Adam and Adam: Gay Marriage Debate
by What are the arguments for and against gay marriages?
Forty one US states reject same-sex marriages and even nullify a marriage that was accommodated in a different jurisdiction. California legislation recently refused a ban on same sex marriages. Of course knowing California’s population of gay men, it is an astute move to support the ban. A great deal of southern California voters, are gay.
What is the root of the argument that two men (we will address women in a separate review) shouldn’t get married? And, in opposition, why does a formal marriage license matter to the gay community?
The religious approach is straight forward in affect to gay marriage- it’s not allowed. God (in the three biggest denominations) created Adam and Eve, and it would seem God knew what he was doing if he is in fact The All Knowing Creator of all things. Gay men that believe in the God (speaking of Christian believers in particular) argue against this point. Unfortunately, to argue against the logic of God’s powers using Christianity as the basis, against Christianity’s logic for the order of things under God’s will is incongruous.
Other countries have homosexual men and these men aren’t out trying to defy the world with a makeshift religious explanation. For that matter only American gay men are so fervent about a marriage. One could assume the whole thing is a publicity stunt. The argument could be, why all the sudden? Men were gay in the 1980s. What is wrong with the common law union they had? What is the big deal with a marriage license?
These questions and topics are good to start with. Give feed back, so that, some stream of logical understanding can develop. Let’s keep opinions and questions in good taste (no gay jokes).
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Post CommentRuby Hawk
On May 31, 2008 at 5:06 pm
I see nothing wrong in a couple devoting themselves to each other same sex or not. The marriage part is a hard one.I don’t take the religious arguments seriously but it’s just hard for me to get my mind around a same sex couple marrying. To me the purpose of marriage is to protect the children and a same sex couple is not going to have children. I would not discourage anyone from doing it if that is what they want. It’s up to the individual.
ANON
On July 10, 2008 at 4:08 pm
same sex couples can and do have children…. not biological to both partners but maybe to one, and brought up with them as parants… should these children not be protected?
Syryzy
On July 14, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Do these so called responsible homosexual adults, consider the phsycological burden thier children will have growing up. Do they consider if the child doesn’t buy into that gay life. How the hell two gay men astutely develop a young man to deal with a heterosexual relationship- its hard for a straight father to ready his son for that. The child will be insecure as hell around fully raised male peers.
Twoface
On January 28, 2009 at 8:11 pm
I was raised by those Homosexual adults you people are speaking of and absolutely nothing is wrong with me. The only psychological burden I got was loosing friends because my mother is a “dike”. So I could not talk to them anymore. Oh, and the occasional, “Your house is filled with demons so I can’t hang out with you.” Other then that, nothing.
My mom and my other mom had us, using sperm donation. Also if the whole, can’t have children, no marriage thing was alright… then people who are naturally infertile would loose there right to marry too. =)
And they don’t complain in other countries because they get killed or it is actually legal. Like in Spain and India.
Well, anyways, that’s my opinion feedback. ^^ Have a nice day.
Trouble
On April 22, 2009 at 12:34 pm
To Syryzy: To go by your argument, homosexual children in a ‘normal’ family must also suffer a terrible phsychological burden. Yet you don’t mention that. Neither of my parents is Bi, yet I am. I don’t consider myself as suffering because of this. Besides, surely it’s not the sexuality, but the personality of the parents that’s important? That affects how they treat their children and prepare them for life? And as for ‘buying into gay life’, I doubt anybody chooses their sexuality. I no more ‘buy into gay life’ than I ‘buy into’ having blue eyes. (I don’t wear contacts.)
Marriage is older than many of the religions that oppose homosexuality. It’s not based, to my mind at least, on gender or religion – it’s based on love. And on that note I’ll finish.
Peace and Love!