The debate over homosexual marriage is a hot item right now, so I thought for my first political entry that I would throw my two cents worth of opinion into the ring. Ok, maybe a nickels worth.
I am against homosexual marriage, civil partnerships, and anything that resembles marriage between two people of the same sex. To me, marriage will ALWAYS be a union between a man and a women, and they will live together as one entity til death. Anything other than that is in my mind an extreme perversion of such a beautiful gift given by God.
Having said that, I do believe that homosexuals have a valid argument for marriage. To understand why I believe that, I must open up another issue that I feel strong about; Divorce and re-marriage.
I think that divorce has it's place in our society. If a spouse is being physically and/or emotionally abused and the abuser refuses to stop, I believe that a divorce should take place, especially if there are children involved. If a spouse is unfaithfuly, and refuses to stop, then I would say that a divorce would be appropriate, but in all cases I believe it should be the ABSOLUTE LAST RESORT. Married couples need to remember that line in there vows, "'until God by death shall separate us" (or similar terminology).
I do not believe that a divorced person should get re-married as long as her ex is still alive. The Bible is clear on this issue, and any one who does get re-married while their ex is alive is commiting adultery. Too many churches have blurred this issue for the sake of building their church membership. But this is another issue. Back to homosexual marriage.
People against homosexual marriage have roughly three main points to why homosexual marriage should not be legalized: 1) That it is immoral. 2)That marriage is a sacred institution. 3)That biological children concieved naturally are not possible in a homosexual marriage. .
I agree on all points, but the issue I think that homosexuals have a good argument against is number two; that marriage is a sacred institution.
