I believe gays have the right to a civil marriage. The government no matter what the beliefs of those in power can not deny them that right. A civil marriage because I respect a person’s right to practice their religious beliefs, and if a particular religion does not accept anything other than a straight marriage, you can not force them to change their beliefs. However an individuals religion does not allow them to discriminate or persecute others based on their sexual orientation. Homosexuals who want to be married under civil law should be allowed to but if they want a religious marriage they must find a church which accepts their right to marriage. I do not accept the view that it is against God’s will for gays to marry. Yes God created Adam and Eve, a male and a female, not two members of the same sex. But its only logically that having created only two individuals he would want them to reproduce and bring forth millions of future offspring. That is why he created a man and a women not two members of the same sex. Any species with only two members is an endangered species if its members chose not to reproduce. As the worlds population approaches 7 billion we are under no threat of extinction. God created a male and a female but he also created love. Love is something you can’t control. You can’t decide who to fall in love with and who not to. That is something we all know from experience. God created love. If he wanted it to be solely between a man and a women he wouldn’t have created love between members of the same sex. But he did. So God must want them to live together in matrimony. If God wanted everyone to be straight he wouldn’t have made people sexually attracted to members of the same sex. Another argument I have heard is that gay couple can not raise normal healthy children with good morals and values. And to that I look around and say there are a lot of straight couples who can not raise normal healthy children with good morals and values. Just because a few people are bad parents does not mean we should generalize on an entire group of people. Parenting is hard and not everyone is going to be good at it, especially if there are fewer places to get good gay parenting advice. When given the opportunity and resources anyone can become a great parent. I look around me and I see an overpopulated world with millions of orphaned children with little too eat and no future. Are you going to deny them the opportunity to have a loving and caring home where they can eat and get an education just because the adoptive parents are gay? If your beliefs make you homophobic then don’t be gay but do deny other people to happily live their life and better the lives of other people.
