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by Anonymous on November 26th, 2004

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Why do gays consider same sex marriage to be important?

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  • by Jeremiah Britt on December 3rd, 2004

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    Wow. Get ready for heated debate, I'm sure.

    It is important to those against it because to them it threatens religious beliefs, political and moral definitions of the very act of marriage itself, and, most importantly perhaps, the status quo.

    Those who support it see it as another step for equal rights, the ability to be recognized legally and personally as a couple with the same benefits and responsibilities of a heterosexual couple.

    Whether you support it or not, for me, stands on three key issues.

    1) Is homosexuality natural, a choice made out perversion (sin) or a choice made out of freedom?

    2) In a government that claims to neither support or condemn any religion, is the "sanctity" of marriage something that courts and legislature even debate? Or do they have the right, in a nation founded by white Christian men, to protect original definitions as they would have been viewed by the forefathers?

    3) Is gay marriage a threat to a longstanding, western institution of monogamous, heterosexual lifelong coupling?

    I do not wish to force my opinions on you, and any decision you make is, for you, the correct one. I will now discuss my views so that any skewing of the above answer can be recognized by you and corrected for if you choose to believe differently.

    I am a straight, married male, Irish-Mexican with a Catholic upbringing and am a practicing Christian. I support their right to marriage, as a “god-sanctioned institution” can only be condemned or endorsed by the church. If they get married by a liberal pastor or a witchdoctor, a judge or anyone with the authority, I think they should have all legal rights therein. They are not asking to marry in a fundamentalist church, which is a religious and separate issue. Marriage is a religious term, but if the courts wish to aquire it for heterosexual marriage, same-sex parties also have a right to it.

    Threats to the institution of marriage are ludicrous. Divorce, adultery, and domestic abuse can increase the chances of similar situations happening, but every marriage is independent, and if strong enough, can not be harmed by outside forces.

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    • Good summary

      jstmd1

      by jstmd1 on April 25th, 2006

    • The founders of the US were not all white Christian men. http://www.sullivan-county.com/nf0/dispatch/fathers_quote2.htm

      AntigoneRising

      by AntigoneRising on October 6th, 2006

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