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Originally posted by DZHBrown
As for people basing their feelings on religion, they have the right to do that. People are entitled to feel the way they do even if their reasoning doesn't hold up in other people's eyes. Just because another person thinks their reasons are stupid, it's not going to change how they feel.
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Nobody's saying that people can't feel that gay marriage is against their religion. Nobody's saying that individual churches can't refuse to marry gays and lesbians if they don't want to. What they're saying is that religious justification is not enough reason to keep a law in place in America. Until someone can come up with a legal, nonreligious reason that gay marriages shouldn't take place, it's verging on unconstitutional for them to be illegal. Because there are plenty of people who are not Christians in this country, and to make them live under Christian law was not what this country was founded to do.
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Originally posted by Honeykiss1974
Asking me to go against what God specifically says ain't happening.
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But that's where I think a lot of this debate stems from. There are so many Christians that think legalizing gay marriage means that they are somehow putting their stamp of approval on it. Nobody is asking YOU to go against the word of God! They're asking you to allow other people to live their own lives and make their own decisions. Considering that they're not hurting anyone, I don't see why they shouldn't be allowed to do it.
Why should we make everyone in this country adhere to Christian rules and regulations when many, many of us are not Christians?