Gay Marriage

I wish to avoid bashing for beliefs, and I am sure my opponent will agree. For the sake of the argument, I will be using the following terms for the following definitions: Gay - someone who prefers the same sex in a romantic/sexual relationship, be it male or female Gay Marriage is a very controversy issue not just in the United States, but in the entire world. But for this debate I will focus on the United States. The United States was founded on the bases of Freedom of Religion, No Taxation without Representation, Civil Rights, basically to be a free country. This country is supposed to give freedom to people, to choose how they wish to live their lives (as long as it is in the law). Why should Gay Marriage be any different? My opponent has brought up the arguments that we area Christian Nation, and therefore it should be outlawed based on that. The truth of the matter is, while Christianity is the largest religion in the United States, doesn't mean it should affect the law in any way, shape or form. Separation of State and Church should clarify that issue. The fact that it is against Christian Law should have no say in outlawing Gay Marriage. But while we are on the subject of religion, let me quote a scripture: "Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. .. .. " Mathew 7:1-2 God states that only He can judge, not Man. So it is not Man's duty to outlaw Gay Marriage, or to judge those who are gay, for that is only His job, and His alone. Using the Christian Faith as reason to outlaw gay marriage is going against the what the Church Preaches. you are judging man kind, and it is not your job to judge. Forcing Christian Churches to supply for Gay Weddings isn't necessarily an issue. Churches can and have denied certain people, and the same could apply here. There could be, in the law, allowing Christian Churches to deny supplying a Gay Marriage. As for Christian Businesses, well you cannot deny someone business based on their sexuality, race, religion, etc. It is already against the law, as it ought to be. The Rights of Marriage being contractual, not allowing Gays. Well that is the whole issue, isn't it? To change the criteria to get married so gays may be allowed, therefore I believe that particular argument is just stating the issue at hand. Gay Relationships exist, and will exist whether they are outlawed or not. Love is love, whether it with the opposite sex or not. I think we should look at a key issue of Gay Issues. All gay issues stem from Religion, whether it Christianity, Jewish, Muslim, etc. Why is it an issue with the Church? Because God decreed it? God has also decreed that woman are the inferior sex, and that Man should go to war in God's name to convert outsiders. But I believe there is another issue. When Christianity finally became a dominant religion, it was in Constantine the Great's name, current emperor of the Roman Empire ( Byzantine Empire). Christianity had a problem they had to solve, get people to hate the current Gods, and get people to like their God. (The following paragraph is my own beliefs, and I have not learned it from any other historian, and if one has indeed said something similar, I am unaware of it. ) The current Gods, (Roman, Greek, Egyptian, etc. ) all were either Homosexual or Bisexual, almost never one or the other. Zeus was in love with Ganymede, a Prince of Troy. The Gods, in their myths, practices Gay activity. Well in able to convert the people, among many other things, they tried to discredit the Gods in any way possible, including trying to make Gay Activity seem evil, thus making the Gods evil. It was a tactic that proved successful, in my opinion. Gay Rights all stem from religion, whether the one against it is atheist or religious. Gays were accepted in Pre-Christian times as normal (I am not including Pedophilia in that, I do not endorse pedophilia), and it makes no sense that now it should be an issue. Therefore, Gay Marrige should be legalized.