Why doesn't everyone support gay marriage?

I think a lot of people are against homosexuality: "Gays act weird", "some gay guys fancy me and eye me up - makes me feel uncomfortable", "being gay is unnatural as they can't reproduce so there'd be no human race left if we were all gay"

They don't like homosexuality and may feel totally anything against that promotes, encourages or even accepts homosexuality.

Also, some people are very small minded and cannot accept or consider anything that is outside of their small sphere of understanding, and possibly feel insecure in that their own (possibly longheld) beliefs and ideals are being challenged. (Take 9/11 - the official story has been proven to be impossible yet, 10 years later, if you challenge a person's belief on this, they will reject/ridicule it rather than do any research that may falsify their own longheld beliefs.)

The question of "should gay people have/raise children?" though is very different!...

1. Sure I help gay marriage when you consider that it offers gay folks the equal rights for his or her relationships that heterosexuals have for theirs. It is equality, nothing extra, nothing less. 2. The only way that a homosexual marriage would affect a straight character is that if they are invited to attend. In any other case it has no influence on them at all. If anyone has a hindrance with identical sex marriage then it's inside their rights not to marry any individual of the same intercourse. Three. Gay marriage must be made legal and equal in each appreciate to heterosexual marriage - as a minimum from a legal viewpoint. As for faith - who cares? No longer me. 4. An incestuous marriage is illegal considering the fact that of the health and intellectual problems associated with that sort of union. Evaluating a wedding between two consenting adults who happen to be of the equal gender with marriage between a human and a non-consenting animal is ridiculous. If humans want a couple of spouses, then why shouldn't they be allowed to have them? So long as every body within the marriage consents to that agreement I can not see a crisis with it. 5. - 6. Homosexual marriage promotes a more equal and fairer society. Obviously that's adequate of a benefit? What does heterosexual marriage supply society? Not much. It most likely doesn't result in extra stability, or extra compassionate loving people.

There are lots of reasons. The religions with the largest number of followers are Christianity , Islam and Judaism. Those religions consider homosexuality a SIN and since it is a SIN they should not , according to them marry. Also , since the primary function of our genital's are to have children and gays can not have children , many consider homosexuality a mental illness. By marrying them the only thing they achieve is supporting a mental disease. Why should my children see society promoting a not normal behaviour ? If it was a normal behaviour HIV would not spread so much on homosexuals. Also the anus is not made for penetration. I remember reading on the site that gay men have 90% more chances of contacting a cancer whose name I can not recall right know. By making gay marriage legal , we promote these behaviours. Also I remember reading that gay men cheat more , contributing to the spread of HIV. Unfortunately , I can not recall all the websites where I read those things and I can not provide many sources.

There are complications; should a gay married couple have equal rights to adopt a child as a straight married couple? I would say no, children need a mother and a father, and two mothers or two fathers are not the same thing. Some people may not like it but the fact is children need both a female AND male parental figure in their lives. It's nature.

Think about this - what kind of person worries about anyone's sexual orientation. That pretty much sums it up for me. Either these fruitcakes have way too much time on their hands or they have their own orientation problems. Heterosexuals have already destroyed the so-called sanctity of marriage between a man and woman, when one considers the divorce rate between them is 2 to every 3 marriages. I thought of wearing a sign that read "I'm a heterosexual but why do you care." Anytime prejudice and bias rear their ugly heads where the morals and life styles of others are concerned, the real motive behind their hate is always easier to discover than you might think.

What consenting adults get up to in private is their business. Gay couples are free to live together and agree the basis of their relationship in front of their friends. If a larger group of people choose to live together in sexual union, no-one's going to stop them.

What we disagree with is them hijacking the word marriage to describe their arrangements. Marriage is the word used to describe the lifelong union between a man and a woman. The word has already been debased by governments using it to describe the alternative temporary arrangement that they can offer. If you suddenly decide that ducks have the right to be called chickens, how do you distinguish what you used to call chickens?

People try to tie it in with their religious beliefs due to the text in the bible that says men should not sleep with men and it says it's abomination. I am a full Christian and I can tell you this is not what the Bible is trying to say. The bible says that many things are abominations it says what is wrong and what is right but that DOES NOT mean just because you do wrong thus you are deemed unworthy. Even though you might be homosexual that does not mean god does not love you he knows that what you have done or doing is wrong but that does not mean he cannot forgive you. People have killed people in the bible and god has forgiven them. I believe that God loves all of his children no matter what ethnicity or sexuality

It is not so much that people abhor the union of homosexuals but the consequences that will come if a law is passed. Would it be okay for a baptist minister to not marry a couple because they were gay or would he be sued for discrimination. I see that as the real issue.

Do i support it 100% no b/c I think of children that may be involved, Every child needs both a male and female role models this may be difficult to find in a same sex home.

I am not an expert, but I believe most homophobia, (and I suspect "I am not homophobic but am against gay marriage" is a sign of homophobia) is rooted in people being either unsure of their sexuality or are suppressed homosexuals.