Deciding My Stand on Gay Marriage

Homosexual marriage is a very big controversy today, especially in the United States. The media has made homosexual behavior seem as common as a stop sign on a street corner. This however, is not true. Sure, homosexuals are portrayed in tons of movies and television shows, but are there really that many out there? Well however many there are, they are still, without a doubt, a minority. Should this minority have the right to marriage? I personally do not think so because of my religious beliefs and because of what marriage truly is. President George W. Bush agrees with this, but to a more drastic point. He wants to add an amendment to the constitution not allowing homosexuals to marry. This may sound extreme and to many a form of discrimination to a certain group. This may seem true, but if this is the only way, and looking at this issue it is, then it has to be done.

God always intended marriage to be between a man and a woman, using the example He set in Adam and Eve. This man and woman are to come together and have a life together and potentially reproduce. Homosexuals are not a “man and woman” couple and they are also not able to reproduce. This shows that two people of the same gender who are married would never be what God intended a married couple to be.

On the other hand, what about the issue that started all of this? I am speaking of the hospital issue. In a homosexual couple, one of the partners would become ill and even lying on her death bed in the hospital and because of hospital rules the partner would not be able to see or visit with her sick loved one. This helped start and lead into the entire controversy that is homosexuals being legally married and having the same marriage rights as other couples; this includes seeing each other in hospitals. To me though, this does not call for a new stand on marriage, but for new hospital rules. Someone should try to change the procedures of hospitals and maybe allowing all immediate family along with anyone the sick person requests. This would have helped solve this part of the issue anyway, instead of having a new amendment to the constitution as a result of such a controversy that was stirred up.

As I mentioned homosexuals do not follow God, but of course I am not trying to point at just this one group, it was just a random topic for this journal entry. Other people such as prostitutes, alcoholics, drug addicts, smokers, and compulsive liars, and more are also not following what the God of the Bible intended. All these people, including homosexuals, if not even trying to follow God’s Word do not need to be involved in his great institution unless they decide to. This great institution I speak of is marriage. Marriage is the most religious tradition I can name and therefore should be participated in those who believe. Those who believe are not perfect or without sin, but at least believe that all the above sins, and more, are wrong, and strive not to do them as much as possible. In conclusion, homosexuals do not need to be married to be together and there is not purpose in being involved in a religious ceremony when you do not have the beliefs it represents. What is needed is for more laws to be made about roommates, homosexual and not, to have a better understanding of each other and what is to happen if one was to be hurt, died, etc. Along with this is the need for different hospital rules and anything else restricting the homosexual couples. I do not agree with homosexuality, but no one can force them to do other wise; these people must come about that by themselves, with the talks of friends, and with God, so marriage is not needed and Bush’s proposed amendment would make no difference if all I suggested was followed.