Should live-in relationship and homosexual practices be accepted like marriage?
@headhunter525 (3548)
India
November 7, 2010 10:18pm CST
Do you think live-in relationship and homosexual practice are equally good like marriage relationship is? Should Indian society gradually accept such practices?
One side of the argument is to say let everybody live his or her life; why bother. Another side says where do we set the limit on such relationship? More live-in relationship most likely will increase single motherhood. Can't one also say if homosexual practice is accepted why not give freedom to individual to allow bestiality too?
What do you think is better for our society?
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@gjabaigar (2200)
• Philippines
8 Nov 10
In our today's modern civil society live-in and homosexual relationships or practices are now accepted as marriage. They are not centered or benefitting their investments on Family, they are just benefiting and investing of what they having now on their relationships or companionships with each other. On my opinion they are just like a partnership binding to one another, or just like a company or corporation legal matters. If the magic depleting or already gone they just goes on a separate lives or just back to zero.
The best marriage for any society, is must always centered on family. Not only for just having material wealths things but the very best and most important is that on our partnerships are all must or should depending to each other into one single investinments for the future generations.
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@headhunter525 (3548)
• India
8 Nov 10
It's not because we are more modern that we now consider them as okay. I think homosexual practice was so much more accepted in the past than now. However, the question is whether it has good bearing on the society or not. How do we construct moral norms for society? Do we just live it to individuals and say as long as my personal interests are not hurt I am okay with it. If we continue to accept or refuse to accept such practice will our future generation be better of?
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@headhunter525 (3548)
• India
8 Nov 10
Thanks for the post. Regarding moral norm for the society leaving it to the individuals, do you think it's okay to say let anyone eat cow meat as long as they want; I am not bothered by what people eat or people don't eat. Or would you, at this point, say that your religious ideas won't allow you to say such thing? I am just curious to know how much religious idea has bearing on the moral norm you construct for yourself.
Thanks for the interesting post!
@gjabaigar (2200)
• Philippines
8 Nov 10
I'm centered more on a normal way of family oriented responsibility and I am a straight guy because that how I grew up with. Though I have also mixed with the environment of homosexuality and Live-in society. But I'm not with their concepts, I'm still on my way, on how I have been nourished by my own family, and I'm happy with that.
questions and answers.
..... However, the question is whether it has good bearing on the society or not....... It has bearing of course but not on large scale or globally population of this planet but on a small unit like within the family itself. And its is impossible to happened globally, for more than billions of people around the world it won't happened. Or else, we are all doomed, we failed to generate our own species here on Earth, we might be extinct because of our stupid and wild imaginations.
..... How do we construct moral norms for society?...... Be a blessing and inspiration to everybody. Share your good and positive ideas on how to invest with a normal responsible family or parenting. If we want to have a better society or a nation, it must always start on the very small center of our society and that is the Family.
..... Do we just live it to individuals and say as long as my personal interests are not hurt I am okay with it? ....... Yes. It's just all about who's better or not. Competitions. Its just a part of our normal as being that is more intelligent and smart species. And also our stupidities and being hard headed and more on being ignorant of what have learned from the past of our lives and histories. Only the one who have learned from the past and change the way of doings to have better lives, will only be the one successful or the one has more than having a lot of Justified Simple Normal Common Senses.
..... If we continue to accept or refuse to accept such practice will our future generation be better of? I think, I have already an answered on my first.
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@vandana7 (100546)
• India
8 Nov 10
I am for let them live the way they want to. Each one of us gets to live just once. How we live should be our choice provided we are not hurting another person, in present or future.
My stand on this is - we are constantly mutating. Nature is just not stagnant. We know Malaria microbe mutated several times, tuberculosis bacteria mutated several times, and as of now influenza virus has mutated several times. So mutation is a part and parcel of nature. I may be having some flaws emphasized by nature like laziness, whereas you may be having some flaws as well. Are we going to keep on looking at flaws? What if they seem like flaws as of now, but are good for the society and are in fact advanced set of genes, necessitating such behavior? Rules for mankind, including marriage and all that goes with it were made by man and not by god even if man would like to say and think otherwise. They have to be flexible based on times and context. Rigidity in enforcing them makes them out-dated and dirty like a pond that is stagnant. Let it be fresh, and clear.
A person has a live-in relationship? So what? Does it affect my earnings, my food, my clothing, my shelter, my medicines? If not, why must I feel concerned. If I can concentrate on these four, and excel on them and thereafter look to help another person attain such objectives, I would be more of an evolved and advanced human being. If not - I am just a gossip monger.
Same for the homosexuals. I have homosexual friends. They are angelic. I am ok with that. If I need them, they are around. I am in the least concerned about what goes inside their bedroom. Its not as if I get to see what goes into the so called normal person's bedroom. ha ha
@vandana7 (100546)
• India
8 Nov 10
And here is my perverted view on homosexuals. In a world where population control is a major problem, and food prices are soaring, and people are being thrown out of their rented accomodations, if homosexuals are naturally endowed with attraction for each other and the relationship is not likely to add to the world's population, I would feel grateful to them. That is a natural abstinence of sorts to bring in another mouth to feed, cloth, shelter, educated, employ, medically treat, and then procreate. I am perfectly ok with them, and safe because of them.
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@vandana7 (100546)
• India
8 Nov 10
I think marriage as an institution evolved because of women's vulnerability. Women are naturally weak when compared to men, and therefore, they could not perhaps hunt, and might have been a hindrance for the ancient cavemen. This may have started the first definition of women's role as somebody who keeps home and hearth. The rules to keep one or more women exclusively also must have come from the same idea. After all, who would like to risk life for women who would be keeping home and hearth of another. So - if I were to think in terms of anthropology, marriage as an institution has ceased to be of relevance in contemporary times. Again, my thoughts. :) Nice discussion headhunter. Made me think in directions I'd not thought before. :)
@shielalesaca (41)
• Philippines
8 Nov 10
I really do believe that as long as you didn't hurt anybody with what you are doing with your life, then it is okay.
Living in with a partner is really fine as long as you are accepted by your family.
@dodo19 (47336)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
10 Nov 10
Personally, I do strongly think that this should be accepted. We live in a world where it is more and more accepted. I am certainly not condemning marriage, as I am married myself. However, my husband and I did live together prior to getting married. I certainly think that this can be a good arrangement. And homosexuality is part of human nature. Honestly, I don't see anything wrong with homosexuality or live-in relationships.
@okkypratama (39)
• Indonesia
8 Nov 10
No, because God create us in two gender for love another. Not same gender.
@headhunter525 (3548)
• India
8 Nov 10
Thanks for the post.
Suppose who don't believe in God argues back that God did not create it; and they also argue that since God did not create it it's time human society moves on. What would you say to that?
I am asking this so that your argument would be supported by further arguments.
@headhunter525 (3548)
• India
9 Nov 10
Well, I am a Christian and so I believe that God created the world. However, this argument may not always convince an atheist. Or perhaps a Hindu may not necessarily be convinced that God created man and woman so that they could come together in marriage.
@okkypratama (39)
• Indonesia
8 Nov 10
Thanks for the comment.
So, who create the world? Are humans create trees, lands?
