Whats an argument against gay marriage that has nothing to do with religion?
I have yet to find one. The only argument that I’ve heard that has nothing to do with religion is the argument from tradition/common practice, i.e. the fact that no society ever allowed same-sex couples to be married until recent times. It’s true that traditionally marriage has always been between a man and a woman (or sometimes a man and several women, or a woman and several men, though the latter is more rare), but tradition can be wrong. It used to also be tradition to leave deformed babies out to die. Doesn’t make it right. For the record, I am a Christian, and I recognize that since my only argument against same-sex marriage is religious, I have no right to push my views on others.
It scares the ignorant and those who cannot deal with change in their society. Marriage is a social matter, and since religion -which is simply the set of beliefs and rules of the majority of any group- controls social rules, it is controlled by religion. If only I could tell my boss that I can’t come to work today because I’m scared of the traffic. Not much of an argument, but it’s all that they’ve got.
A gay marriage is no benefit to society, so why should gays get marriage benefits? The government gives benefits to married couples for a reason, and it’s not a religious reason and it’s not because the government are romantic softies over people that are “in love.” If marriage didn’t benefit society, the government would not give married couples benefits, they would not give people incentives to get married. This isn’t to say that gay persons can’t be beneficial to society, everyone can be. But heterosexual marriages benefit society in a way that gay couples and single people can not. Gay marriage cheapens marriage, and if heterosexual marriages benefit society why would we want to encourage the cheapening of marriage when that will negatively affect the benefits that heterosexual marriages bring to society? Not to mention that making marriage available to gays normalizes homosexual unions, which isn’t good for the generations to come. Ever hear little boys say “Ew! I don’t like girls
