I am 22 years old virgin who has never even kissed someone. I am mostly straight. I do not intend to marry because I think men are too immature and women are too emotional, but I do intend to have children.
Marriage existed way before religion did- it was about commitment and love. You can have children out of wedlock- its very common. Marriage has not been about bringing children into the world for a very long time.
Gay people can be parents too. I think if a home is built on love, it shouldn't matter whether the parents are of opposite genders or not. There are hundreds of thousands of orphans who live less than par lives. Even children who have parents but live shitty lives- A most of the time a family, yes, even a gay one, can provide a stable home for these children to grow up in - have luxuries they would not be afforded otherwise and most importantly BE LOVED!
How does someone else's marriage affect yours? Does them being married prevent you from making babies with your wife? Does it force you to have to live in different rooms? Does it make you and your wife file for divorce? No. It has no bearing on anybody else's marriage.
And No, civil unions do NOT have the same privileges and benefits that legal marriages do.
I think that anybody should be allowed to marry the person they love. Whether a church lets them do it, is the church's decision, but legally, I think anybody should have the right to marry and raise children. If your church decides not to let gay people marry then fine- but how does it matter if legally they can be married?
I think it is FOR our generation that we needed to vote NO on Prop 8!
If you live your life by God's word- live it- don't fester in hatred and start deviating from the path that God has set out for human-kind to follow. Live your life sin free- stop looking for a cause to fight against and a group of people to hate- that was never what God intended.
This is the same fight we had for inter-racial marriage. "It is unholy and ungodly!" Do not assume God's mind and thoughts- when judgment day comes we will all be in the balance and out sins will receive the punishment they deserve. Who are we to judge others for their sins when we commit sin everyday.
Gay people are not killing anyone by being married. They are not stealing something by being married. They are making a commitment to one another- it shows that promiscuity is not a part of their lives- how is that a bad thing? I think people are scared of is that same-sex marriages could be more stable than heterosexual marriages. I think it scares people that the idea they had of gay people being vulgar, promiscuous and perverted is being overturned to show that they are loving, caring people capable of making a life long commitment to the person they love.
