In most ancient cultures, marriage was more about securing men's dominion over women than anything else. It was a system designed to "handle the granting of property rights" -- the "property right" men had over their (often many) wives.Imwashingmypirate wrote:WOW a thread I started got a promotion.
Well shades, my reasons are as follows...
I don't think allowing gays to marry has any effect on equality. Simply because Gays have equal state benefits and rights being living together partners as married couples and I know that in the Uk Married couples receive less state benefits than couples living together that aren't married. People here separate simply to get more benefits and rights. This is bad for the whole role of family. Children grow up seeing their parents separated just to get more money and it becomes acceptable and normal. In this world, such views are a bit screwed and twisted. One has to look at the purpose of marriage, where it came from.http://uktv.co.uk/yesterday/item/aid/581541 wrote:Early marriage was borne of ancient societies' need to secure a safe environment in which to breed, handle the granting of property rights, and protect bloodlines. Ancient Hebrew law required a man to become the husband of a deceased brother's widow.
But even in these early times, marriage was much about love and desire as it was social and economic stability. In its roundness, the engagement ring, a custom dating back to the Ancient Rome, is believed to represent eternity and everlasting union. It was once believed a vein or nerve ran directly from the 'ring' finger of the left hand to the heart.
How can it be unnatural? We don't grow gay people in laboratories. Many species in the animal kingdom exhibit homosexuality, but this isn't because they were recruited by the gay movement.To me homosexuality just seems unnatural.
What if it were more dangerous to have heterosexual sex than gay sex? Would you switch over to gay sex without complaint? I wouldn't, because I'm strongly attracted to women, and the thought of having sex with men is not appealing to me at all (I'm a dude). The opposite is true of gay people. This is one of the "points" of gay sex.But I have gay friends and don't have an issue with that. Homosexuals can't procreate. It is dangerous and unhealthy to have anal sex. Thus what is the point? I mean a man can sexually pleasure a woman in the exact same way and more than a woman can sexually pleasure a woman.
This doesn't explain the existence of Kansan, Nebraskan, or Utahan gay people very well. Gay people exist even in societies where it is considered taboo, or in countries where it is punishable by death.I think people are gay because they are allowed to be gay. When at a young age, people can often be confused as to who they are. We try to find our identity. If a person lived in an environment where homosexuality was never considered at all plausible then those people are less likely to become homosexual. I will admit there are very camp men in the world and very butch women and perhaps they are naturally gay, but most of it imho is just a fad.
Would you prefer that homosexuality be taught as abnormal, and that gays should be treated with contempt?Allowing same sex marriage can be damaging to the state. I don't think schools should be allowed to openly teach same sex marriage as a good thing. I think it could be mentioned that some people prefer to be gay and perhaps marry but to teach it like it is normal will result in more people thinking it is acceptable. I am not homophobic; I just think it will have a negative impact on the world. Perhaps it is nature’s way of cutting down the population.
in my opinion, education is corrupt, government is corrupt, and health care is corrupt. People are corrupt. The world we live is purposely destroying civilisation and the planet. The government know what they are doing. The people that make these decisions must know the implications of what they are doing. Perhaps it's just a thinning out process.

Huh? Where in the world do gays have more adoption rights than married couples?What’s worse is gays have more adoption rights than married couples simply because it would be considered unequal to give a married couple the option before a gay couple.
I thought marriage was about love and commitment, and not just heterosexual sex. Guess I was wrong.There are lots of reasons, but personally I have an opinion of marriage that to me would just be a waste of money for same sex people. For them it’s a tag, it's cosmetic. Allowing gay marriage just destroys the whole meaning of marriage and family.
Sorry for any offense I may have caused, what I am saying is not aimed at anyone in particular and it is merely my opinion. I don't intend on proactively trying to change the world and people are free to do as they choose. If I loved in the US or was asked to vote my opinion, I'd either not vote or vote for prop 8. But most likely not vote. I don't have an issue with people being homosexual or marrying, but I wouldn't want any kids I have in the future being subjected to an education that taught that same sex marriage is normal or acceptable.
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