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 Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 8:54 pm
 We all have a Facebook or know someone that does. I found this pic and thought that I would do a repost and see what everyone says about it.  So what are your thoughts?
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 1:54 am
Granted that if a gay couple got married It wouldn't effect mine at all. I wouldn't obsess over it, it was their choice to sin. God gave us free will, they made their decision and must go through with the consequences when they meet their maker. I don't think that we should force out beliefs on people, shoving religion down peoples throats never works, It turns them away, it fills them with hate. I have seen it happen countless times. If gay marriage ever becomes legal you don't have to get one, yes it's a sin but so are plenty of other legal things. You just have to be a leader and not a follower. If it bugs you then don't do it.
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 9:03 am
I don't believe that being gay is sinning at all.
God did give us free will and that enables us to choose our lovers.
And that depends how God made each individual being.
I think that he made people with different sexual orientations.
And that sinning depends on the other choices that you make and not on the gender of your lover.
...If my post made any sense. sweatdrop
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 9:27 am
Humourous analogy, albeit slightly fallacious.
My feelings about same-sex marriage can more or less be summed up as follows: regardless of whether you think it's right or wrong, please, please tell me that you and your country's government have more important things to worry about than whether or not two consenting adults can get their relationship validated in the eyes of the State.
That's what I find most disturbing about the whole issue: the fact that so many people seem to care so frakking much about other people's personal lives, and expend ridiculous amounts of time, money, and energy trying to limit personal freedoms when there are considerably more pressing matters in our society today.
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 7:48 pm
I have to agree in some ways with you guys, our government should worry about better things, and just cause you don't like it doesn't mean no one should, but it does say in the bible that marriage should be between man and woman. After all god made Adam and eve not Adam and Steve. No hating please.
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 9:47 pm
foxy roxey 132 I have to agree in some ways with you guys, our government should worry about better things, and just cause you don't like it doesn't mean no one should, but it does say in the bible that marriage should be between man and woman. Does it? I mean I know there are passages about sex and passages about when and how you should marry, but I don't think I've ever seen one that specifically says marriage should be and should only be between a man and a woman. Of course, at the time it wasn't necessary because the cultural norms would have meant it wasn't going to happen anyway, so maybe it wouldn't have needed to be said. Even so, what the bible says isn't and shouldn't be an influence on law in a multi-faith society. If your church doesn't want to marry a gay couple, that's their prerogative, of course, and I don't think they should be forced to do so. But religious texts dictating law for everyone? Quote: After all god made Adam and eve not Adam and Steve. No hating please. Well yeah, but he started with only two people. If you're going to start with two, it doesn't make sense to start with two who can't produce any more. I don't really understand this as an argument against gay marriage.... They were the first people. I mean, their kids must have interbred if they were the only people on earth, but we're not, like, "yay incest" or anything.
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 10:08 pm
If I may appear in this discussion for a manner of minutes- I, personally don't really care if I see two people of the same sex together, although it does rile my brain up a bit to see how two people who are the same gender can cope with many of today's life-changing events. How does one acquire a baby if one does not have both male and female genitalia to make it work? It doesn't happen by wishing on a star and a flying heron bringing it to your doorstep, and while I support adopting children, I don't see much practicality in it. But then again, love isn't supposed to make sense, but seeing a fully grown man acting like a bopping blonde teenager does set me back a few notches to 'that's a bit too flamboyant' rather than 'meh, it's not bothering me'. I fully understand that it's only my opinion that matters to myself, but I figured I could share it. No flame plz.
TL;DR?
Same-sex relationships aren't practical, some personal stuff, no flaming
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 10:19 pm
Wuppa Wuppa How does one acquire a baby if one does not have both male and female genitalia to make it work? It doesn't happen by wishing on a star and a flying heron bringing it to your doorstep, and while I support adopting children, I don't see much practicality in it. Well, it's practical for the woman who can't continue caring for the child. Besides, it's not the only option - there are gay people who use surrogates, and lesbian couples who use sperm donors. There are various ways this can happen, so long as there are other people willing to help out. Anyway, having or adopting children is sort of a separate issue. If children were really relevant to whether or not a couple could marry, then childfree and infertile couples wouldn't be allowed to marry either. I personally don't understand marriage or how it's practical in and of itself. I think it would make more sense if it just wasn't a legal structure at all. But some people like the idea of being married, so more power to 'em, I guess.
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 10:23 pm
Sanguina Cruenta Wuppa Wuppa How does one acquire a baby if one does not have both male and female genitalia to make it work? It doesn't happen by wishing on a star and a flying heron bringing it to your doorstep, and while I support adopting children, I don't see much practicality in it. Well, it's practical for the woman who can't continue caring for the child. Besides, it's not the only option - there are gay people who use surrogates, and lesbian couples who use sperm donors. There are various ways this can happen, so long as there are other people willing to help out. Anyway, having or adopting children is sort of a separate issue. If children were really relevant to whether or not a couple could marry, then childfree and infertile couples wouldn't be allowed to marry either. I personally don't understand marriage or how it's practical in and of itself. I think it would make more sense if it just wasn't a legal structure at all. But some people like the idea of being married, so more power to 'em, I guess. Thank you so much for providing your own input, it's just that I more or less believe in a Nuclear family status as it was brought up in my childhood. But thank you again.
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 2:20 pm
Typically I find that people who have too much time to stress about my potential problems, either don't have enough of their own problems, or aren't taking the time to handle their own first.
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:39 am
I don't have any issues with homosexuality. As I've admitted, I'm new to when it comes to studying the bible, so I can't quote verses. My older brother is gay and has been with the same guy for longer than I've been with my husband. They're in a relationship that's healthy for them, and they love each other. I honestly can't think of any good, logical reason for them not be able to be married legally.
-They can't reproduce. There are several couples that are straight and want nothing to do with kids. It doesn't mean that they don't deserve to be happy. Not to mention the infertile people that exist. It's bad enough that they want a biological child and can't get that, but to deny them the right to try and find some happiness? What about if you get married to just find out you're infertile afterwards, should those marriages be annulled even if the couple wishes to remain together?
-A child needs a father and a mother: This is something I personally don't agree with. There are abusive biological donors that only do harm. A healthy parent is worth 100 times their weight in gold than having a male and female in your life. Not to mention what happens if you're widowed? Does that mean your child should be taken away to find a family that has both a "mother" and "father" role model?
-Again, I'm not well versed in the bible, but I'm sure there are things that the bible frowns upon that are practiced in this day and age. Not all of them are illegal. Like an unwed mother that sleeps around saying that being gay is a sin. Throwing stones.
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:17 pm
 ... {God's view on homosexuality is very clear. A practicing homosexual is guilty of the same level of sin as a heterosexual who is having sex outside of wedlock. Neither are acceptable and both viewed as a sin against God.
No where does God tell us to hate homosexuals, or any other sinners. Their sin is equal to any of ours. However, One cannot call themselves a devoted follower of Christ and be a practicing homosexual.
My problem with our government taking a non biblical view is suck; the states with Judicial courts that rule in favor of Gay Marriage, homosexuality is encouraged and taught to be accepted in schools. In these states it is not unheard of for a student or employee to face discipline for voicing Biblical views on the subject. }... 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 "Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God." Romans 1:26-27 "Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion."
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