Gay Marriage

1. Cherry picking morals from the bible. From a moral perspective you are suggesting that being gay in the first place is wrong which goes beyond the point of gay marriage and becomes pure bigotry. I would first like to make it clear that you stated that you get your morals on this issue from the bible and you have every right to do so, however just because your moral view of what is right conflicts with someone's view doesn't mean that your view is right and their view is wrong because your opinion was formed from your faith. For example in Leviticus ,the book in the bible that people cite to say that being gay is a sin, it also says that eating shellfish is a sin, eating pork is a sin, eating meat on the Sabbath is a sin, and wearing cloths with mixed materials (polyester) is a sin and that you will go to hell for breaking these moral laws. Clearly modern day Christians don't follow many of these laws that are outlined in this book of the bible so why can you cherry pick the verse about having sex with another man and say that it still applies to modern culture when you seem to ignore the laws outlined in Leviticus that actually affect your life such as what clothes you can wear and what food you can eat. 2. How does this affect you though?This affects me in two ways, politically and morally. Politically I used to say that I was a republican but I disagree with republicans on most social issues as do most young people in America. I no longer consider myself a republican because the republican party is trying to play to their voter base by taking insane stances on moral issues. They should know not many young people will agree with their stance on these social issues but they are so afraid that they will lose their older voter base that they wont take the right stance on issues like this. From a moral perspective I see it as a form of oppression and I want to stand up for people who are being mistreated obviously you think of gay people as less valuable than straights but this isn't the case every human being has the same value they are human beings and every human being deserves the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. If you love someone you have the right to get married to them so that you can seal the bond that you have with that person and also so that you can have the same legal rights as other married couples when it comes to things like taxes and hospital visitation rights. Whether you think gay marriage is a sin or not you should at least come to the conclusion that as human beings gay people deserve the same rights as we do. 3. It really doesn't matter what the bible says about marriage because marriage existed long before the bible.Marriage is not a Christian concept and existed long before Christianity came about. The idea that the biblical definition of marriage is the absolute correct definition of marriage is a flawed view that only exist because of religions way of incorporating cultural laws of the time which leads to a non progressive attitude towards morals. I would also like to point out that many Christians especially Catholics mainly due to the new pope are mostly fine with gay marriage. It is totally possible to be supportive of gay marriage and still believe in your faith.4. "And yes I do understand getting married means you have some exclusive rights, etc. But I do not thing homosexuals should have the right to those."The reason why I said that what you are saying sounds like bigotry stems from this comment. You openly admit that getting married gives you exclusive rights but you don't think gay people should be allowed to have those rights. In other words you are openly saying that gay people should have less rights than straight people and that is just wrong on so many levels. Jesus stood for the oppressed and those people who had been beaten down by the powerful so why would you argue that Christianity would support unequal rights regardless of whether you think being gay is a sin or not. It is honestly fairly rare to see a Christian opposed to equal rights considering that Christianity is supposed to be all about giving equal rights to those who are oppressed. 5. You say that the new definition of marriage offends youthe new definition of marriage: a contract between two people who love each other. I see nothing wrong with the "new definition of marriage". It doesn't matter if it offends you because peoples rights trump people feelings. If I were to say I am offended that black people can vote then I would be rightly labeled as a bigot. The same applies to you when you say that you are offended by gay marriage.6. No one is shoving their beliefs down anyone's throat except for people like you. Gay people getting married has no effect on you at all and wont impact you personally in any way. However you trying to use your personal beliefs to prevent people who are gay from getting married affects all gay couples because it prevents them from having rights that they deserve as citizens in America who are willing to get married.