Same-sex marriage is becoming acceptable and more common in many countries. According to Wikipedia, 15 countries and several provinces/states in multiple countries recognize same-sex marriage. The trend is surely to continue.
What are your views on the legalization of same-sex marriage? The religious stance on this issue is quite clear but how do you view it from a legal and ethical point of view? Should they be denied certain tax benefits because of how they choose to live their life? Should states have the right to discriminate against citizens based on their sexual choices?
Ekmung: do you think that the government should not recognize it if it’s not between a man and a woman.
Buttsb: i think there is a different tax rate based on the number of people in the family. There are certain benefits that are available to couples/families. Not being an accountant, I’m not too sure about this.
Philosophy: you are right but everyone’s idea of what marriage means would be different. However, there was a general consensus until recently that marriage is between a man and a woman. Plenty of people are still hesitant to give up on this idea so you get things like the ban on homosexuality in Russia or the recent court decision in India. I’m trying to gauge where the GS population stands on the issue.
Men and women bring completely different yet equally important attributes/qualities to the table…for me, marriage is the union between a man and a woman. I have no issue with same-sex unions until they bring religion into it. I’ve seen it’s becoming a trend to put down religious beliefs against homosexuality…or trying to twist religions (Abrahamic faiths, specifically Islam) to accept homosexuality. It is wrong. Plain and simple. I can understand then wanting the same gvmt benefits as a hetero couple…but i still don’t think ‘marriage’ is the correct term for it. And there’s also a huge thing of…same-sex supporters love to say…freedom of speech and life and all…but that also applies to the other side…it’s not a one-sided thing…u know? People who disagree with homosexuality are always portrayed as Dark Ages, backwards rednecks… =/
Referring to the flamboyant couple. I have no problem with them until they start reminding me they’re gay because of my faith. They have some random epiphanies to mess around with people and play the victim role. Family Says They Did Tip Gay Server, Didn’t Leave Note | NBC New York
They also like to give preference to other same sex couple because they know what they go throw.
The main problem is if something unfortunate happens with them, they turn it into hate crime.
Quite honestly, I do not really know where I stand on this issue. Gay marriages scare me. I am not sure how negatively it will affect our children. They will be growing up in a completely different world than we did with the legalization of gay marriages. Religiously speaking, no absolutely not acceptable for me. Legally speaking, I still kind of believe gay couples should have the same rights as a married couple. Morally speaking, I do not like it but I do not feel it is my place to judge someone for their choice of lifestyle. We grew up knowing gay couples were a huge no no and parents never had to worry about that sort of influence as it wasn’t as common. Now a days, everyone has a gay friend and that is a little scary for me because I feel like the acceptance of gay couples threatens our core religious beliefs. I find it a bit stressful to have to even think about it all the while I feel bad for thinking ill of gay people because I think people deserve to be happy for who they are. I am very confused on the issue. I think when I have children, I will give it more serious thought. At this point, it’s hard to say anything other than what Ethan Hunt said.
It doesn’t really bother me.. I have a couple of friends who are gay, my dad and brother have gay work colleagues and bosses as well.. You come across this stuff in the city fairly often..
I grew up in a small town where we never really came across openly gay people.. Having said that I wasn’t against it then and I’m not really against it now..
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Canada for a decade now. It would be interesting to know how this has affected Canadian Muslims. So Canadian guppies, how has it affected you and your family?
It hasn’t directly affected us or our family. In general I don’t care about the tax break that they’d (same sex couples) get. It looks like the greatest concern is trying to guide the next generation away from this type of thing where it’s becoming more common. Growing up, we’ve seen our share of things people commonly do but we need to avoid, so we’ll get past this one too if we just put in a bit of effort for it. Just make sure the kids understand the story of qaum-e-Lut.
Isn’t worshipping some other deity other than Allah a bigger sin? Are you also concerned that Muslims having non-Muslim friends is going to threaten their “core religious beliefs”?
Good news is that gay-marriage or gay friends won’t turn anyone’s children gay. It might make them aware of all the diversity that the world has to offer. If they turn out to be gay, if won’t be because of the gays’ supposed secret agenda, it would be because they were born that way. Sexuality is a spectrum, not a rigid box and that means that yes, your children/siblings/cousins/friends may turn out to be gay and only thing your homophobia or lack of support for gay rights is going to ensure is they never finding it in themselves to live a freer life.
If you think more queer visibility or giving queers the same basic human rights that you have is going to make your children gay, then let me point this out to you that our societies are still overwhelmingly heteronormative, which still doesn’t make queer people straight.
Your religious beliefs are your own. Koran may or may not say that homosexuality is wrong. But it still does not mean that the larger world has to be framed according to your beliefs. Like I mentioned earlier, worshipping “false gods” is a bigger sin. Are you marching to get worshipping of other gods banned or are you over-looking that thinking of the basic human rights of those who are different from you? Gay marriage is the same. Your religion remains the same, but the ethical question remains unanswered, of whether you are willing to be complacent in denying a minority their rights because they happen to not follow the diktats of your respective religion?
we’ll get past this one too if we just put in a bit of effort for it. Just make sure the kids understand the story of qaum-e-Lut.