Should same sex marriage be legal?

[Spiderman]

please vote...do you think same-sex marriage should be legal?...if you are a Christian, Jew, or Muslim, please explain why according to your faith it should be legal.

I don't know how it can be justified from a Christian, Jewish, or Muslim perspective so please help me out. Gratias!

 

[Quetzal]

.do you think same-sex marriage should be legal?

Yes. I do not believe I need a deity to be a part of my life to do the right thing.

 

[Kirran]

I'm a Hindu but just like, so much yes.

Even if (and I think this is also messed up) you think that same-sex marriage goes against your personal religious convictions, you can still support it. Here's an interesting article by Mehdi Hasan - As a Muslim, I struggle with the idea of homosexuality – but I oppose homophobia

Earlier today I crunched the numbers, and found that 1,108,222,806 people live in countries where same-sex marriage is established in law. Note this includes Finland, in which the law does not come into effect until later this year, and all of Mexico, when actually while same-sex marriage is recognised nationwide it can only be routinely performed in certain states, and the federal district.

On the map below, the dark blue areas are where it's performed, the yellowy-brown areas are the ones where there have been at least 5 court orders for the state to institute it (basically couples have sued the state and been married by the courts, and the courts have ordered the state to legalise it) and the sandy ones have had 1-4 court orders.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Same-sex_marriage_in_Mexico.svg

My bet is on Taiwan being next - it's projected to be made law in March or April, although we're not 100% when it'll come into effect following that.

 

[Spiderman]

I'm a Hindu but just like, so much yes.

Even if (and I think this is also messed up) you think that same-sex marriage goes against your personal religious convictions, you can still support it. Here's an interesting article by Mehdi Hasan - As a Muslim, I struggle with the idea of homosexuality – but I oppose homophobia

Earlier today I crunched the numbers, and found that 1,108,222,806 people live in countries where same-sex marriage is established in law. Note this includes Finland, in which the law does not come into effect until later this year, and all of Mexico, when actually while same-sex marriage is recognised nationwide it can only be routinely performed in certain states, and the federal district.

On the map below, the dark blue areas are where it's performed, the yellowy-brown areas are the ones where there have been at least 5 court orders for the state to institute it (basically couples have sued the state and been married by the courts, and the courts have ordered the state to legalise it) and the sandy ones have had 1-4 court orders.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Same-sex_marriage_in_Mexico.svg

My bet is on Taiwan being next - it's projected to be made law in March or April, although we're not 100% when it'll come into effect following that.

 

[Luciferi Baphomet]

It is already legal with the Supreme Court.

 

[Kirran]

It is already legal with the Supreme Court.

In Colombia, yeah. Or which country did you mean?

 

[Spiderman]

It is already legal with the Supreme Court.

I'm asking if it should be legal according to people's opinions...better yet, if they could give me an explanation how gay-marriage can be reconciled with Christianity, Judaism, or Islam.

 

[Kirran]

Fifteen theological arguments for gay marriage

 

[sovietchild]

To allow men to marry with another men is a state of disorder. A state of anarchism, lawlessness, violation, horror, confusion and a state of sickness.

What is wrong with those people who allow same sex marriages?

 

[Akivah]

No, it shouldn't.

 

[Kirran]

To allow men to marry with another men is a state of disorder. A state of anarchism, lawlessness, violation, horror, confusion and a state of sickness.

What is wrong with those people who allow same sex marriages?

Citations for any of that?

In particular, I'm curious as to how you equate it with anarchism, which is a political philosophy based on the devolution of power from a centralised state to local assemblages of individuals.

 

[columbus]

To allow men to marry with another men is a state of disorder.

What is wrong with people who believe this?
What disorder is caused by my marriage?
Tom

 

[ADigitalArtist]

Yes. I'm a firm believer in secular governance so restricting marriage should not be carried out by one or any religion as use for a government contract. They can limit who gets married in their churches, but not in a courtroom, which needs reasons which aren't innately religious.

 

[Luciferi Baphomet]

In Colombia, yeah. Or which country did you mean?

United States.

 

[sun rise]

I voted yes. What consenting adults do should not be a law enforcement (legality) issue. Marriage to me is thus a legal contract between consenting adults. Religious figures holding different beliefs should not be forced to perform a ceremony they don't agree with.

 

[Luciferi Baphomet]

I'm asking if it should be legal according to people's opinions...better yet, if they could give me an explanation how gay-marriage can be reconciled with Christianity, Judaism, or Islam.

In my opinion if 2 of the same sex love each other then they should be able to be together.
Once I did have a crush on this girl I used to date.
She has 2 gf's, me and the other. The other gf she had told her to brake up with me. I was damn pissed off. This happened around 2010.
She and I dated twice.

 

[Kirran]

United States.

Ah! That was my third guess, after Mexico

 

[Spiderman]

In my opinion if 2 of the same sex love each other then they should be able to be together.
Once I did have a crush on this girl I used to date.
She has 2 gf's, me and the other. The other gf she had told her to brake up with me. I was damn pissed off. This happened around 2010.
She and I dated twice.

Do you have sexual relations with Lucifer?

 

[Luciferi Baphomet]

Do you have sexual relations with Lucifer?

Like how?

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

I don't know how it can be justified from a Christian, Jewish, or Muslim perspective so please help me out. Gratias!

From a religious perspective, it isn't just a question of whether an individual believer thinks it's acceptable for themselves to enter a same-sex marriage; it's also a question of justifying the imposition of their personal religious rules on other people, including other members of their religion who feel differently and people who aren't even members of their religion.