Taylor said:Bush can do feel any way he wants to and try anything he wants to. My point being is he has no power to make a national ban on gay marriage. He can say all day he wants to start one, but that doesn't give him the power to do so. Bush also doesn't have the power to sneak down the hall at 3am with a pencil and change the constitution.
He can talk all day long about banning gay marriage. He has just as much right to discuss it was we do in this forum. Doesn't mean its his fault that certain states won't let you get married.
If the Bush administration is so gung-ho on using the Bible and Christianity as an example of why marriage should only be between one man and one woman, then the Bush government is supporting polygamy, sex surrogacy, stoning, adultery, and child abuse.
All anyone has to do is turn on the telly and watch a show like Dr. Phil or Maury Povich to see the number of "one man and one woman" couples (both married and common-law) who are cheating on their spouses, have more than one wife or common-law wife, have children from their affairs, and have sex with their daughter's boyfriend while the husband watches. Plus the divorce rate in the USA is pretty high, eh.
Miss*Pinocchio said:yeah go ahead have GAY MARRIAGE!!!!
cause I am in love with this cute guy... but
he is in love with a girl who is a lesbian...
and she is married to a woman...
HAHAHA
He is allllll mine!!!!
Crazymanw00t said:Yeah We needs to ban Homosexual marriage. That's good.
Peachy Lady said:You posted a thread, "Love is not important" about not important in being in love with a man. And now you say you are in love with this cute guy?? Love can take you by surprise when you least expect it.
Cheri said:And why is that? Homosexual doesn't effect your life why would you want it banned? Oh let me guess cuz the bible tells you so? Remember the bible also tells you not to judge.
Cheri said:And why is that? Homosexual doesn't effect your life why would you want it banned? Oh let me guess cuz the bible tells you so? Remember the bible also tells you not to judge.
Actually, common-law marriage is only legal in a few of the states of the USA, and then with various requirements and restrictions.deaflibrarian said:If the USA government recognizes common-law marriages (meaning two people living together for at least two years but are not married which means any children they have are "illegitimate") then why are they so opposed to having people get married and legalizing their child's birth and providing a loving and stable family life just because they happen to be of the same gender?
Reba said:Actually, common-law marriage is only legal in a few of the states of the USA, and then with various requirements and restrictions.
States Permitting Common Law Marriage
Utah
Cheri said:And why is that? Homosexual doesn't effect your life why would you want it banned? Oh let me guess cuz the bible tells you so? Remember the bible also tells you not to judge.
I know this country is free country and we still must control on some issues like homosexual, murders, drugs, prison. Some of you said this country is free-will country and that's right!
There were "a lot of people doing naughty things that were accepted by society" but it was NOT accepted by God. The reason God includes them in the Bible is to show how bad it was, and the people suffered the consequences of those "naughty" sins.deaflibrarian said:...These people need to re-read his Bible because the Bible has a lot of people doing naughty things that were accepted by society.
Those "respected men" (I assume you mean the O.T. patriarchs) suffered for having more than one wife. Each time God shows us a polygamous relationship in the Bible, He also shows how that family was full of jealousy, competition, and strife. God never approved of polygamy in the Bible.I'm not well-versed in the Bible, but for example, all the "respected men" who practiced polygamy (many "holy" men had more than one wife)...
And the results were disasterous. Abraham disobeyed God by having a child with Sarah's handmaiden. As a result, the Arab nations and Jewish nation have been striving with each other ever since. God did not approve of surrogate arrangements....sex surrogacy (many men had sex with other women because their wives were "barren" and had children by these women)...
No, she did not "come very close to being stoned."...stoning (Mary, mother of Jesus came very close to being stoned because people thought she was a whore and pregnant outside of marriage)...
There is never an example of God approving of those behaviors. God absolutely commands against adultery and child abuse.... adultery (again the many men who had sex with other women because their wives were barren), and child abuse (all those children that were banished or sent out to live on their own when they were only 10 years old or so, not to mention being sacrificed). ..