A question about the opponents of gay marriage

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

I must oppose it, no matter whether I want to or not, or I am going directly against the word of god, which I am always striving to avoid.

If you see married same sex couples, some who have been together for years, decades even and they are caring for each other, supporting each other, nursing each other through illness and death, do you see in that 'sinful acts'?

When my husband was in hospital and I held his hand as he went under general anaesthetic and he came out of it, do you think that was a sinful act? When I changed his bandages and washed his scars was that a sinful act? I did these things because I love him more than I've ever known how to love. Was it the result of 'sinful' lust?

Gay Marriage is a sinful act. Now, caring for someone else is fine, and spousal hospital visitation rights are something  I'd be willing to allow under a civil union.

Homosexuals should be able to resist the urge to enter a full fledged marriage. I don't consider being/acting homosexual, or entering into a civil union that has clear differences from a marriage,  a sin. Caring for homos is not a sin, and I don't support conversion therapy or discrimination against homosexuals in education, employment, or provision of non-wedding-related services.

But once you enter into a full fledged gay marriage, or a gay civil union that is indistinguishable from a gay marriage, you are sinning and should be ashamed.

is having gay sex a sin?

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Income tax deductions, credits, rates exemption, and estimates
Wages of an employee working for one's spouse are exempt from federal unemployment tax[3]
Access to "family only" services, such as reduced rate memberships to clubs & organizations or residency in certain neighborhoods
Preferential hiring for spouses of veterans in government jobs
Tax-free transfer of property between spouses (including on death) and exemption from "due-on-sale" clauses.
Joint tax filing
Spousal non-resident tuition deferential waiver
Right to change surname upon marriage
Renewal and termination rights to spouse's copyrights on death of spouse

wulfric, i'm really confused as to why you think a gay relationship isn't in and of itself sinful, but a gay relationship that enjoys these benefits is…

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Income tax deductions, credits, rates exemption, and estimates
Wages of an employee working for one's spouse are exempt from federal unemployment tax[3]
Access to "family only" services, such as reduced rate memberships to clubs & organizations or residency in certain neighborhoods
Preferential hiring for spouses of veterans in government jobs
Tax-free transfer of property between spouses (including on death) and exemption from "due-on-sale" clauses.
Joint tax filing
Spousal non-resident tuition deferential waiver
Right to change surname upon marriage
Renewal and termination rights to spouse's copyrights on death of spouse

wulfric, i'm really confused as to why you think a gay relationship isn't in and of itself sinful, but a gay relationship that enjoys these benefits is…

Would it be any different than someone who thinks abortion is a sin but that government shouldn't prohibit it?  By your way of thinking all Roman Catholics should either support banning abortion or find another church. That said, it is an awfully odd list.

but he listed a whole bunch of other rights that he thinks aren't sinful for gay couples to have…?
and besides, i think it would be more like someone who thinks abortion isn't, in and of itself, a sin but that government shouldn't really allow it