What is more damaging to the sanctity marriage: Divorce, or Gay Marriage?

I often count my blessings that I'm relatively young and am still impressionable enough that I actually want to know things rather than insisting I do know them. This allows me to take what I believe and to put it on the table as I stand back and look at it. My views certainly change when I attempt to get outside of my own head with these things. When I look at marriage, like a person's religion, this is something I find to be personal. If Jimmy Johns believes that marriage is something divine and sacrosanct, then it's up to Mr. Johns to treat it as such. He can't push that standard on everyone else. If he believes marriage should be between a man and a woman, then he should marry a woman. If he believes it's divine, he should remain faithful and honor the vows. If Johnny Jim has a different view about what "marriage" is and what it means; if he thinks it's a coming together of two people who love one another, who is Jimmy to tell Johnny who that other person should be? I personally don't put much stock in marriage in the first place. I don't believe two people (or three or seven people) need to have that label to show or prove anything. And I don't believe they should be denied that just because someone has a belief that one of the thousand of gods worshiped throughout history reportedly has a problem with it. (Folks can gripe and all that, but that's what it comes back to.) If Rush, Newt and McCain--along with the bozos Rollo brought up--believe that marriage is sacred, then it's on them to treat it as such. If, however, marriage is something they can't even honor personally, then perhaps they should STFU about what anyone else chooses to do.

I don't think divorce by itself is damaging to the sanctity of marriage. I have a bigger issue with people who treat marriage like a joke. You know, the Kim Kardashian, Brittany Spears type marriages. Even those aren't quite as offensive to me as the morons who get drunk and get married in Vegas at drive-thru chapels. Anyone who supports crap like that has no business saying that any other marriage between consenting adults is somehow inappropriate.

Right is not absolute that is one of the things that politician didn't mind about. Even do you are live in a democratic country...it doesn't mean your free to do everything even to sacrifice the sanctity of marriage.

Great discussion! First of all let me say I am for gay marriage. I'm not gay but I do understand when two people love each other for years and can't get the benefits of being a married couple. I believe its telling gay people that they are not equal to everyone else. I think that its totally wrong. Now I also believe that heterosexuals couples have taken "marriage" to an all time low. Its become a big joke. When so many marriages end up in divorce or they have ex-martial affairs, there is not a bit of respect for the marriage at all. I truly believe if a couple no matter two males or two females want to be married they should be allowed to in any state or country. Its only the fair thing to do to make all people equal in the world.

Good point Debater. Again another double standard by many on the religious right. They are more concerned with what they perceive as people abusing the sanctity of traditional marriage. Yet many of them should be focusing on making their marriage work, because many of them seem to get married to soon. They are ill equipped to handle the responsibility of what it takes to make the marriage work. So maybe before they start preaching about gay couples getting married they should work on theirs and let people of different beliefs, or different ways of life handle their own business. I know there are many people who have this problem, but most of them do not go around telling who can and can not get married. Why is Government telling people who than can and can't marry anyways? What they should do is if you want to get married is have some kind of 5 year probation period. Maybe that is a little long (open for adjustments). If the 2 people are seemingly making it work and our happy together. Then they can get full fledged married since they seem to grasp the concept of marriage. Before people kill me on that idea, its just an idea. Just throwing it out there. I am open to any disagreements though.

Divorce is damaging.We can`t talk about gay marriage and sanctity, at least not if we talk about the christian faith. If you talk about politicians who are preaching about the sanctity of marriage while their life is a mess you are right they should keep their mouths shut.But if they talk about the sanctity of marriage it means there are still people who believe in it.