Should Muslims Support The Right To Gay Marriage In A Country Like USA?
Thanks for your response. I don’t fully understand it, and maybe a hypothetical will help me explain my confusion. Suppose there was a religion(or interpretation of religion) that allowed homosexual relationships, would we support those couples in that case? By support, I strictly mean an attitude of non-discrimination in terms of court recognition of the relationship, rather than moral support. Meaning that the government would allow them to register as couples and give the same state benefits it gives to other couples. If we would support it in that case, I don’t think the present case is that far from the hypothetical since a large number of people are either atheists or have an ultra-liberal understanding of their religious tradition, so it should fall under freedom of religion. If we wouldn’t support that, then it’s strange to me that we don’t discriminate when giving money for building Mandir where they practice Shirk, but we discriminate when they might practice Fawahish. One could easily say that what we are supporting is the right to live your life according to your own beliefs without discrimination from the state in how it supports that lifestyle. Which lifestyle people choose to practice is up to them. So if the state doesn’t give any married couples financial support, then obviously there’s no problem. But if the state does recognize and financially support heterosexual couples and allows them to register, then why should it discriminate against homosexual couples.
What if the majority of people in a comminity believe in atheism, or agnosticism?.
The state will legislate on homosexuality and can devise any punishment with mutual consultation, except for the capital punishment as it is only against murder or corruption in land ( fasad Fi Al Ard).