ‘GAY MARRIAGE’
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(BP)–In a remarkably short perd of time, the homosexual lobby has so succsfully prsed s claims that Ameri is now on the verge of a massive refn of the most fundamental stutn of society -– marriage. As we talk wh relativ, neighbors, iends, -workers and others, Christians need to be able to give sound arguments for why “gay marriage” is bad for our society as well as for those who wish to engage such a liftyle. Many homosexuals are on our si.
While the homosexual lobby has phed for the “right” to “marry” as part of s broar public policy strategy to ga acceptance and endorsement, ’s clear that many homosexuals really don’t want to marry. Ined, homosexuals see marriage as a key feature of the heterosexual culture which they wish to molish their attempt to radilly change sexual moraly our society.
THE PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE THE GAY MARRIAGE LAW
Supreme Court lg which overturned Texas’ law agast sodomy, Amerin public opn has been galvanized agast “gay marriage” wh signifint majori opposed. The words “homosexual” and “marriage” nnot be bed logilly to mean anythg; they are oxymoronic: two words that are ntradictory. Neverthels, homosexuals who now lobby for same-sex “marriage” will not stop at mere ernmental endorsement of their immoral activy; one day they will sist that all society -– cludg evangelil church -– ndone, protect and even bls the “marriag.
If homosexual “marriage” mt be permted, why shouldn’t polygamy, ct, pedophilia and other sexual immoraly?
Ined, how will the practic be nied if “gay marriage” is granted? Even before the current mpaign for “gay marriage, ” ’s clear that Ameri is the midst of a massively dangero, stctive experiment wh marriage at severe st to fai and our society. All tth is God’s tth, which is why all the foregog reasons agast homosexual “marriage” are valid.
WHO STILL OPPOS GAY MARRIAGE, AND WHY
Every reason to oppose “gay marriage” is sendary to the fact that God has spoken.
1:31), and ntug through the last book, God’s plan for marriage is abundantly fact that Scripture pots to marriage as the unn of hband and wife as a picture of Christ’s unn wh His church (Ephians 5:22-33) monstrat the cril nature of the “gay marriage” bate. For Christians to promise on “gay marriage” is to obscure an important illtratn of the Gospel msage.
A LIFE WORTH LIVGGAY MARRIAGE: WHY DO WE OPPOSE THIS AGA?
Sometim the bate on gay marriage has been polarised, stg those who supported the measure as the right-thkg and those who opposed as irratnal and guilty of tac homophobia. The law to allow gay marriage passed quickly and there are those who still feel they have not had a proper chance to air their ncerns. The relig scepticThere are relig people who oppose gay marriage primarily out of a fear that one day equaly laws will force a church, mosque or temple to host a ceremony.
Not all gay people are favourNot every gay person is favour of gay marriage. "I am a Conservative and a homosexual, and I oppose gay marriage, " wrote the Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce 2012. As an atheist gay who regards marriage as part of the baggage of heterosexual society which I have e to rpect but n never fully share, I am tempted to say a plague on both your ho, " he wrote the Daily Telegraph source, Getty ImagImage ptn, The historian David Starkey: "I'm torn on gay marriage"Actor Rupert Everett perhaps gave the most lourful argument agast, a 2012 terview the Guardian.
It's jt a waste of time the heterosexual world, and the homosexual world I fd personally beyond tragic that we want to ape this stutn that is so clearly a disaster. "Society gave legal and stutnal exprsn to what many hold to be te - that gay and lbian people should have the same rights to formalise their mment to each other and enjoy the social and legal benefs that oppose-sex upl have, " said the Lord Bishop of Exeter to the Hoe of Lords 2013.
TEN REASONS TO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
But he unters that he's favour of the gay marriage law bee is a necsary symbolic and cultural step towards full equaly.
"I have no problem at all wh homosexual marriage or partnerships, " says Dear. As Christians, we are lled to love our gay and lbian neighbors (John 14:34), which is why we mt not and nnot support same-sex marriage.
We also believe that homosexual sexual activy is sful.