If gay marriage can't be stopped, should we go after divorce & remarriage after divorce?

It's a really simple solution that nobody quite gets yet

The reason that gay marriage will have to become legal in the US is because marriage licenses are for all intents and purposes unconditional licenses

For the State to then arbitrarily set sexual orientation as a condition for getting an unconditional license is a violation of a gay couple's civil rights under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

Were I against gay marriage[which I'm not] I would set so many conditions on heterosexual marriage so as to make it damned near impossible for unqualified people to do it

I would require that

Both people be 25 years old

That have an associates degree in" family values"

That they can show proof that they have lived on their own for at least three years

That they be gainfully fully employed

That they are psychologically fit for marriage

That they not have substance abuse issues

The list goes on

Above and beyond what all the homophobes proclaim ,the real reason that so many marriages in America fail is because unrealistic expectations lead to bad mate selection and not because the gay couple down the block are a threat to the marriages of all of the other happily married couples on the block

The government should not encourage old people to divorce by making it barely possiible to live on a married couples social security. They divorce in order to get the higher single persons amount so they can pay the bills. That is sad.

Some states have a law that you must wait 6 months before marrying. I think it is 6 months. Maybe 3.

They should give tax incentives to stay married. Maybe a higher allowance for longivity.

I could come up with some more things but my sleeping pill is kicking in. Sorry.

Until the church learns how to pray nothing will change.

Edit: "Additional Details" You said, "...nobody knows what else we should be doing to protect family values?"

Apparently you prefer a political agenda in the name of religion since you do not consider BIBLICAL PRAYER as taught by Jesus (and I don't mean what the "fundies" consider prayer), something to be considered.

I guess you "don't have the reading comprehension of an eight-year-old" (by the way, in elementary English hyphens are to be used as compound modifiers Mr. Einstein smart mouth), and apparently you're just another "hard-headed" pretend Christian who thinks God is impressed with your political agenda. Perhaps you should study the Bible exegetically rather than blurting out fragmented verses from your eisegetical agenda (I am referring to your misuse of scripture in another answer you gave).

Neither gay marriage or divorce and remarriage can damage the agency of marriage. some fighters & proponents on both side of the gay marriage question spout regardless of they experience will take advantage factors. finally similar sex marriage will be an everyday practice in basic terms as slavery in u.s. grew to grow to be an unaccepted practice and destiny generations interpreting the heritage of the conflict will ask your self what all the huff buff grow to be about.

Gay/Lesbian individuals are people who deserve equal treatment under the law -- HOWEVER, keep in mind that they have absolutely NO bearing on my choices and how I choose to do things in my home.

We (as heterosexual people) will keep on living and raising our kids in the way that we have been doing.

Why do you feel the need to "protect" family values, when there is no real threat? Gay/lesbian people aren't going to break down your front door and demand that you and your family accept their lifestyle. Gay/lesbian people just want the right to a life free of persecution and judgmental attitudes, and they want to be able to exercise their rights as human beings relative to the upbringing of their child/children.

The way you describe it, you insinuate that homosexual people are here to challenge us, and I don't feel like that is an accurate representation of their position. I imagine that they are tired of having to defend their life choices, as anyone would be, when constantly challenged by those that claim to seek the "preservation" of traditional values.

To conclude, serve the Lord in your own home as you see fit, and leave the governing of other peoples' lives to them and to their God, nothing more and certainly, nothing less.

As I see it gay marriage is only a way for those people to try to make society except it as a normal relationship. The best way to protect family values is to vote for people in government who have a true belief in God and the bible. Its sad to see Christians not voting for a christian because he is from the wrong church. One thing all Christians have in common is the new testament of the bible and the shared ideals that are with in those sacred scriptures, even if there are a few passages interpreted differently they still have very simliar views on the whole.

I'm a Christian and while I don't agree with gay marriages, banning it won't stop gay people from getting together. So I ask, why try to force your views on other people?

If they did that marriage would be such a joke that people would just stop getting married. Not being allwowed to get divorced that is the stupidest thing i've ever heard.

The next battleground for the Christians will be gay adoptions.

I think the next thing people will try to redefine is parenthood. I want to be Bill Gate's adoptive son. Since "son" is just a word, I can redefine it, right?