So many people for gay/same sex marriage supporters were calling for a plebasite. now a postal vote has been agreed on and pundits are saying 60% for with 40% against. Even some heterosexual couples are supporting it.
Both sides have strong supporting points for and against but are we here to decide on this legality issue? That is my question. Do we have the right to question the legality of these marriages? Do we have the right to raise the question of same sex marriages?
People who have strong religious beliefs and backgrounds would be strongly opposed to this question. Which may sound that people stand on their own strong beliefs and upbringing: the way their heterosexual parents raised them up. Years ago these people that we are talking about were called homophobic (in question) and it wasn't the normal lifestyle of every living person.
One thing is now, we don't and shouldn't treat them as outcasts and accept them into our community and families, no matter how odd it feels.
The decision to have a relationship with a same sex partner is the decision of individuals and should remain that way. So should the decision to breakup as well. That being that laws should not intervene as for many centuries, the current meaning of married heterosexual couples has always been the norm.
The worrying thing for myself is, that, is the same sex couple classified as a family?
To answer this question, it may sound easy, yet it takes a bit of time to think about about it. Think of a hetrosexual couple, once they are married they are considered as family. And the family grows (without science intervention), if they decide to have children and raise them up. An overwhelming group of hetrosexual couples discuss and plan to expand their families by having the gift of having a child through natural ways, blessed by God.
This is where science should not intervene, in my books.
The dictionary meaning of family:
a group consisting of two parents and their children living together as a unit.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics meaning of family:
A family is defined by the ABS as two or more persons, one of whom is at least 15 years of age, who are related by blood, marriage (registered or de facto), adoption, step or fostering, and who are usually resident in the same household.
Each separately identified couple relationship, lone parent-child relationship or other blood relationship forms the basis of a family.
The dictionary meaning of marriage:
the legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship (historically and in some jurisdictions specifically a union between a man and a woman).
The marriage.com meaning of marriage:
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The biblical meaning of marriage:
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The important verse here is in genesis:
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
(Genesis 2:24, ESV)
And also:
Here is the marriage equality website's meaning on marriage:
Click here
So the main thing is, it is not based on what the community believes, it is based on what you belief in and think is right for our Australian communities. What you think is legally required in Australia?
The basic question is, although we accept men and women being married to each other, do we accept same sexes marriages being legalised and if so, will how will the family law fit in with divorces between same sex couples and what other legal issue may arise? This is if a 'Yes' vote is the majority.
If a 'No vote is the majority, life goes on as it is with heterosexual couples being married. It is your choice......
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