WHY CAN’T GAYS MARRY?
A Cranky Opinion Saturday Post
Opposing views are welcome, but no
name calling please, and that means YOU, you big stupid head!
Yes I am in
favor of some form of gun regulation; that falls under protection of the
citizens. Trust me I am a
conservative. I do not think I have ever
voted for a Democrat except maybe in an occasional local election. So how do I stand on Gay Marriage?
When
possible, government should stay out of our lives.
Do I feel I
need protection from Gay people? No, I’m
good, and if they are a threat, why would their being married change anything?
Would
allowing Gays to marry ruin our roads? I
don’t think so.
What about
Gay marriage and mail delivery? It couldn’t
hurt.
If Gays
could marry, how would it effect my life…? I don’t see how it would. Government
should step away; Gay marriage should be legal and recognized.
I
understand, “The Bible says Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.” That is very clever. If you believe that, then you should worship
at a church that does not recognize Gay Marriage. It is your religious right to believe Gays
should not marry. It is not your right to
force this religious point of view on others.
Some
religions will not recognize second marriages.
Divorced people cannot marry in their church. Government recognizes divorce and second
marriages. What is the difference?
It is a
simple matter of separation of Church and State in the exact way the founders
meant it to be. Government should not
judge religion; religion should not force rules on government.
If you do
not recognize Gay marriage (call it legal state recognized union of two
individuals if it makes you happy, it is still marriage) you might as well pass
a law making homosexual behavior illegal.
You can, it has been done, it does not change people’s behavior. I am left handed. Some religious teaching used to say that was
a sign of the devil. They tied
children’s left hands and forced them to use their right hand. This resulted in people with screwed up minds
and horrible hand writing.
Let Gay
people marry. Let them have all the
rights of heterosexuals. Let them go
through painful expensive divorces. Let
them live the way God apparently intended.
God made Gay people. God doesn’t
make mistakes; we just do not always understand his creations.
It’s funny
that often the same people who want Government to get out of our lives when it
comes to owning guns, want Government to regulate Gay people’s relationships.
As Adam
says, “You can take Steve from me when you pry him from my cold dead fingers.”
I don’t
understand homosexuality. I also don’t
understand calculus, but I know it exists, and neither threaten me.
The preceding
has been the opinion of a Cranky Old Man and not necessarily that of management…Mrs.
Cranky
It is indeed funny ... "that often the same people who want Government to get out of our lives when it comes to owning guns, want Government to regulate Gay people’s relationships."
ReplyDeleteThe same applies to women. It's been my experience with conservatives well, the evangelical conservatives especially, that 'they' want stuff they're afraid of legislated.
like women and gays and people with different religions other than theirs and cats ~ none of that thinking for yourself business...
If you could hear me I would applaud for what you have said...
ReplyDeletesince you can't, I will just say that you have said it very well.
A resounding AMEN from my corner, you said this better than I've ever seen it said, plain and simple truth and common sense!
ReplyDeletei'm in agreement - gay people should have the right to be as miserable as straight married folks...
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Like so many cultural issues, this one is absurd. Marriage is a religious sacrament and no church should be compelled to bestow this sacrament on people who do not meet the criteria of that church. But the Government is not a religion and should never have authorized marriages in any form. The Government also shouldn't give tax credits and exemptions to some citizens and not others, so the solution is quite simple. The Government should stay out of the marriage business and not authorize ANY marriages. (Leave that to religion.) The Federal Government should only authorize civil unions where every couple is treated the same no matter what their sexual preference.
ReplyDeleteSo many people are opposed to homosexuals because they are promiscuous--why should they be opposed to them marrying & having one loving partner for life?
ReplyDeleteWell said Joe, well said!
ReplyDeleteWell said, Joe. Still, I like very much what Steve said. Marriage is a religious rite, while civil unions are civil matters. Neither religions nor governments should dictate to the other what they must or must not do.
ReplyDeletethis is one of the most logical posts I have read in a long time. I won't call you names,,,but are you SURE you are a conservative?
ReplyDelete"Would allowing Gays to marry ruin our roads? I don’t think so." I'm going to a party tonight, and I WILL find a way to use this sentence at some point during the evening.
ReplyDeleteTabor has read my mind and said it for me.
ReplyDeleteI will just genuflect and repeat my adoration of the way you think and the way you express your thoughts.
I was always baffled by the logic of some people that if gay people could get married, then churches would be forced to marry them. Churches aren't forced to marry anyone right now, why would gay marriage being legal change that?
ReplyDeleteHey! You didn't address the argument that if we allow gay marriage, people will want to marry their pets!
ReplyDeleteI am absolutely happy with all kinds of homo sapiens as long as they don't mean any harm!
ReplyDeleteBut dint they get any other word to use for Gays?
I miss saying "I am gay and happy!" and really just mean that I am truly very happy.
Clearly, with this chorus of resounding agreements, you are preaching to the choir. And very well, I might add. Same-sex marriage is perfectly legal across Canada and has been for the past 8 years. And surprise, surprise.. nary a soul has been affected negatively.
ReplyDeleteWell said.
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