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=="The rationale goes like this" is completly wrong==
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[[User:JonM|JonM]] 22:08, 20 December 2011 (EST)
"The rationale goes like this:  
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Marriage is good.
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== Excellent Article ==
No one can criticize what is good.
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A same-sex union, defined as marriage, is good.
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Therefore, no one can criticize same-sex unions."
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That is ''not'' the Liberal rationale for legalizing gay marriage, if that is going to remain there there should be at least a few sources as to which Leberal said that.
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should be required reading before editing this page. We should link it in the main article:
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http://dissentmagazine.org/article/?article=1935
  
The ''actual'' liberal rational:
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In fact, I recommend much of Dissent Magazine.
  
* Marriage, like '''all''' institutions of the law, should not be defined by ''one'' or ''any'' specefic religion, or religion all together.
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== Same sex marriage revert ==
  
* The fact that the legallity of Gay marriage is the debate proves its a matter of law, automatically disqualifing any given religions say on it. ''See also: [[seperation of church and state]]''
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Hello, and hope you are well. I am still learning, and I hope only to make quality edits to this site. What was wrong with my edit to the same-sex marriage page? Specifically, what's wrong with the jargon of "Abrahamic religious faiths"? [[User:KatieKomori|KatieKomori]] 10:35, 1 December 2012 (EST)
  
* Atheists can and do get married, further proof it isn't a religious establishment.
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:First, I'm confident other religions ban it.  Hinduism has been against the [[homosexual agenda]], for example.  Second, the phrase "Abrahamic religious faiths" is jargon at best. Third, it is a redefinition of marriage, and "expansion" would be euphemism.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 11:29, 1 December 2012 (EST)
  
* A homosexuals person's life has nothing to do with ''yours'', and because homosexuallity does not violate any human rights, ''you'' should not have the right to tell them they cannot get married.
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::I don't think that your confidence is substitute for citation. Is there a rule against "jargon" on this site? What does that mean? And I guess that redefinition is another way to describe it, but I won't argue semantics and will concede that. [[User:KatieKomori|KatieKomori]] 01:14, 3 December 2012 (EST)
  
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"...contrary to thousands of years of success..."
  
I realize this is conservapedia and you guys would rather have untruthful things that make you sound right, but reality is better than ''sounding'' right if you ask me.
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The Civil Rights movement of the 60s and 70s was similarly 'contrary.' Is that to be supposed as somehow wrong or undesirable as well? If not, why not? [[User:Tox|Tox]] 07:48, 24 December 2012 (EST)
  
==Bias==
 
I do not feel the article is from a neutral point of view. This article seems to be obviously against gay marriage. I also propose that the statistics for spousal abuse in heterosexual relationships are put up beside the homosexual statistics for a comparison. I personally believe not allowing homosexual marriage is not allowing equal freedoms for all people. Also I do not think the reason for not allowing gay marriage should be the bible, as not only should there be a complete separation between church and state, but Athiests and Agnostics are not stopped from getting married, neither should homosexuals.[[User:Strata|Strata]] 23:40, 18 August 2007 (EDT)
 
  
I agree completely that there is bias here. It's one thing to be against same-sex marriage, but it's ridiculous to insinuate that same-sex marriage as an attack on heterosexual marriage. [[User:Forthewin827|Forthewin827]] 15:22, 21 October 2007 (EDT)
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== update on population info ==
  
Agreed. Are opinions like that really necessary? --[[User:TomRobinson|TomRobinson]] 19:07, 18 June 2010 (EDT)
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Removed statement that population had dropped starting 2005. The cited article stated that this was the second year in a row that Ma population had dropped, not that it started dropping in 2005 in response to the legalization of gay marriage.
  
==Is page protected?==
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Further, this article from the Mass Secretary of State: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/5f.pdf shows that the MA population actual grew by at least 2.2% every year of that decade.  The cited editorial clearly has its facts incorrect. 
B/c I wanted to edit it, but I can't.
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[[User:Won4tide1|Won4tide1]] 17:41, 29 August 2007 (EDT)
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: Yes, it is.  Please post your suggested changes here first.  Thanks.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 17:43, 29 August 2007 (EDT)
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[[User:Grumfan|Grumfan]] 18:57, 11 October 2014 (EDT)
  
== Addition to Rationale ==
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== Food for thought for liberals on same-sex "marriage" ==
  
<big>There is another rationale used by proponents of same sex marriage.</big>
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If same-sex "marriage" is really as great as its supporters and the mainstream media like to make it out to be, then why does the media see fit to censor, suppress and silence any and all opposing viewpoints and criticism against it (including selectively editing and twisting the opposing views to make them and their proponents look bad)?  When they see a need to resort to that, that tells me that the supporters have something to be afraid of in the opposing views. [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 02:04, 8 March 2016 (EST)
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:Good point. From the liberal MSM like ''The Washington Post,'' you'd never know that people like Bishop Harry Jackson even existed, much less that they had anything to say on the subject. [[User:DavidE|DavidE]] ([[User talk:DavidE|talk]]) 21:15, 11 March 2016 (EST)
  
Essentially it is as follows:<br />
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== Opinion on Same-sex 'marriage'. ==
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I would like to know how you religious conservatives feel about same sex 'marriage' being legal in the United States.
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Are you guys still pro-American or anti-American?. I personally don't mind same sex 'marriage' being legal in America or
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anywhere else.I still like my country and it is a free country. I just would like to know how you guys feel about.
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I heard that many Christian conservatives cried over same sex 'marriage' and begged God to forgive this nation and not
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to forsake it.
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http://www.rightwingwatch.org/report/the-persecution-complex-the-religious-rights-deceptive-rallying-cry/
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:You forgot to sign your comment, Coolguy.  As for the religious opinion, here some facts.--[[User:Abcqwe|Nathan]] ([[User talk:Abcqwe|talk]]) 17:20, 22 May 2017 (EDT)
  
Marriage exists as both a religiously and legally defined entity in the United States.<br />
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:Leviticus 18:22, 20:13.
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:Romans 1:26-28.
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:Jude 1:7-8.
  
Marriage confers certain legal benefits upon those married. Additionaly marriage has social value in that it is used as a signifier of individuals' commitment to one another<br />
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:In Leviticus, early Jewish law, sex between two man or two women was a sin, and the punishment was death. Death wasn't the punishment for all sins at the time - there are a lot of other punishments mentioned - but death was notable.  Yet that Jewish law went away.
  
There is a legal tradition in this country which holds that sexual orientation is not a valid status upon which one may deny legal rights or protections.<br />
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:Romans explains that it is still a sin.  Jude reminds that it is Sodomy, and it is among the worst things doable.  Yet there are other facts to consider.
  
The refusal to recognize same sex marriage constitutes such a denial of legal rights and protections. Since those in a same sex marriage are, by definition, homosexual- this constitutes a denial of legal rights and protections based upon sexual orientation.<br />
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#Christians are supposed to forgive sin, for all have sinned.
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#Marriage is not the sin, it's the sex ... and what constitutes the sex is hard to define, because between men there is no real process of making babies. It's typical to consider the attempt a sin.  As for the whole thing between female stem cells becoming sperm cells ... it makes things too complicated.
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#Sin is not encouraged by any means - it is a shame to sin, and a good man avoids sin and temptation.  It's not acceptable, just because it is forgiven.
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#A lot of law avoids sin, and many things that are sins (murder, theft, libel, assault, arson) are also illegal.  Sex between men happens not to be on this list ... but it can often be counted as rape, or battery, because it tends to have a "dominant" man and a victim.
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#Sex usually takes place between married people.
  
Refusing to recognize same sex marriages essentially violates long standing legal traditions.<br />
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:To many of us, it seems like legalizing homosexual marriage is encouraging sin, and that's a bad thing.  Many people are opposed to it, but it is to me reasonable to accept homosexual couples who are married but never have sex.
  
The most logical remedy to this situation is to allow the recognition of same sex marriages.<br /><br />
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::To put it simply in other words (and as the article itself makes clear), same-sex "marriage" is not, has never been and will never be a legitimate marriage.  Just because certain corrupt politicians and judges (and the liberal media who back them up) claim it's "legal" does not, and will never, make it right (and the fact that said politicians and judges did illegal end-runs around the Constitution and federal, state and local laws, based solely on politics and personal feelings, to make same-sex "marriage" "legal" says a whole lot).  
  
<big>There is also a philosophical justification that same sex marriage does not destroy the institution of marriage in society.</big>
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::And incidentally, Coolguy, using a left-wing website that resorts to fake news and deceit as your source to back your argument puts your argument on quicksand, as does your accusation of religious conservatives being "anti-American" when liberals who back same-sex "marriage" and their other sacred cows themselves act in very [[Anti-Americanism|anti-American]] ways (including [[flag desecration|burning the Stars and Stripes]], the anti-Trump riots, attacks on America's military veterans, support for the very anti-American and anti-Western ideologies of Communism and Islam, etc.). [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 20:53, 22 May 2017 (EDT)
 
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:::God makes it very clear in His Word that marriage is between a man and a woman and that homosexuality is a sin. This is the case regardless of what a government or court says about marriage or homosexuality. I love my country, and because of that I want it to abide by [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+33%3A12&version=ESV Psalm 33:12]. Regarding homosexuality, also see [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2%3A24&version=ESV Genesis 2:24], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+19%3A4-5&version=ESV Metthew 19:4-5], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+6%3A9&version=ESV 1 Corinthians 6:9], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Timothy+1%3A9-10&version=ESV 1 Timothy 1:9-10]. --[[User:1990&#39;sguy|1990&#39;sguy]] ([[User talk:1990&#39;sguy|talk]]) 21:28, 22 May 2017 (EDT)
In most religious traditions, marriage exclusively recognizes the sacred bond of love between a man and woman.<br />
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However society has a more general definition of marriage as an institution that recognizes the profound (and one could still say sacred) bond of love existing between two individuals- traditionally a man and woman.<br />
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Recognizing same sex marriage recognizes the legitimacy of the bond of love between same sex partners.<br />
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However the religious definition of marriage is still unique in that it specifically focuses upon the devine blessing of the union between a man and a woman. Thus this traditional sense of marriage retains its unique character.<br />
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I think that it is important to add these rationales because these are the ones that you are most likely to encounter in the discourse on gay marriage. Those looking for information on the subject would be best served by being able to read the most commonly used rationales.
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== Adding mores links ==
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The article seems fine at this point, but it could use some more links to other Conservapedia articles after the introduction. I thought it was a little odd that editing was disabled in this article, or else I would have added the links myself. --[[User:GeneralGrievous|GeneralGrievous]] 16:52, 29 June 2008 (EDT)
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== What? ==
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Why is this marriage in inverted commas (quotes)? And why does it say that the purpose of same-sex marriage is to "destroy the sanctity of marriage"? In what doctrine supporting same sex marriage is that said?
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:I think they are saying that that is liberals' true purpose (intention), even if the people supporting same-sex marriage don't actually say it and openly admit it. --[[User:GeneralGrievous|GeneralGrievous]] 16:50, 21 June 2008 (EDT)
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==Supporting Gay Marriage==
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By and large proponents of Gay Marriage only support removing the states role in prohibiting marriage; they still cannot force religious institutions to marry homosexuals. In other words, even if the Government deemed gay marriage to be ok, the religious institutions would still have all the power. After all, marriage is a union between a man and a woman under God - Why should the State have its neck involved in that? [[User:Graham|Graham]] 15:49, 23 September 2007 (EDT)
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*I agree with you here, Graham.  --<font color="#1E90FF" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:TK|şŷŝôρ-₮K]]</font><sup><font color="DC143C">[[User_Talk:TK|Ṣρёаќǃ]]</font></sup> 16:27, 23 September 2007 (EDT)
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*From what I know the proponents of gay Marriage do ''not'' seek to force religion to do ''anything'', and while religious practices may change in the long run just as society changes... In my mind an alternative to gay marriage, a ''better'' alternative (Also since the United States separates church from state and marriage is religious)
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Would be civil unions for ANY arrangement, i.e. MM,FF,MF, and make marriage a religious ceremony. Thus any two people could have the legal benefits of marriage, but under legal (state) terminology while if two people want to get married. The local Pastor, Rabbi, or Imam can do that and discriminate in who they partner up.
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All these people want is to be happy, part of that is mutual trust and security, and that comes from Civil Unions, Marriage, whatever you want to call it. But seriously, this would work to keep marriage 'sacred' while Homosexuals could unionize with their partner. [[User:Nateland|Nateland]] 19:05, 29 September 2007 (EDT)
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The Unitarian church, among others, performs same sex weddings.[[User:Maestro|Maestro]] 17:05, 21 October 2007 (EDT)
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:I don't get it. People can be friends, with mutual trust and all that. I can even give my unmarried fried a [[power of attorney]] to handle things like me being in a coma and needing decisions about medical care. What does marriage have to do with "legal privileges for adults"? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 17:10, 21 October 2007 (EDT)
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== This sentence is gramatically wrong... ==
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"It is also referred to as "[[homosexuality|gay]] marriage" or "[[homosexuality|homosexual]] marriage", is the official certification in jurisdictions that allow a union between two people of the same sex."
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and since I just got yelled at, maybe someone else can fix it. [[User:PaulH|PaulH]] 00:25, 28 November 2007 (EST)
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==Tremendous pressure... needs revision==
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<blockquote>Combined with hate speech rules and hate crime laws, a government certification of "same-sex marriage" will place tremendous pressure on people who criticize homosexuality, oppose the gay agenda, or believe in the sanctity of marriage.[Citation Needed] "How do you know we're not married?" would be the simplest of rejoinders. Or, "How dare you criticize my spouse!" (see fighting words).</blockquote>
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Same-sex marriage is already legal in Massachusetts and in several other countries, so if this assertion of "tremendous pressure" is true, it should be easy to find cite-able examples of it. I've had no luck thus far, so perhaps someone else should try... if not, we'll have to remove this section, because the article is seriously weakened by assertions we can't justify. Also, we need a working definition of the sanctity of marriage -- I'm sure that many people, churches, groups, etc. consider same-sex marriage perfectly sanctified, so we need to be more specific. I'm removing the language for now, and please, if you put it back in, clarify what is meant by 'sanctity.' Also, the 'fighting words' link appears to be dead, so I'm removing it.
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[[User:Mermaid|Gabe]] 14:58, 13 January 2008 (EST)
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==Sauce for you.==
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For the homosexual violence statement in the box beneath the spiffy graphic on the upper-right corner of the page: [http://www.nationalpost.com/scripts/story.html?id=5a6dc0ec-3807-4f5c-a5ad-c50855986682&k=55181&p=2] [[User:Barikada|Barikada]] 19:04, 16 January 2008 (EST)
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That article also says that common law relationships (IE live-in but not formally married) are 5 times more likely to experience violence and is the only category seeing growth in violence. Thus, allowing gay marriage would, statistically speaking, reduce domestic violence among homosexual couples. This article actually supports gay marriage from a statistical standpoint....[[User:Kiss20|Kiss20]] 19:28 16, January 2008 (EST)
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:Yeah... But let's ignore the facts. [[User:Barikada|Barikada]] 23:11, 23 January 2008 (EST)
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::What facts? [[User:Jinxmchue|Jinxmchue]] 23:56, 23 January 2008 (EST)
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:::What the study shows. [[User:Barikada|Barikada]] 15:45, 24 January 2008 (EST)
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:Non sequitur. It isn't saying that abusive people who get married will suddenly stop being abusive, which seems to be your argument. A more logical conclusion is that abusive people are less likely to get married in the first place. [[User:Jinxmchue|Jinxmchue]] 23:56, 23 January 2008 (EST)
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==Move?==
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Seriously, that would be a good idea. It's called same sex marriage throughout the article, why isn't it titled correctly? [[User:Barikada|Barikada]] 22:13, 31 January 2008 (EST)
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:Yes, no? [[User:Barikada|Barikada]] 00:52, 10 March 2008 (EDT)
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== A counterfeit counterfeit ==
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Dr. James Dobson's Focus on the Family refers to the phrase same-sex 'marriage,' with quotation
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Why did the author put quotation marks around the word counterfeits?  Is it to call attention to his belief that "Dr." Dobson's views on counterfeits are themselves counterfeit?  --[[User:GDewey|GDewey]] 22:23, 31 January 2008 (EST)
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:I see what you're saying, but I think that's just there to show that it's his words, not Conservapedia's. That's something you do with all quotes, agqain, just to show that it's his word(s). --[[User:GeneralGrievous|GeneralGrievous]] 13:34, 19 June 2008 (EDT)
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Even if the claim beneath the graphic is true: 1) violence is not a defining characteristic of homosexual marriage--therefore the graphic shouldn't be so prominently displayed here; and 2) the purported cycle of violence is not specific to homosexual relationships--therefore it is inappropriate in an article specifically dedicated to homosexual marriage. [[User:Dadsnagem2|Dadsnagem2]] 16:09, 25 March 2008 (EDT)
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:I was unaware that "homosexual marriage" had '''any''' defining characteristics. It's only a counterfeit, a sham aimed at destroying real marriage. This article is not "dedicated" to homosexual marriage; rather, it exposed the counterfeiting of marriage which [[gay rights]] activists are using to destroy marriage.
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:We have no obligation here to respect sin - don't even try that line of argument. Homosexuality is sinful - and it makes people miserable. Why should we respect it? Do your "respect" the "choice" of adults to have sex with children? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 10:13, 16 May 2008 (EDT)
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:: If homosexual marriage is legal somewhere, does it not therefore exist? I fail to see how the argument of respect (which somewhat disingenuously equates homosexuality and pedophilia) has anything to do with whether it exists or not. [[User:Wandering|Wandering]] 15:36, 16 May 2008 (EDT)
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:::Laws permitting this sham are on the books in various places. But giving one thing the same name as another thing doesn't validate it. Once again, the article is not about homosexuals "marrying" - or should not be.
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:::It should be about the laws and their purpose. It should illuminate the goals of the [[gay rights movement]] and compare their reasoning with the reality of their purpose, as well as the effect those laws are having.
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:::The pathetic attempt to gain love from a sexual partner of the some gender is at the root of this. As [[Richard Cohen]] pointed out - drawing of course on the work of better-educated scientists like Socarides - it's a [[same-sex attachment disorder]]. And by the way, voting [[homosexuality]] out of the manual of psychiatric disorders doesn't change the fact that it's a disorder and a perversion.
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:::Legalizing sin and craziness doesn't make it good, any more than calling spoiled food wholesome. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 21:11, 18 May 2008 (EDT)
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== move page ==
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Can this page be moved to [[Homosexual marriage]], which is a better term for this --<span style="margin-top: -3px;">&nbsp;[[Image:50 star flag.png|12px]]</span><span style="position:relative; overflow:hidden; width:88px; height:15px; z-index:2;"> [[User:Deborah|Deborah]] [[Special:Contributions/Deborah|<font color="gray">(contributions)</font>]] [[User_talk:Deborah|<font color="darkslategray">(talk)</font>]]</span>
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[[Special:Emailuser/Deborah | email me]] 22:53, 21 July 2008 (EDT)
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:Same-sex marriage seems more precise. Bisexual people can marry a person of the same gender, so "Homosexual marriage" is a bit of a misnomer. - [[User:PostoStudanto|PostoStudanto]] [[User_talk:PostoStudanto| &#x2709;Tλlk]] 14:21, 23 July 2008 (EDT)
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This article is out of date. Norway allows gay "people" to have equal marriage rights as well. -- Dollfuss.
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== I have a question ==
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I'm only 16, and maybe there is some sort of generational gap on this issue, but I'm curious to know why people care so much about the homosexual marriage issue? I just haven't ever found the arguments for or against it compelling or relevant. Any thoughts? Questions, maybe?  {{Unsigned|Hedgy}}  -- 21:23, 13 May 2009
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*Welcome, Hedgy.  [[Marriage]] isn't a generational issue, nor one between Conservative's and Liberals. Conservapedia's own article on [[Marriage]] states it plainly:
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The unity between a man and a woman in marriage is an expression of the relationship that [[God]] desires to have with his creation. The first marriage occurred nearly 6,000 years ago in the Garden of Eden, in the area of the world that we now know as the Middle East. The first couple was Adam and Eve.
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:[[Barack Obama]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[John McCain]], [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Dinesh D'Souza]] all agree on the matter, that Marriage should be exclusively defined as a union between a man and a woman.  Check out the link I have made here to "Marriage" to read more about this. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]<sub><small><small>/Admin</small></small></sub><sup>[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]]</sup> 00:43, 14 May 2009 (EDT)
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But why do people care so much? Why don't people live and let live on this issue? Why don't we create a separate institution specifically for gay people who want to be married. I don't know what we could call it, I'll think of that later. I've never understood why people care so much on this issue. Personally, I couldn't care less if gay people are allowed to be married, I just hate it when gay people try to flaunt their sexuality and act all offended when you get angry at them. It's a private thing.
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Well to respond to your earlier statement, to create a separate institution specifically for gay unions and nothing else would violate the strikedown of "separate but equal" established in Brown V. Board in the 1960s. --[[User:AndrasK|AndrasK]] 21:50, 19 May 2009 (EDT)
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: Same-sex marriage is just a way to confuse and mislead [[public school]] students as young as kindergarteners and first graders about marriage. In Massachusetts, the public schools immediately began teaching propaganda to young students once same-sex marriage was adopted there, and courts rejected a legal challenge to it.  Same-sex marriage is also a way to censor the Bible and call it "hate speech."
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: Smoking reduces lifespan by several years.  The [[homosexual]] lifestyle reduces average lifespan by even more than smoking does, yet this information is withheld from students.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 22:49, 19 May 2009 (EDT)
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: But doesn't denying the rights of homosexuals just undermine the choice we have as humans? I mean, if we don't have moral choice, then we aren't people, are we?--[[User:Hedgy|Hedgy]] 22:45, 6 October 2009 (EDT)
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''One type of emotional abuse--threatening to "out" a partner to family, friends, or employers--is unique to homosexual and bi-sexual relationships. Legalization of so-called "gay marriage" still would not end this type of abuse. Although communication between married partners would be classified as privileged and any given partner would be legally obligated to refuse to disclose information without the consent of his/his mate [16], anonymous leaking to the media has been known to happen and the prospect of suffering a "Haggardesque" [17] fate is sufficient to allow manipulative tactics such as blackmail.'' <br>
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Maybe it's just because I've had a long day, but I'm not seeing what outing has to do with same-sex marriage.  Civil marriage is a matter of public record, isn't it?  So anyone entering into a gay marriage would do so with the understanding that it might lead to others being aware that the members of the couple are gay, right?  So how does outing fit in?  And blackmail seems very much a stretch - who would pay to prevent someone talking about a matter of public record?  Why would anyone wanting to keep a homosexual relationship a secret decide to get married?  Is there something I'm missing?  --[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 23:48, 16 May 2009 (EDT)
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*Tired or not, your point is well taken.  I removed that part. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]<sub><small><small>/Admin</small></small></sub><sup>[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]]</sup> 23:54, 16 May 2009 (EDT)
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Thanks [[User:TK|'''₮K''']]!  One more statement jumped out at me: ''Allowing gays to marry would make gays seek more partners. (2004 General Social Survey, Statistics Canada, Canada's National Statistical Agency, July 7, 2005)''  How would getting married make someone seek more partners?  Isn't it just the opposite, at least ideally?  (It certainly is for my marriage!)  I was hoping the reference would enlighten me, but it didn't include a link.  I searched and came up with [http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/051124/dq051124b-eng.htm two] [http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/050714/dq050714a-eng.htm sites], neither of which said anything at all about gay marriage. After more looking, I found [http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-570-x/85-570-x2006001-eng.pdf this], which noted that "spousal violence was twice as common among homosexual couples compared with heterosexual couples: 15% and 7% respectively.  It was not possible to calculate
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rates of spousal violence for male and female couples separately due to low sample sizes."  That's something to be concerned about, but it doesn't relate to the statement that ''Allowing gays to marry would make gays seek more partners.''  (As an aside, Canada legalized gay marriage in 2005, and the reference was to a 2004 study, so the couples in question were not married couples.) --[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 00:11, 17 May 2009 (EDT)
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I've got a lot of concerns about the information in this paragraph. Most of these claims either have no relevance to same-sex marriage, are heavily biased or poorly documented. I'd like to give some examples:
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1. The Dobson/Kurtz quote constitutes a baseless accusation against proponents of same-sex marriage. According to the author, their motive is not to seek equal rights, but to destroy the institution of marriage per se. Where is there any evidence of this? If homosexual couples didn't really want to marry, why did they turn out in huge numbers to do so in every state that gave them the opportunity to do so? In my opinion, this is nothing more than an unfounded conspiracy theory.
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3. Even if it were a fact that incidences of partner abuse are more common among homosexual couples, how would allowing them to marry have any effect on this? And according to the posting in the "outing" section, the claim about "allowing gays to marry would make gays seek more partners" is both undocumented and counterintuitive.
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I hope you won't mind addressing these concerns. In my opinion, this whole paragraph lacks any merit and should be deleted and rewritten from scratch.  -- Hubertus
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: Yes, the Dobson/Kurtz quote is an opinion, but it is a commonly held belief on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate. It is clearly labeled as opinion. Even if it is a conspiracy view, it is a relevant view. Adoption is relevant because adoption by homosexual couples is frequent cited by both sides of the same-sex marriage debate. Some say that marriage provides stability for those adopted kids. Others say that the homosexual couple should not be adopting kids anyway. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 15:29, 16 June 2009 (EDT)
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OK then, would anybody mind if I edit the article to flag this quote as a completely unfounded conspiracy view, which seems to be something that we agree on? And while I'm at it, I would amend the paragraph about adoptions to allow listing of pro- and contra-opinions. Finally, I'd remove the line about "allowing gays to marry would make gays seek more partners", because apparently, nobody has been able to back it up with any evidence since Hsmom inquired about it almost a month ago. -- Hubertus
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*You have a lot of nerve, coming here as a troll to try and cast doubt/throw dirt on our conservative POV, "Hubertus".  You have made no other edits to this encyclopedia, and only posted to this one topic, to dispute a narrow item. --[[User:TK|'''ṬK''']]<sub><small><small>/Admin</small></small></sub><sup>[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]]</sup> 17:51, 16 June 2009 (EDT)
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:: I do not agree that the quote is a "completely unfounded conspiracy view". Much of it is clearly true. I do agree with removing the statement: "Allowing gays to marry would make gays seek more partners." There is a source for it, but it seems unlikely to me and requires explanation at the least. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 18:26, 16 June 2009 (EDT)
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== I just want to know. ==
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I am not angry, I just want to know why conservatives feel the way they do. (<small>unsigned by Dacheatbot</small>)
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::Point 1, same-sex marriage is an attempt to discredit the Bible.  The homosexual lifestyle is anti-marriage.  The attempt by the homosexual movement to co-opt marriage is an attempt to marginalize the Bible, which flatly prohibits and warns against endorsement of the lifestyle.  Also, there is "separation of church and state," which is an example of liberal [[deceit]].
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::Open your mind and look at this objectively.  The logic is hard to dispute.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 19:10, 15 December 2009 (EST)
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:::1. How is homosexual marriage "anti-marriage"? It IS marriage. Marriage is not all about having kids. It is the union of two people who love each other. If you think differently, then you don't understand marriage well enough to block people from engaging in the institution.
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:::Thanks for asking, Dacheatbot.  On the first point, because it's a sin against God, we want to discourage people from sinning in this manner.  What's more, with the current anti-discrimination laws, Christians will be prevented from treating homosexual couples differently from opposite-sex married couples.  (Example:  Catholic Charities was forced to stop its adoption services in Massachusetts after they refused to place children with homosexual "married" couples.)
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:::I agree with Andy:  homosexual "marriage" hurts traditional marriage just like calling any other non-marriage "marriage" would.  When you've heard a name three thousand times to describe something not that good, it seems less worthwhile to you.  Example:  After Scandinavia legalized homosexual "marriage", all marriage rates plummeted.
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:::Again, though I don't have any good sources at the moment, Andy's described the health risks exactly right.
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:::If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to ask politely like you've done.--[[User:EvanW|EvanW]] 19:23, 15 December 2009 (EST)
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::::Evan, as I said before, biblical texts do not have any basis for law. Strictly following the rules of one religion makes a government that does not separate itself from the church, as a government needs to be in order to be fair. I'm not against the freedom of religion, as everyone has the right to believe what he or she chooses. However, imposing your religious values upon others violates their religious freedom.
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DaCheatBot, besides ignoring our naming conventions, you've also made a number of illogical points here.  First, you're assuming what you are attempting to prove: that homosexual "marriage" is marriage.  You can't use that claim to support your argument, because that's what you want to prove, not a fact accepted by all sides.  Gay "marriage" isn't marriage anymore than a pet rock is a real pet.  Second, you endorse polygamy, which frankly leaves me astounded.  Why not allow people to marry animals?  Why not allow people to kill and steal?  Are you against the entire Bible, or just most of it?  Which brings me to your third point - that the Bible has no place in law.  Believe what you want, but the Bible is the origin of all law.  I suggest you read it sometime. [[User:JacobB|JacobB]] 19:40, 15 December 2009 (EST)
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The idea that gay marriage is marriage is not an illogical idea. It is the union of people who love each other. That is what marriage is. And just to respond to your analogy, a pet rock is not the same as a real pet because it does not fit the qualifications. Gay marriage does because it fits the idea that I said before on that it is based on love. A person marrying an animal is not love (Not romantic love anyway) because the animal is not able to give consent of sound mind. Killing and stealing also cause great harm to others, unlike gay marriage, which does absolutely nothing to others. Lastly, the bible may have been the foundation of law, but we have made many, many changes. While certain may have been right all along, such as murder and stealing, others are not  because they follow a culture that is thousands of years old. The same way that the original American Constitution is not used in a court of law, but the amended version, the one that defines men and women as equals as well as whites and blacks as equals.(<small>unsigned by Dacheatbot</small>)
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:Polygamy is based on love also.  Marrying a family member could be also.  And, yes, people love animals too.  The homosexual movement is essentially anti-marriage, and it is only in the past 15 years that it made "marriage" a priority.  Why? Because it enables them to legitimize a lifestyle that is essentially anti-marriage.  It is also an anti-Bible movement, part of a desire to marginalize and demonize the Bible.  If you support same-sex marriage, then I bet you don't read the Bible anymore.  The concept is effective at alienating people from the Bible.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 20:35, 15 December 2009 (EST)
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Better to say that there are various views on same-sex marriage amongst its proponents. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 10:24, 17 December 2009 (EST)
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Our own article on polygamy states that while the Bible forbids polyandry (several men marrying the same woman), polygyny (several women marrying the same man) is explicitly allowed and was practiced throughout much of Biblical history. I don't think that we can draw the conclusion that the "one woman" part is God-given. [[User:Yoritomo|Yoritomo]] 10:34, 17 December 2009 (EST)
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:Sorry, I was generalizing from [[Unificationism|my own religion]] to Christianity as a whole. Let's research what various Christians and/or churches say about "one man, one woman".
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::I think if you check your Bible, you'll find that each man should have his own '''wife''', and each woman her own husband. That's 1 Corinth. 7:2. [[User:AdeleM|AdeleM]] 17:29, 17 December 2009 (EST)
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:::That's not a commandment (1 Corinth. 7:6), and Paul would actually prefer people not to marry at all (that's where the Roman Catholics get priesthood celibacy from). On the other hand, bishops are explicitly required to be married to just one wife in both 1 Timothy 3:2 and Titus 1:6, indicating that non-bishops may have had several wives. In fact the source our polygamy article cites for the biblical prohibition of polyandry strongly argues that polygyny is not forbidden by God. I'd assume the change in sentiment was probably due to greco-roman ideas of family and marriage. [[User:Yoritomo|Yoritomo]] 19:02, 17 December 2009 (EST)
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=="Interesting" law against Polygamy==
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:You may be thinking of another law, but the article explicitly mentions the [[Defense of Marriage Act]], which was enacted in 1996. At that point, polygamy already was illegal throughout the United States (for about a hundred and fifty years, I believe), so outlawing it probably wasn't the DOMA's purpose. [[User:Yoritomo|Yoritomo]] 14:36, 17 December 2009 (EST)
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::This is exactly my point. That the DOMA is worded to exclude polygamy is not an "interesting coincidence", it is a reflection of the established law of the land since before Utah joined the Union. (Specifically, *because* Utah wanted to join the Union.) [[User:JEMBenton|JEMBenton]] 15:26, 17 December 2009 (EST)
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Marriage is not specifically intended for couples intent on raising children.  People who are sterile can still get married.  Arguing that marriage is an institution for raising children then calls into question the validity of all of every marriage that has failed to produce children.  The only argument against allowing two people of the same sex, who are committed to each other, to legally marry is derived from religious tradition.  While this religious tradition should be respected, it is not legal (per the first amendment to the US constitution) to legislate using religious tradition as a precedent.
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Is that to say that churches opposed to gay marriages should be forced to perform them?  No, because that is also unconstitutional.  The church (or temple, or synagogue, or mosque), is free to decide it's own religious definition of marriage.  However, the state definition of marriage must, by constitutional imperative, be defined in secular terms.  To define that the parties involved be "one man and one woman", without secular justification or precedent, is to unnecessarily extend governmental regulation into citizens' private lives.
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Opposing the unmitigated expansion of government regulation is one of the core values that defines the conservative movement; so is the protection of the constitution.  Supporting gay marriage both promulgates minimal legislation and observes the letter of the first amendment to the constitution.  Therefore, support of gay marriage should, in fact, be a conservative position. --[[User:RudrickBoucher|RudrickBoucher]] 18:56, 21 September 2011 (EDT)
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:The David P. McWhirter, M.D., and Andrew M. Mattison, M.S.W., Ph.D. study reported in their 1984 work The Male Couple: How Relationships Develop stated that in regards to relationships involving male homosexuality that "all couples with a relationship lasting more than 5 years have incorporated some provision for outside sexual activity in their relationships."[81] Please see: [[Homosexuality]] [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 19:03, 21 September 2011 (EDT)
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::Fine, but that's completely irrelevant to what he's saying, which is that conservatives should support gay marriage because the Constitution requires it. He's correct, but then conservatives should also OPPOSE gay marriage because the Bible forbids homosexuality, and the Bible is obviously correct too. The issue seems to be what is more important: the Constitution or the Bible. It's a tricky one. --[[User:FindlayT|FindlayT]] 19:10, 21 September 2011 (EDT)
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:::Were the founding fathers of America pro-homosexuality? In various states, were there anti-sodomy laws during the post independence colonial period and did any of the founding fathers of America object to them? [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 19:15, 21 September 2011 (EDT)
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::::Again, that's irrelevant. He's talking about the Constitution, specifically the Establishment Clause. --[[User:FindlayT|FindlayT]] 19:18, 21 September 2011 (EDT)
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:::::Are you incapable of sticking to the subject? The Establishment Clause forbids ESTABLISHMENT of a religion, and appointing a Chaplain to the Senate for those who want his services isn't establishing a religion. --[[User:FindlayT|FindlayT]] 19:23, 21 September 2011 (EDT)
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:What's your problem? I'm not TALKING about common law, I'm talking about the CONSTITUTION. RudrickBoucher has brought up a challenging point about what conservatives should think, so can you either stick to the subject or go somewhere else? --[[User:FindlayT|FindlayT]] 19:28, 21 September 2011 (EDT)
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:::Have U.S Senate chaplains been paid for exclusively by believers or do all taxpayers have to contribute to their salaries? [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 19:28, 21 September 2011 (EDT)
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Even the liberals at Wikipedia disagree with you: "For example, following the American Revolution in 1776, one of the first legislative acts undertaken by each of the newly independent states was to adopt a "reception statute" that gave legal effect to the existing body of English common law to the extent that American legislation or the Constitution had not explicitly rejected English law.[43]"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law] '''Again, ''' in various states, were there anti-sodomy laws during the post independence colonial period and did any of the founding fathers of America object to them? [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 19:36, 21 September 2011 (EDT)
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:Still irrelevant. This is a discussion about the Establishment Clause, not common law, promiscuity or what the idiots at Sickipedia say. --[[User:FindlayT|FindlayT]] 19:38, 21 September 2011 (EDT)
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::Again, what does British common law say about sodomy? Again, did post independence colonial America heavily borrow from English common law? Again, did post independent colonial America states have ant-sodomy laws and did the founding fathers object to them?  '''Why won't you answer a few simple questions?  Is your case that weak? [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 19:43, 21 September 2011 (EDT)'''
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::::::British common law does have valid legal precedence.  However, you seem to be arguing that observation of British common law should precede observance of the constitution.  The British anti-sodomy statutes were both grounded in church doctrine (rendering them unconstitutional here) and all repealed in Britain during the 20th century.  Furthermore, American laws take precedence over British common law, and American anti-sodomy statutes were all nullified (found unconstitutional) by the supreme court ruling in Lawrence v. Texas.  Finally, British common law only defines marriage as being between "two people".--[[User:RudrickBoucher|RudrickBoucher]] 19:48, 21 September 2011 (EDT)
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::When determining the validity of a law in the United States, the constitution > federal law > state law > local law > British common law.  It's that simple.--[[User:RudrickBoucher|RudrickBoucher]] 19:53, 21 September 2011 (EDT)
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::::Richard, first sox, then shoes. Address my question and information rebutting your claim. Is it aberrational lust or love? (and please do address my two citations.) [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 19:56, 21 September 2011 (EDT)
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JonM 22:08, 20 December 2011 (EST)

Excellent Article

should be required reading before editing this page. We should link it in the main article: http://dissentmagazine.org/article/?article=1935

In fact, I recommend much of Dissent Magazine.

Same sex marriage revert

Hello, and hope you are well. I am still learning, and I hope only to make quality edits to this site. What was wrong with my edit to the same-sex marriage page? Specifically, what's wrong with the jargon of "Abrahamic religious faiths"? KatieKomori 10:35, 1 December 2012 (EST)

First, I'm confident other religions ban it. Hinduism has been against the homosexual agenda, for example. Second, the phrase "Abrahamic religious faiths" is jargon at best. Third, it is a redefinition of marriage, and "expansion" would be euphemism.--Andy Schlafly 11:29, 1 December 2012 (EST)
I don't think that your confidence is substitute for citation. Is there a rule against "jargon" on this site? What does that mean? And I guess that redefinition is another way to describe it, but I won't argue semantics and will concede that. KatieKomori 01:14, 3 December 2012 (EST)

"...contrary to thousands of years of success..."

The Civil Rights movement of the 60s and 70s was similarly 'contrary.' Is that to be supposed as somehow wrong or undesirable as well? If not, why not? Tox 07:48, 24 December 2012 (EST)


update on population info

Removed statement that population had dropped starting 2005. The cited article stated that this was the second year in a row that Ma population had dropped, not that it started dropping in 2005 in response to the legalization of gay marriage.

Further, this article from the Mass Secretary of State: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/5f.pdf shows that the MA population actual grew by at least 2.2% every year of that decade. The cited editorial clearly has its facts incorrect.

Grumfan 18:57, 11 October 2014 (EDT)

Food for thought for liberals on same-sex "marriage"

If same-sex "marriage" is really as great as its supporters and the mainstream media like to make it out to be, then why does the media see fit to censor, suppress and silence any and all opposing viewpoints and criticism against it (including selectively editing and twisting the opposing views to make them and their proponents look bad)? When they see a need to resort to that, that tells me that the supporters have something to be afraid of in the opposing views. Northwest (talk) 02:04, 8 March 2016 (EST)

Good point. From the liberal MSM like The Washington Post, you'd never know that people like Bishop Harry Jackson even existed, much less that they had anything to say on the subject. DavidE (talk) 21:15, 11 March 2016 (EST)

Opinion on Same-sex 'marriage'.

I would like to know how you religious conservatives feel about same sex 'marriage' being legal in the United States. Are you guys still pro-American or anti-American?. I personally don't mind same sex 'marriage' being legal in America or anywhere else.I still like my country and it is a free country. I just would like to know how you guys feel about. I heard that many Christian conservatives cried over same sex 'marriage' and begged God to forgive this nation and not to forsake it. http://www.rightwingwatch.org/report/the-persecution-complex-the-religious-rights-deceptive-rallying-cry/

You forgot to sign your comment, Coolguy. As for the religious opinion, here some facts.--Nathan (talk) 17:20, 22 May 2017 (EDT)
Leviticus 18:22, 20:13.
Romans 1:26-28.
Jude 1:7-8.
In Leviticus, early Jewish law, sex between two man or two women was a sin, and the punishment was death. Death wasn't the punishment for all sins at the time - there are a lot of other punishments mentioned - but death was notable. Yet that Jewish law went away.
Romans explains that it is still a sin. Jude reminds that it is Sodomy, and it is among the worst things doable. Yet there are other facts to consider.
  1. Christians are supposed to forgive sin, for all have sinned.
  2. Marriage is not the sin, it's the sex ... and what constitutes the sex is hard to define, because between men there is no real process of making babies. It's typical to consider the attempt a sin. As for the whole thing between female stem cells becoming sperm cells ... it makes things too complicated.
  3. Sin is not encouraged by any means - it is a shame to sin, and a good man avoids sin and temptation. It's not acceptable, just because it is forgiven.
  4. A lot of law avoids sin, and many things that are sins (murder, theft, libel, assault, arson) are also illegal. Sex between men happens not to be on this list ... but it can often be counted as rape, or battery, because it tends to have a "dominant" man and a victim.
  5. Sex usually takes place between married people.
To many of us, it seems like legalizing homosexual marriage is encouraging sin, and that's a bad thing. Many people are opposed to it, but it is to me reasonable to accept homosexual couples who are married but never have sex.
To put it simply in other words (and as the article itself makes clear), same-sex "marriage" is not, has never been and will never be a legitimate marriage. Just because certain corrupt politicians and judges (and the liberal media who back them up) claim it's "legal" does not, and will never, make it right (and the fact that said politicians and judges did illegal end-runs around the Constitution and federal, state and local laws, based solely on politics and personal feelings, to make same-sex "marriage" "legal" says a whole lot).
And incidentally, Coolguy, using a left-wing website that resorts to fake news and deceit as your source to back your argument puts your argument on quicksand, as does your accusation of religious conservatives being "anti-American" when liberals who back same-sex "marriage" and their other sacred cows themselves act in very anti-American ways (including burning the Stars and Stripes, the anti-Trump riots, attacks on America's military veterans, support for the very anti-American and anti-Western ideologies of Communism and Islam, etc.). Northwest (talk) 20:53, 22 May 2017 (EDT)
God makes it very clear in His Word that marriage is between a man and a woman and that homosexuality is a sin. This is the case regardless of what a government or court says about marriage or homosexuality. I love my country, and because of that I want it to abide by Psalm 33:12. Regarding homosexuality, also see Genesis 2:24, Metthew 19:4-5, 1 Corinthians 6:9, 1 Timothy 1:9-10. --1990'sguy (talk) 21:28, 22 May 2017 (EDT)