Ask Me Help Desk - Gay Marriage

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Originally Posted by NeedKarma

If it was about gay civil unions (no church involved) do you think the answers would be different?

Yes! I, for example, have stated that if you want to call it a civil union - go right ahead. And that I am against gay marriages So I think the answers would be different.

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Originally Posted by Jesushelper76

Its not natural, I have truly been biting my tongue here. I have posted my stance earlier. I feel this thread has gone all over the place and is never ending. This thread was about gay marriage and nothing else.

Joe

Whatever you mean by "natural" and whether you think homosexuality is or isn't such, the point is that homosexuality is no longer illegal. People who commit homosexual acts are not breaking the law. So there is no legal basis for denying them the right that the rest of us have to enter into binding and enforceable legal contracts to protect their property and family rights. If it makes you feel better to use a different word to refer to their contracts, I doubt that most of them would care, as long as the legal effect is the same.

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Originally Posted by sGt HarDKorE

Gay animals out of the closet? - LiveScience - MSNBC.com

AWW MAN based on the above link over 1500 species of animals are going to hell :( They have been known to have sexual relationships...

"Homosexuality has been observed in more than 1,500 species, and the phenomenon has been well described for 500 of them."

I'd understand homosexuality being a choice if it was just humans, but sorry animals dont choose if they are gay... Try to explain that....

SIDENOTE: And instead of some quote from the bible that has nothing to do with animals or homosexuality, actually find a quote that has to do it with, anyone can twist words.

Yes it’s true, some people do still live like an ANIMAL, but rational people don’t. What you are talking about is animal lust for SEX. If marriage between the same sexes were natural it would be natural to have offspring. The male hole used between two men is for another reason... excrement.:)

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Originally Posted by sGt HarDKorE

Those animals go to animal hell then... Least thats what the bible says in a sense.

Not really, actually it says animals don't have a soul, which differenciates them from the humans.

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Originally Posted by NeedKarma

If it was about gay civil unions (no church involved) do you think the answers would be different?

Not mine. The fact that ministry is obligated to carry out the ceremony is just another reason not to legalize it, but that its wrong, and our country having been founded on the Word of God should not condone it.

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Originally Posted by Leidenschaftlich für Wahr

Not mine. The fact that ministry is obligated to carry out the cerimony is just another reason not to legalize it, but the fact of the matter is that its wrong, and our country having been founded on the Word of God should not condone it.

It's your interpretation of the Scriptures that it's wrong. And our country was not founded on the Word of God.

Yes, I'm a lifelong Christian.

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Originally Posted by Leidenschaftlich für Wahr

and our country having been founded on the Word of God should not condone it.

That's so very incorrect.

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Originally Posted by Dark_crow

If marriage between the same sexes were natural it would be natural to have offspring. The male hole used between two men is for another reason...excrement.:)

It's not about biology or reproduction, it's about equal protection under the law--a constitutional guarantee of citizenship.

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Originally Posted by ordinaryguy

It's not about biology or reproduction, it's about equal protection under the law--a constitutional guarantee of citizenship.

It’s not about rights at all; there is no natural Right for two men to slosh around in each others excrement for their individual pleasure, it’s filthy and a crime against humanity and therefore it is not a right that ought to be granted by government.

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Originally Posted by Dark_crow

It’s not about rights at all; there is no natural Right for two men to slosh around in each others excrement for their individual pleasure, it’s filthy and a crime against humanity and therefore it is not a right that ought to be granted by government.

You seem to be fixated on anal sex. Are you not aware that many good christian couples engage in anal sex as well?

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Originally Posted by NeedKarma

You seem to be fixated on anal sex. Are you not aware that many good christian couples engage in anal sex as well?

I fix on it because we should explain it for what it is, not in the benign term of 'homosexual' 'or 'same sex marriage.' I fix on it because that is exactly the filthy act it represents.

I don't believe most Christians would agree that “Good Christians” engage in sloshing around in excrement.

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Originally Posted by Dark_crow

It’s not about rights at all

Hello DC:

I agree, it's not about filthy sex. But, as long as the government grants RIGHTS to the "married" amongst us, and then refuses to let some people get "married", then this argument IS about rights. IF the government would take away the rights of the married people, then I wouldn't care if those filthy sex deviant's ever got married.

excon

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Originally Posted by Dark_crow

I don’t believe most Christians would agree that “Good Christians” engage in sloshing around in excrement.

Then you would believe wrongly. You have no idea of the amount of hypocrisy that exists out there.

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Originally Posted by excon

Hello DC:

I agree, it's not about filthy sex. But, as long as the government grants RIGHTS to the "married" amongst us, and then refuses to let some people get "married", then this argument IS about rights. IF the government would take away the rights of the married people, then I wouldn't care if those filthy sex deviant's ever got married.

excon

Hay EXCON
Rights are something that is guaranteed under the constitution, you appear to be confusing them with law. Laws can be written and rescinded, rights cannot. Therefore Marriage is not a right but rather a law. :)

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Originally Posted by NeedKarma

Then you would believe wrongly. You have no idea of the amount of hypocrisy that exists out there.

You’re right, I haven’t been peeking into people’s bedrooms, but then I doubt that you have been either. So how is you can KNOW.:)

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Originally Posted by Dark_crow

You’re right, I haven’t been peeking into people’s bedrooms, but then I doubt that you have been either. So how is you can KNOW.:)

How about you tell us what sex play you and the wife do that is condoned by the bible.

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Originally Posted by Dark_crow

It’s not about rights at all; there is no natural Right for two men to slosh around in each others excrement for their individual pleasure, it’s filthy and a crime against humanity and therefore it is not a right that ought to be granted by government.

You're fighting the last war--the one over whether sodomy laws are constitutional. That war is over, and your side lost, sorry.

THIS debate is about whether citizens who are not lawbreakers can be denied the right that other citizens have to enter into binding legal contracts that protect their property and family rights, solely on the basis of their private, and now legal, sexual behavior.

What's the Bible have to do with it? That feces is not something to play in was taught to me by my mother.

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Originally Posted by Dark_crow

What's the Bible have to do with it? That feces is not something to play in was taught to me by my mother.

Ok, what sex play does your mom say is OK.

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Originally Posted by Dark_crow

Rights are something that is guaranteed under the constitution, you appear to be confusing them with law. Laws can be written and rescinded, rights cannot. Therefore Marriage is not a right but rather a law. :)

Hello again, DC:

No argument there. It's a law all right.

However, if you read the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, you would find that it guarantees citizens EQUAL protection under the law.

To me, that means you can't make a law that confers rights upon one group, and excludes another. Like ALL Constitutional rights, this one is clear as a bell.

excon

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Originally Posted by ordinaryguy

You're fighting the last war--the one over whether sodomy laws are constitutional. That war is over, and your side lost, sorry.

THIS debate is about whether citizens who are not lawbreakers can be denied the right that other citizens have to enter into binding legal contracts that protect their property and family rights, solely on the basis of their private, and now legal, sexual behavior.

As I pointed out to Excon, it is about law and not rights. Laws are written and sometimes rescinded and one day my side, as you put it, may yet again prevail.

Sodomy laws were overturned and a right to privacy prevailed; but that is a far cry from legalizing sodomy i.e. “slosh around in each others excrement.”:o

excon
Do our tax laws protect everyone equally…not in my opinion? So just what does EQUAL protection under the law mean? Well, as I understand it we may be hearing from the Supreme Court on it.

Out of curiosity--do "good Christians" have sex for pleasure and not procreation?

Because seriously--that's the REAL debate here: whether a sexual act can produce offspring, not whether it's "dirty". By your definition, ORAL sex between partners should be bad too--and having sex any time on a woman's period, or basically using birth control.

If sex for pleasure is okay, then why can't ANY sex for pleasure be okay?

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Originally Posted by Dark_crow

As I pointed out to Excon, it is about law and not rights.

Of course it's about rights. What else are laws for if not to protect and enforce rights?

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Originally Posted by Dark_crow

Laws are written and sometimes rescinded and one day my side, as you put it, may yet again prevail.

Perhaps, but until then, sodomy is not against the law.

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Originally Posted by Dark_crow

Sodomy laws were overturned and a right to privacy prevailed; but that is a far cry from legalizing sodomy i.e. “slosh around in each others excrement.”:o

No, it is not a far cry from legalizing sodomy. That's what "overturned" means--laws that forbid it are invalid and unenforceable. However much you despise it, and however grossly you characterize it, sodomy is now legal behavior. Nobody can be arrested and prosecuted for it. Get over it.

You missed the distinction between natural rights and government granted rights. A key aspect of this intellectual tradition is the notion that natural rights are not created by government but exist anterior to it and that governments are in fact created to “secure these rights.” My contention was and is, is that there is no natural Right for two men to slosh around in each others excrement.

But hay, if it suits you and the majority what can I say. The ruling by the court did not specifically write a law that said this sloshing around was legal; it is still of course illegal except in privacy.

Well actually sodomy is still on the laws of many states as illegal, but merely not allowed to be enforced because of current supreme court ruleings. The reason these states leave the laws on the books, but not they can not be enforced, so that if the courts ever rule they can enforce them, they will already be in place and on the books.

And of course there is no natural right for homosexual activity, and there is no constitutional rights even under the US constitution.

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Originally Posted by Dark_crow

My contention was and is, is that there is no natural Right for two men to slosh around in each others excrement.

Contend as much as you like. Natural or not, it is no longer an illegal act.

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Originally Posted by Dark_crow

The ruling by the court did not specifically write a law that said this sloshing around was legal

Courts don't write laws, that's the legislature's job. Courts determine the validity and enforceability of laws, and in this instance, they ruled that the law is invalid and unenforceable.

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Originally Posted by Dark_crow

it is still of course illegal except in privacy.

Sure, having sex in public is illegal no matter who does it or what is sloshed around in, which of course has nothing whatever to do with the topic under discussion.

You seem to be really fixated on this "sloshing around in excrement" terminology. Does that mean you're OK with lesbian or other homosexual acts that don't involve anal penetration? Are you equally incensed by heterosexual couples that do it? Do you think they should be denied the right to marry as well?

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Originally Posted by Fr_Chuck

And of course there is no natural right for homosexual activity

Whether it's a "natural" right or not is immaterial. It is not illegal, and nobody can be arrested and prosecuted for it.

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Originally Posted by Fr_Chuck

and there is no constitutional rights even under the US constitution.

On the contrary, the U.S. Constitution guarantees the rights of equal protection under the law, and due process of law to EVERYONE.

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Originally Posted by ordinaryguy

Whatever you mean by "natural" and whether you think homosexuality is or isn't such, the point is that homosexuality is no longer illegal. People who commit homosexual acts are not breaking the law. So there is no legal basis for denying them the right that the rest of us have to enter into binding and enforceable legal contracts to protect their property and family rights. If it makes you feel better to use a different word to refer to their contracts, I doubt that most of them would care, as long as the legal effect is the same.

The fact is that Marriage is meant to be between a man and a women. That is a fact.

Gay marriage, well if they want to live common law that is their choice. As far as Marriage the fact remains that Church marriage, Religion marriage is about a man and a women coming together in a family unit. To create a family unit for future generations. Nothing can change that. Not even wording.

Yes due process, they get the rights to sue and the rights to our courts.

As for as equal protection, yes, they can marry someone of the other sex anytime they want. There is no special protetion for them What they want is extra and special rights, They are not listed as a protected right.
In fact is is not politically correct ( and thank God I am not) but to speak the truth about such relastionships is also a right, to free speech.

And as was mentioned, while I see the morals of american going down quickly, so I doubt that homosexually will be illegal ever again, but I can hope and pray that America would turn from its sin, before God turns from America

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Originally Posted by Dark_crow

I don’t believe most Christians would agree that “Good Christians” engage in sloshing around in excrement.

What cave have you been hiding in?

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Originally Posted by Dark_crow

a crime against humanity

Yes, gay sex is certainly on par with genocide, apartheid, forced sterilization, slavery, torture...

All on the same page in my book!

:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by jillianleab

Yes, gay sex is certainly on par with genocide, apartheid, forced sterilization, slavery, torture...

All on the same page in my book!

:rolleyes:

So true, it is part of a whole that is lowering society to unknow levels of human destruction.

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