Should marriage only be between a man and a woman?

I can't see how gay people would be allowed to get married under the Catholic faith. But should gay people be allowed to marry in a church? Or should they only be allowed a civil union? Or neither? Your thoughts....Should marriage only be between a man and a woman?
We aren't looking for religious marriage - we are looking for civil marriage. We aren't trying to make churches recognize our unions - we want the federal government to recognize them.





There are over one thousand federal rights and benefits afforded to married couples, but civil unions don't get any of those. If my lover of 8 years was in a coma and he had instructed me (prior to the coma) to have him taken off of life support after two weeks if there was no sign of response, his parents or a sibling could totally override that request because, legally, I'm not related to him.





Homosexual partners cannot add each other to health insurance plans, cannot enforce inheritance should one partner die (again, the family could override that, leaving the surviving partner with nothing) and a whole host of other things.Should marriage only be between a man and a woman?
If the church is against the marriage, then no, I would not force the church to perform the marriage or recognize the marriage. However, they SHOULD have equal access to the rights that come with legal marriage on a legal level.





Does the church make laws against every other type of marriage it disagrees with?


Isnt there more than one religion in this country? Shouldnt the people in religions who do support same sex marriage have the right for their religiously sanctioned marriage to be recognized legally?





If marriage is something that is too religious to offer it to all couples, then it has no business in the legal system.
Marriage =/= in a church. Marriage is a contract with the state, it's a legal standing. Sometimes it's performed in a church by a church official. Sometimes it's performed elsewhere by a justice of the peace.





Marriage isn't strictly a religious ceremony in the United States so any religious argument against it is null and void.





Civil Unions are progress, but they're not the same; they don't include all of the same rights, and that's really not okay.
In a free society with a secular government (as in the USA) a marriage is nothing more than a social contract between consenting adults. As such, this contract must be allowable between any such adults. For the State to disallow this contractual relationship based on protected categories of gender, is nothing more than discrimination.


The religious concept of marriage and the State view must be separate, and have been since the beginning. Some religions allow forced marriages, or polygamy. The State does not. From a government perspective, ALL marriages are civil unions. We simply call it ';Marriage'; for cultural reasons.


So, keep 'marriage' in the churches, and let those churches do as they wish. Only government licensed Civil Unions are recognized by the State, and those must be allowed to all.
The do not, just paper marriage, not reunited by soul only a meer sheet of paper and gay love








Think for your children if you can鈥檛 think for yourself


Think your children being made fun of in school - its worse than worse racism comments, If you are 2 moms, your child will get made fun of, friends will tell him, of he made fantasies with his 2 moms





People will say ';eeew'; you won鈥檛 know what it鈥檚 like for your child when they have 2 gay parents, if they have a weak mind they might suicide, if they have a stronger mind, they might not suicide but rather resort to violence to the other kids





Some kids may even sneak to his house, take pictures of his 2 moms or dads, and paste his picture in the middle so it looks like 3 gay guys





or 2 moms and make fun of him
Legally, marriage should be between two adults, reguardless of their gender. Just making it between a man and a woman is unfair and treats gays like second class citizens. Either everyone can get married, or no one can, and it should be taken out of the laws altogether.





As far as the churches, it should be up to each individual church to decide whether or not to hold gay weddings. I'm gay and I wouldn't want to go to an anti-gay church anyway.





Column Notes - You obviously do care if you take the time to comment on getting thumbs down.
Phil L :- If that's all you are asking for, I think it would be easier to get people to agree to all those ';rights'; for anyone wanting a civil union. I think the problem that people have is not whether you want your partner to decide about ';pulling the plug'; on you but rather about the meaning and purpose behind marriage.
There should be a law that says if your religion doesn't support gay marriage then you are not required to perform it in your church (like we do in California), but us Gays should be able to call our relationship marriage legally and get all the benefits of it that straight people do.
in church: whatever the church decides. i would hope the catholic faith eventually will marry gays and hopefully me.





civil union: why? why should we accept less? that dosent make sense.. marriage has more benefits that civil unions dont.
Gay people should be given the same rights as any one else as they are citizens, they contribute to the economy, and some serve or have served in the armed forces. If they want to marry let them marry.
My opinion currently? Im sick of the word marriage. How about we kill the word marriage. We should make a totally different word, change the rules to it and have it so that any two human beings are able to get married.
Yes, that's the way the world works. It's not only about religion, even my really young sister could tell you why a man and a woman are supposed to be together.
Marriage should be between a man and a woman only. Sorry I don't mean to offend anyone but that's my belief and if you don't like it too bad. I don't care what you think.
Marriage isn't about faith. Marriage is about two people who love each other.
Well, we don麓t need a catholic ceremony to get married.


There are many other ways to do that.
I think that they should get married anywhere they like but im just one person. It should be between 2 people who truly love eachother.
You're asking this question under the wrong category..


People on here are mostly going to be pro gay marriage.





But yeah, I think we should be able to marry who we want, where we want.
If it was such an abomination to be held in a church, such blasphemy would cause God to strike them down dead.





Yet it hasn't happened.
Marriage is between a man and woman only whether it is in the church or in front of a judge.
marriage should only be between a man and a woman
in church no, civil union yes,
Are you seriously asking this in this section?
Why do people keep asking this **** in this section.





Get a grip, you know how we feel.
No.