My take on gay marriages....

Posted By: anon on 2009-04-08
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This is my take on this. I was raised in a church, went to a Christian school, I can quote the Bible for ya and according to the Bible that I was raised with and my interpretatin of it, then homosexuality would indeed be wrong.

With that being said, LOTS of stuff is biblically wrong in the world today, but the FREEDOMS that people have should not be affected by people's beliefs or lack thereof. If we want to get down to the Bible aspect, the Bible also says that a woman shouldn't show her body to anyone but her husband..........so why do I have to drive by big strip club signs with my children in the car? They OF COURSE should be shut down immediately! Our body is a "temple", smoking, drinking, OVER-EATING, etc cause damage to this temple. So, we need to immediately take action to ban cigarettes, alcohol and all fast food places!

The list could go on and on, but the real point is that homosexuality basically disgusts some people, which is fine, really, BUT that shouldn't make it illegal! As long as a gay couple getting married does not actually HARM another person, then what right does ANYONE have to stand up and say it can't be done?

If your belief is that it is against the Bible, then FINE, WONDERFUL, let the person answer to whoever it is they believe in after they die and let THEM pay for their consequences. If you believe it is a sin that's fine, everyone has FREEDOM OF CHOICE to commit their sins, a law has nothing to do with sinning, it has to do with JUSTICE and stopping two people in love from being married is NOT justice!

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My take on gay marriages.... - anon
- In some respects, I agree with you. We all - sm
  - SM - Patty
  - Keep it in the closet where it belongs? (sm) - Just the big bad
    - As in don't ask don't tell - New Englander
    - No double standard here. I am not a - Aunt Louise
    - No double standard - Patty
      - Ever heard of the term "full of it" - yeah, sure
      - Patty, I like that...can I borrow your word, "asscream"? - Aunt Louise
        Have at it - Patty
      - Wrong again pattycakes...(sm) - Just the big bad
        Bridger, only a cult would knock on your door. - Aunt Louise
        Why do you keep calling JTBB Bridger? - IMHO
        only a cult, hardly - ExMQMT
        You don't - Patty
        and you don't - yeah, sure
        So, if a gay couple gets married...(sm) - Just the big bad
        It affects society as a whole, something probably - Aunt Louise
        Wrath of God....(sm) - Just the big bad
        I'll reply to you for fear of what I'd say to the above poster - New Englander
        Reading your post - sbMT
        I'm just going to say this - sbMT
        Yep....that's just about as offensive...(sm) - Just the big bad
        I have nothing against the easter bunny - sbMT
        But Bridger, you are a fairy tale. - Aunt Louise
        I'm not sure why you seem to think..(sm) - Just the big bad
        Read older posts. If I'm confused, so are many others here who - Aunt Louise
        You are ridiculous and paranoid....(nm) - Just the big bad
        It's not monkey see monkey do... - ABC
        We murder 4000 innocent babies by abortion each - Aunt Louise
        I promise you - Patty
        How does - Patty
        So now you're likening homosexuality..(sm) - Just the big bad
        I'm likening it to exactly what it is... - Patty
        Bridger has never met a sin she didn't like. - Aunt Louise
        They don't have to hear it in school..... - ABC
        Well, many parents would love to put - Aunt Louise
        The thing is...... - ABC
        I actually went to a private CHRISTIAN school..... - ABC
        Well, you are just a kettle of contractions, - Aunt Louise
        I actually never said... - ABC
        You - Patty
  - I have a stepson who is gay.... - AMTT
    - You tell me how an 8-year-old knows - Aunt Louise
      - Well he was 8 years old....... - ABC
        Excuse me again. A little boy wants a - Aunt Louise
        His father lived with him... - ABC
        Then - Patty
        not having sex does not make you asexual, it makes you abstinent! - Amanda
        WOW........ - ABC
        The two of you - Patty
        during your extensive Bible review..... - ABC
        She probably thinks she WROTE the Bible. - Or that she is God.
        Stating that sin - Patty
        speaking of sins.. - sm
        I bet you had to do some scramling on Google - Aunt Louise
        why are you such an angry person (and mean)? - nm
    - Your post has me in tears! - need a hankie
  - You are absolutely right...... - ABC
    - Please stop... - Patty
      - Trying to get a handle (no pun intended) - Just wondering
      - I actually have 2 children.... - ABC
        Adopted - Patty
        No wait, don't tell me -- you think if a kid is adopted, - he/she is a 2nd-class citizen too?
        That's hilarious! - ABC
        You sound like a wonderful mother and... - Marmann
    - So you want to "protect" your children. How are you - Aunt Louise
      - Well first of all....... - ABC
        What pipe are you smoking from? There is no - Aunt Louise
        Do more research... - ABC
        Yeah, direct me to some homosexual "scientific" - Aunt Louise
        Google it...... - ABC
        A "theory" is not SCIENCE anymore than the - Aunt Louise
  - Sorry, I should have signed this not "sm" but - Aunt Louise
- Ok... - Patty
  - you really didn't need to post describing yourself - New Englander
    - And - Patty
- Blah, blah, blah, blah. - Blah
- Are we really going to start this again? - Old part-timer

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Oh, so this is why the dems are for gay marriages.
ewwww

Kind of like straight marriages
affect gay people's paychecks? Who'da thought?

Civil marriages don't just involve
Lots of people are married by JPs. Have for years. And a church might decide that they would not hire a heterosexual on the basis that they "weren't married in the church". Granted, most don't even inquire, but it could happen, if we accept the governor's ridiculous statement. And he suggests that if they did, it would be hunky-dory. Churches aren't required to recognize "civil marriages" by his pronouncement. This would obviously have to include homosexual and heterosexual marriages or now we have a THIRD type of marriage.

My point is that there is no legal differentiation between a "civil marriage" and one that is performed in a church and never has been. If the governor is now suggesting that there is such a difference, he is nuts.