How does it affect anyone if gays get married?

Gays could start getting married tomorrow and my life would carry on the same as it always has, it doesn't affect me in the slightest, so who cares what they do?How does it affect anyone if gays get married?
The opposition to gay marriage stems from the irrational fear many people have of anything 'different' as well as from the stories in the Bible. There are many, many religious people in the United States, and they have been taught from birth that homosexuality is in some way inherently 'evil'.





This kind of brainwashing cannot be elimated in a short period of time. In fact, I predict it will be many decades before the majority of people understand that homosexuals are people just like them... with feelings, emotions and rights.How does it affect anyone if gays get married?
If you always measure the definition of justice as to whether or not you yourself are being adversely affected or not, then you are saying that you do not care about justice for anybody but yourself. Not all voters are concerned with only themselves. Many voters care about defining justice for all people, not just themselves. That is why many voters support raising the minimum wage, even though they are not going to be paid that wage and even though raising the minimum wage could result in higher prices. The purpose of law is to define justice for all people, not to serve yourself. And the majority of voters and their elected representatives in most states that justice will not be served by legalizing gay marriage.





Do I agree with them? No. But I'm outvoted, so I have to get used to it. As do you.
Because God gave us marriage as a religious bond between 1 MAN and 1 WOMAN. Calling gays ';married'; is a slap in the face to all of us Christians, you're insulting our religion. Also most of us don't want to spread the wicked perversion that is homosexuality. We don't want our children thinking its okay to be a pervert. I'm against abusing people just because they're gay, because they need help. Nobody is born gay. God created us all and he said in the Bible that gays are an abomination to Him. He would never make us to be an abomination to Him. If gays were given the legal right to marry, then whats next? Bestiality? Incest? I can see it now, ';I love my donkey, so I want to marry him.';


Its completely wrong, immoral and disgusting. All of you that are for gays should be ashamed of yourselves.
The churches need something to occupy their time, and spending craploads of money to spread hate propaganda about certain minority groups gives them something to do. Since they can't legally do it to blacks and women anymore, gays have become the new popular target.





I'm sure God will thank them for working so hard to keep people in love from marrying each other, while the institution of heterosexual marriage shows 50 percent divorce rates.


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';If you always measure the definition of justice as to whether or not you yourself are being adversely affected or not, then you are saying that you do not care about justice for anybody but yourself.';: Um, gay marriage is not equivalent to letting someone commit a violent crime. It is not equivalent to letting someone victimize another person. It is letting people who love each other have medical and financial privileges. Der. Man, people come up with some of the most fallacious arguments.
It doesn't. It doesn't make marriage less sacred because marriage doesn't have to be religious. It can be legal.





Churches don't have to perform ceremonies.


Kids don't ';turn'; gay.


It doesn't increase the divorce rate.





Ask people in MA, they don't even care.








Lady America:





Wow. Kid's don't turn gay. It's not a choice. Fine, you don't like gay people. Whatever. I don't care but don't take away rights from them.





Yeah the bible also says its okay to stone children and sell your wife and it tells you not to eat shell fish.





And your bible doesn't apply to me. And the founding fathers understood seperation of church and state.
That is your OPINION...now lets look at history and FACTS.





Historically marriage has been and IS defined as the Union of a man and a woman


Marriage IS a religious Sacrament in MOST communities


Churches are opposed to homosexuality





Were the Gov. to step in and OVERRULE the will of the people and make marriage the same....Gay couples wishing to be married in Church could FORCE a church to preform a ceremony in DIRECT opposition to their beliefs or face federal and civil actions for discrimination....


THAT IS against the Constitution...the STATE would be dictating


Religious doctrine...


Let them have Civil Unions ....all the rights and responsibilities...but just not the name......


How does it Effect me...it starts to violate my Constitutional rights to not having the freedom of a religion NOT directed by the state...
If you have any traditional values like marriage being between one man and one woman this certainly does affect you. This diminishes the sanctity of traditional marriage and where will it end? This is not an attempt to get equal treatment, it is a deliberate attempt to undermine marriage as we know it. They can get equality any number of ways without calling it marriage.
Marriage is one man and one woman.





It would tell our children that being gay is ok when it is not. It would affect me knowing my Country is going more downhill by allowing them to marry. And it would alos affect my Country in the future with them being allowed to raise children to think being gay is ok.





I am a Christian and I am against Gay Marriage.








Marriage IS sacred as it says in the Bible that being gay is a sin and an abomination onto the Lord.





If you do not like it then you are free to move to another Country where Christianity did not help create the Country.
Gay marriage won't have any affect on you. These religious/conservative bullies trying to pick on Gays. I truly believe they do this because they perceive Gays as weak and timid.





Do you think these same guys would fight to deny marriage rights to muslims or jews?
I believe the argument is that gay is contagious because is a pleasing life style and will erode society.





I personally don't care.
it doesnt, its just that people who are unhappy with their own miserable life, like to heap pain on strangers, to divert attenton away for the losers they are.
It doesn't really have any effect on anyone but those getting married
Its a slippery slope. You let them get married, the next thing you know, they'll want the right to vote and own property.
It doesn't.





Our country would be much better off if people went back to the old way of just minding their own business.
Some wacky evangelical hate monger who wants to make a name.
Because then the gay recruiters will start turning your children gay.
It doesn't.
It doesn't.
I don't care if gays marry. I just don't want the state or country to sanction it.
GOD DOES NOT WANT IT!
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It's against my rights. Isn't that what you people cry all the time? I don't want to have to explain to my 5 year-old kid why gays are getting married. It's unnatural.
they pay less taxes.