Bigot: a person who is intolerant toward
those holding different opinions.
Homophobia: dislike of or prejudice
against homosexual people.
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establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people
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grievances
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“If we want to defend the centuries-old
understanding of marriage, we should start by looking carefully at what God has
to say about it. When we speak of the "sanctity of marriage," we mean
to say that marriage is a holy and sacred institution created not by man, but
by God. That means that no matter what legislators or justices say, the
definition of marriage is not ours to tamper with.”
God didn’t create marriage we did.
Marriage was once seen as a social contract between two people to keep a
bloodline going; keep an inheritance within a family and to keep a last name
going. Most importantly it was seen as a union of two people who loved each
other and wanted to spend their lives together. “No matter what legislators or
justices say the definition of marriage is not ours to tamper with?” We created
marriage not god! Secondly I’m glad the government has finally stepped in and
said it is unconstitutional to ban gay marriage and it is also unconstitutional
to use your religion to deny that right to the LGBT community. It’s fine that
you don’t agree with someone being gay but it’s not okay to openly hate and use
your religion as a justification to spew your hatred.
Marriage can and should be redefined
because it was once illegal for interracial couples to get married and now that
gay marriage is deemed unconstitutional to ban, we are redefining it again.
Sorry to tell you that the world you once knew is changing and this is a great
accomplishment allowing gay couples the right to get married. This should’ve been
granted a long time ago!
“First, we in the Christian community
need to apologize for the way we have interacted with the LGBT community. As
those who have been forgiven by God through Christ's sacrificial death on our
behalf, we must exhibit the love of Christ to all men and women. We can stand
for the truth and be loving at the same time. This we must do.
Second, our authority to speak to the
needs of our nation today is the Word of God. The Scriptures teach that there
are absolutes and that there is such a thing as right and wrong. Truth is never
tolerant of a lie. The real battleground around this debate on homosexual
marriage begins with the question: Who is your authority? We believe that the
timeless truth of Holy Scripture gives us the authoritative blueprints for
life. We respect those who wish to deny the truth of Scripture. We would ask
for a mutual respect in return.”
Yes you are correct it is your job to go
out and spread the word of god; but what you fail to realize is that our
government shouldn’t be promoting an ideology of any shape or form. I would be
offended if the government made radical claims suggesting that there is no god.
The only job the government has regarding religion is protection of and
protection from religion. No, you shouldn’t proselytize to those who don’t want
to hear it, yes you have the right to worship whatever god you choose as long
as it doesn’t infringe upon the rights of others then it becomes a problem.
How can you ask for mutual respect in return
when you are basically telling gay people that they can’t get married because
of god! It angers me that you can sit here and say it’s okay for you to dictate
someone else’s life because your bible tells you it’s okay. Well it’s not okay!
Freedom of and freedom from religion remember that!
“ It's important to emphasize two things
here. First, marriage is not about us; it's about God. From the beginning our
purpose—as individuals and as couples in marriage—is to glorify God. We were
created with the capacity to enjoy a relationship with God and to love and
serve Him. As Jesus says in Matthew 22:37, the greatest commandment is,
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your
soul, and with all your mind."
It’s important to emphasize something
here, marriage was not created by god and if you want your marriage to be about
god that is fine. However, we live in a society where people get married
because they love each other and want to spend their lives together. I don’t
understand why we keep having this same discussion over and over again? Not
everyone believes in your god and to throw bible verses at them saying this is
why gay people can’t get married is plain stupid. You have your religious
views? Cool great; but do us all a favor and keep them to your fucking self.
“Second, God ties His image to human
sexuality. Marking human beings as distinct from the rest of creation, Genesis
1 says "In the image of God He created him—male and female He created
them." In other words, our gender differences as men and women are part of
how we understand who God is.”
Let’s look at the creation of man. Adam
was created from dirt and Eve was created from the rib of Adam. We don’t see
people just popping into existence from bones and dirt; also let’s just tell
the truth because the bible does a good job at it. Adam was created to be a
robot and Eve was just a baby factory who has no voice and no rights. Created
in the image of god? We don’t even know if god does or doesn’t exist and there
is no empirical data to suggest otherwise. Please use your brain!
“Homosexuals have suggested for years
that their practice is an acceptable alternative lifestyle. Many claim that
their sexual attraction is something they were born with. Some have even
suggested that God made them as homosexuals. While the impact of nature vs.
nurture can be debated, God makes it clear in Scripture that acting on
homosexual attraction is sin.”
“The practice of homosexuality isn't a
preference or an uncontrollable desire—it's actually a stark confirmation of a
person's rebellion against the Designer. Romans 1:21-27 tells us that, as
humans failed to honor God, their "foolish heart was darkened" and
"they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the
creature rather than the Creator ... For this reason God gave them over to
degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that
which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural
function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with
men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty
of their error."
“The issue of sexual behavior isn't a
matter of simple preference. Our sexual choices and behavior reflect on the
image and glory of God. Our stand against homosexuality is ultimately a stand
for the wisdom and perfection of the created design and a choice to honor the
Designer.”
People who are gay are gay because they
are rebelling against god? What kind of drugs are you on to even come to a
conclusion like this? Science has proven that being gay is not a choice and
shouldn’t be treated like that. In fact being gay was once considered a mental
illness because people used their bible as a weapon to openly discriminate and
justify their ignorance. Sexual orientation is not a preference; no one wakes
up and says oh I used to be gay but now I’m not. I’m going to date women and be
heterosexual. No! No! No! That is not how the world works! Again what if I
don’t believe in your god? All you’ve said here is say that the LGBT lifestyle
is invalid and they hate god. Nice job on the straw man and insult of a whole
community of people who by the way don’t hate your god. They just hate the
concept of him and how he is used to discriminate against people.
In addition, God set up the family as
one of his primary institutions (the other being the Church) to tell each
succeeding generation about who He is and how they can know Him. God's original
plan called for the home to be a sort of greenhouse—a nurture center where
children grow up to learn character, values, and integrity. Psalm 78 instructs
parents to teach their children to "...put their confidence in God and not
forget the works of God, but keep His commandments..."
This training in obedience is not only
an essential responsibility of the family, but it also is designed to be an
outgrowth of the marriage. Research studies make it clear that a stable family
with both father and mother provides the best environment for children to
thrive, mature, and become responsible citizens of any nation and culture.
Male-male or female-female relationships
cannot produce children unless something extraordinary is done to assist them.
While it is true that gay couples can raise children, and can adopt needy
children, they will not, however, multiply a godly legacy when they are living
in rebellion to God. In addition, gay couples cannot model what God designed
for a child to experience growing up: a complete picture of a male and female
completing one another in the marriage relationship. Children were made by God
to be nurtured by the love of a mother and a father from birth.
Marriage is about sharing your life with
the person you love and if you so happen to want children then that’s fine.
However, the only purpose of marriage is not to have children because you are
basically shaming every sterile couple who cannot physically have children and
this time I won’t bring up an elderly couple. What if a couple doesn’t want
children? Are you going to shame them too? Why is marriage about glorifying god
and producing children? But not once did you ever mention these people actually
want to glorify him or if they actually even believe in him.
There are families with no mom present
and vice versa. Some kinds don’t even have both parents at all in their life
and they are raised by a grandparent or a sibling. It really is cruel to say that
they don’t have a family because it doesn’t fit your biblical standards of what
a family should be. Science has proven that a kid can be raised by two people
of the same-sex and grow up just like kids who have parents of the opposite
sex. Training to glorify god? Please don’t indoctrinate kids into religion
until they are fully aware and able to make their own decisions regarding
religion. Kids aren’t born hating they learn to hate from their parents. I just
hope if you have kids that they don’t take this type of view on marriage;
especially a marriage not harming other people.
AGAIN!!! What if the couple is sterile
and incapable of having a child on their own? What if the couple doesn’t want a
CHILD! Marriage isn’t about having CHIDLREN!!!! Also just because two people of
the same-sex can’t physically have a child doesn’t give you the green light to
DENY THEM MARRIAGE! Please get it
through your thick skull.
“These
passages in Genesis 1 and 2 also make it clear that God not only created the
institution of marriage, but He also is intimately involved in bringing a
husband and wife together physically through the act of intercourse in
marriage. He gave Adam a helper specifically designed for him. God designed a
man and a woman to complete one another and He commanded them to become
"one flesh." As Jesus said, just after quoting from Genesis 1:27,
"So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined
together, let no man separate" (Matthew 19:6).”
“Male
and female were created to be complementary to one another in every way—from
their emotional and spiritual needs to their anatomical structure. While
same-sex couples may attempt to experience some aspects of this
"completion," they nevertheless are maintaining a lifestyle built
around a sexual rebellion against God. In most cases, this will lead to an
inability to make the type of commitment God desires in marriage. Studies show,
for example, that even when homosexual men commit themselves to a partner, many
still regularly engage in sex with other men several times a year.”
“The
physical act of a husband and wife becoming one within marriage is easily
understood. They were designed by God for one another. However, two men or two
women were not designed by God to become one flesh with one another. The
physical joining of two men or two women is not a natural act.”
God is very sexist and do you want to
know why? Well let’s start with the story of Adam and Eve and how they fucked
up and sinned; even though they weren’t created without a sense of right and
wrong. God banished them from the Garden of Eden and punished both of them with
mortality and he made child birth for Eve painful. Continue reading the bible
and you’ll learn that women aren’t to be trusted because apparently they are
all backstabbers and are only objects used to pop out babies. They have no
voice and must marry their rapist if they get married; also they can be stoned
to death if they aren’t a virgin.
Please tell me more about how two men
and two women can’t have a meaningful relationship and they weren’t designed by
god; yes also tell me how the world is less than 10,000 years old and god spoke
the universe into existence. I find this to be so much more factual than two
people who love each other of the same-sex wanting to spend their lives
together. How dare they want to be happy? That’s a sin!
Science has proven that being gay is not
a choice and is perfectly natural. Being a bigot is a choice however, as well
as being homophobic, ignorant and stupid.
“An
unselfish commitment to God and to each other is the foundation of a godly home
and the bedrock of a stable culture. The more we seek to redefine marriage, and
chip away at God's original design for the home, the more we put our families
and our nation at risk.”
“This
debate about same-sex marriage is the latest outgrowth of a culture that for
decades has been drifting from biblical standards of truth and morality. The
sexual revolution, for example, sought to bring legitimacy to sex outside of
marriage. The women's liberation movement worked to revolutionize the roles of
men and women in marriage and in our society. Throw in a rising emphasis on
materialism and personal happiness, and you end up with a dramatically new way
of looking at marriage. In her book, The Divorce Culture, Barbara Dafoe
Whitehead writes:”
“...
Americans began to change their ideas about the individual's obligations to
family and society. Broadly described, this change was away from an ethic of
obligation to others and toward an obligation to self... This ethical shift had
a profound impact on ideas about the nature and purpose of the family... People
began to judge the strength and "health" of family bonds according to
their capacity to promote individual fulfillment and personal growth.”
“When
millions of Americans view marriage from the mindset of "What's in it for
me?" concepts like responsibility, self-sacrifice, and lifelong commitment
become secondary. Is it any wonder that our divorce rate is so high? Or that
the number of children born outside of marriage continues to rise? Or that an
increasing number of couples are opting to live together instead of marrying?”
“And
now the continuing push to legalize same-sex marriage is seeking to redefine
marriage even further. From the moment God created marriage, it was designed
with a man and woman in mind. God designed two sexes male and female—He did not
create four sexes. Same-sex marriage cannot fulfill God's purposes for
marriage.”
I’m personally glad we’ve chipped away
from the so called ‘godly home’ because if you look at the way homes were in
the bible they were pretty terrible. People were forced to marry people they
didn’t love because that’s what god wanted? Also if you look at the way men
treated women and how women are depicted in the bible it’s just awful. Please
tell me how you want to revert back to the dark ages? Gay marriage was deemed
unconstitutional to ban because it infringes on the rights of the LGBT
community. We have a separation of church and state for a reason! Please open
your mind and look at this not from a biblical stand point but from an actual
person’s stand point. How would you feel if I came to your wedding and said you
couldn’t get married because it offends me? You would what still get married am
I correct? Now what gives you the authority to tell someone else they can’t get
married your bible? That’s not a credible source!
The same arguments used against
interracial marriage were used and again that was deemed unconstitutional to
ban. Same happened with gay marriage; we redefined it because we created
marriage not god! I’m so happy we as a society have moved forward so radically
and seeing gay marriage allowed in all fifty states proves that we are shifting
away from religious views and the government isn’t promoting an ideology. You
keep throwing god in every argument as if that’s going to make it any more
valid. It’s one thing to oppose but it’s another to oppose and not have a real
reason because quite frankly I can say your god is an asshole because he rather
force people to live the way he wants even though he created free will; also
god isn’t even good source of morale because he’s had people do unspeakable
things in the bible especially in the old testament. You’re opposed to two
people loving each other? I’m opposed to you spewing hatred and being
discriminatory towards those who have no effect on your life.
