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It really shouldn’t matter who someone wants to marry as long as it’s not illegal

Saying people in the LGBTQIA+ community shouldn’t be allowed to get married is mostly based on religious beliefs, and those beliefs shouldn’t decide political laws. It’s honestly crazy that banning gay marriage is even being talked about or seriously considered.

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 @BBXZVGS  from Massachusetts  disagreed…4mos4MO

We are a Nation of God. Our right are endowed by our creator. Our rights, as it says in the declaration of independence, are endowed by our creator. "In god we trust" So we should not be forsake our bond with him via Goverment mandated sin (Liviticus 20:13 thou shall not lay with another man as with another woman)

 @BC73PBQ from Michigan  commented…3mos3MO

Engaged Gay Marriage

The bible also says that babies should be beaten against rocks and that fathers should sell their daughters as sex slaves. If you wear more than one type of fabric, you are committing a sin. Why is it okay for you to sin but not okay for people to love who they want? And by the way, something called the separation of church and state exists!

  @ChristianGuidedConstitution from Florida  disagreed…3mos3MO

"The Bible also says that babies should beaten against rocks"

You took that verse WAY too literally. This verse (If you interpret it correctly) is saying that those who discipline their children are blessed. They would be blessed because the Bible commands parents to love BUT also discipline their children.

"Fathers should sell their daughters as sex slaves"

I'm to going to waste time on that one. Just read all of Exodus 21.

"If your wear more than one type of fabric, you are committing a sin"

God commanded that only as an OT law. It was to show that He set the Israelites apart from the rest of the pagan cultures.

 @BCK2G7PForward  from Ohio  disagreed…3mos3MO

Not quite buddy, we are a nation of separation between church and state, you can dilly-dally in whatever beliefs you want, but an entire country of infinitely different beliefs ain't gonna dilly in the same way you dally yk.

  @ChristianGuidedConstitution  from Florida  corrected…1mo1MO

“we are a nation of separation between church and state,”

I've seen this argument a lot. This was actually in a letter from Thomas Jefferson to a group of Baptists (I forget what they were officially called). This is cited nowhere in the Constitution nor is it the Federalist Papers which laid the foundation for the Constitution. Also, what Thomas Jefferson and the Founding Fathers meant when they wrote the First Amendement and the letter the Baptists was that, unlike their European counterparts, tjeir would be no state religion.

 @BBY4B67 from Illinois  disagreed…4mos4MO

Marriage should be between a man and a woman primarily for the purpose of raising children. If people want to live together otherwise, let them use civil unions. And I am opposed to LGBTetc, from having, or adopting children. We don't need to propagate their nonsense.

 @BC44CJ4 from Tennessee  disagreed…3mos3MO

Everyone follows a religion; everyone is devoted to something, whether it be to a god, to the government, to themselves, etc. Therefore, you'd be hard pressed to find any laws that aren't at least somewhat influenced by religious beliefs. The question is not which laws are influenced by religious beliefs; rather, the question is which laws are objectively and morally wrong. Lots of things feel right, but that doesn't make them so. Marriage is a sacred and holy union of one man and one woman before God, and the government has no right to change definitions or pass laws that interfere with that.

 @TBGP8COSSSocialist  from Virginia  disagreed…1mo1MO

While it may be true that most laws are somehow influenced by religious beliefs, they aren't generally connected to one specific religion. Since not everyone believes in God, you can't use that as evidence that their marriage is "wrong," and since there is separation of church and state the government should also not be able to use this evidence.

 @BBXPFMDConstitution from Kansas  disagreed…4mos4MO

I don't have an issue with other people getting into such a marriage, as long as they don't annoy me about it. Transgenderism, however, goes against both God and science, and I personally think such acts of self-depreciation are terrible things to do to someone. However, like gay marriage, I don't care if other people do it, as long as I'm not constantly annoyed about my position.

 @BC3RGFJSocialist  from Georgia  agreed…3mos3MO

I completely agree, marry who you want as long as you are both consenting adults no one else should be able to interfere with that. The only reason this is talked about is because marriage holds a lot of power in The United States and people want to rob the people they don't like of that power. They did the same stuff with cross race marriage.

 @BC2NYG3 from California  agreed…3mos3MO

I agree with this comment. There should be no excuse to involve religious beliefs into laws. This is a basic human right, it shouldn't be a crime to marry someone who you love as long as it isn't illegal.

 @BC27C8YPeace and Freedomfrom Maine  agreed…3mos3MO

I totally agree. Religion is now brought into everything even politics but the only place religion should be is at church. Gay marriage should be legalized EVERYWHERE , its a human right.

 @BBYT2XS from Texas  agreed…4mos4MO

Absolutley. You usually see it in Christianity, people should learn that if it does not affect them, they shouldn't care about it. if it does not hurt you, meaning make you bleed, causes a serious health decline, you should not care.

 @BBY8H29 from California  agreed…4mos4MO

Yes, I agree with this statement. People use the Bible as evidence against gay marriage, but at the end of the day, religious scriptures are not the rules of the world or your own feelings if you don't want it to be.

 @BBY27K8Democrat from California  agreed…4mos4MO

I agree with this statement due to its relevancy and accuracy. If people do not support same sex marriage due to religious beliefs then that is a personal choice, just how it is a personal choice and right by the first amendment to believe in same sex marriage. Banning same sex marriage would be an act of blatant discrimination and homophobia, and nothing more.

 @BC5TGC8 from Virginia  agreed…3mos3MO

This is completly correct. America Is made out of many religions, creating a law based off of religious beliefs should never be allowed.

 @BC538W3 from Ohio  agreed…3mos3MO

I agree, it is pretty insane that people want to take away other people's rights for religious reasons. It's none of their business. Religion should be kept out of laws. If a marriage is between consenting adults (over 21), then it's fine. I don't care if it's more than two people getting married because, I reiterate: it's not my business. The homophobia in this country is running rampant, and frankly, it's idiotic.

 @BC5NG3H from North Carolina  disagreed…3mos3MO

Yes, banning gay marriage is mostly based on religious beliefs, but I do believe same sex marriage should be illegal because political laws were based on religious rules, meaning they go hand in hand.

 @BBXZDPK from Indiana  agreed…4mos4MO

I completely agree, there is no reason people of other races, cultures, and genders should not be allowed to be wed.

 @BBXYR3V from Illinois  agreed…4mos4MO

There is a separation between the church and the state. Religion should never dictate laws in any capacity. Marry whatever gender you want.

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