What are your thoughts on gay marriage?

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Gay marriage is a right, if people who live out there want it, they should have it.

As long as you're not bothering me or trying to force/coerce me into your lifestyle, I say do what you want.

I think gay marriage should be legalized. Let's forget about the meaning of the word. Marriage. Stastically, I think the population would negate whether or not such an institution should be considered "Sacred/ Holy". Imagine how life will be lived in the next half of the century. Mathematitions expect the world population to hit about 10 Billion in the year 2050'ish. Now keep in mind that our world is supposed to only support roughly 2 billion max. Notice from the current world situation that population increase is not what the world needs. I say that gay marriage would be doing the world a favor... Curb the boom!! !

In prison.

From the many versions I have heard or read... The one I think/feel explains the Deuteronomio ( can't remember the name in English) said that it was forbidden for a man to lay with a man as if a woman, was because the jews were an extremely small group and they needed to defend themselves, needed to have people to fight, muscle to grow. In other words, they needed to procreate as much as possible; and homosexuality was then considered an attack against the needs of the people (government) and became a sin against God's directions.

Now, when I considered becoming a priest and dedicate myself to investigate and translate holy scripts, I heard many things that would make "christians" to clench their teeths. The people outside of the church is more "Pope-ist" than the Pope.

And even if there is a valid point to use the bible, do not misquote it, do not dare to edit or choose what to mention of what is God inspired, since that is a sin, trying to proclame that you are better than God and you will make a decision on where God or his/her/its prophets went wrong or needs to be INTERPRETED (Do you really believe you are better in talking to the human's hearts than the God you claim to adore?)

Include that to make a loan with gain, getting drunk, touch someone else when committed, swearing the name of God in vain, lying (even social little white lies), intollerance, envy, insulting, etc...etc...etc... are crimes against God and Humanity. What about wearing cotton and wool? I don't remember if it is in there or in another book.

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I am homosexual; I would like to be able to marry whoever I would like to.
I don't want to impose my "way of being" or my "perversion" unto anyone.
Homosexuality happens frequently and it is not unnatural.
Allowing the gay marriage won't destroy society as we know it nor will bring the Final Judgment Day faster.
It has a long tradition in many places, even US Native Americans.
Is not imported from somewhere since it happens everywhere.

The only thing I would like is to allow ME to decide who I want to benefit from my work, life and death. I don't want the government to tell me that because I have been "naughty" I cannot ensure my partner's future and that my property may end up being government's property because I don't have someone related to me that could get it. Just because there was no signed contract.

I think the quote you're looking for is Leviticus 18:22, "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination." Leviticus 20:13 is very similar, "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them."

But Leviticus is the same book that says that eating shellfish or getting haircuts is an abomination, but endorses other practices, like polygamy. There are over 600 rules like that in the Old Testament, but we never hear of Christians campaigning for punishments for those who pick up sticks on the sabbath, even though that is likewise forbidden. Nor do we hear calls for laws compelling universal circumcision, or for allowing polygamy as a religious right. From most Christian perspectives, those laws were made obsolete by the teachings of the New Testament. John 8:4-7 is an example of that:

"And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, they say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned (Lev. 20.10, Deut. 22.22-24), but what sayest thou?
...when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."

I would have thought that clear enough for anyone to understand, but people are always surprising me.

I give you props Jorje! You've displayed quite the brilliant argument..

I have no qualms about gay marriage, in fact, I'm all for it...