Yes it does.

But gay marriage does become a civil right if gay marriage is not recognized by government, denying it is a breach of civil rights. Its hardly a morality issue either, as it doesn't infringe on the lives of non-gays.

Sounds great and it even has homophobes that live in shacks.

And Neil Gaiman!

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Slightly unrelated, but here's an article about the unintended consequences of anti-discrimination legislation....

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I'm assuming you mean subjective, and on that assumption I would say that ALL morals are subjective, whether or not they benefit society, since the idea that humans should work to benefit or desire to be a part of society is itself subjective.

I have already in this thread talked very extensively why I believe this is the case, but I'll give you a link to my journal article i which I explain some of my thoughts as to why objections to it from a moral perspective (particularly religious) are in my opinion false here.

I'd answer your question specifically, but right I am being forced by a huge man with a whip to go and perform some strange homoerotic sex scene set in a rugby changing room where they make us under 17 year olds fight each other naked. It's technically child abuse towards me, but apparently it's legal in the states which is where they will sell the footage.

I'll be back - but before then please tell me why you think gay rights is SEPARATE from CIVIL rights. Please tell me where the distinction is.
I'll add right now that being gay is not something one can have any control over, no more than the colour of your skin, so denying them marriage makes as much sense from a civil rights perspective as denying black people marriage or asian people marriage.

I'm guessing this link is in response to the morality issue of gay marriage and how it can infringe on others. Well the Catholic Church is a very outdated institution and very out of touch with the modern world on various issues, so much so that in many very strict catholic societies such as Latin America and in Spain, Portugal and Italy etc it has lost a lot of followers over the last couple of decades, either through people losing interest or following other religions. If we look at morailty and how it has infringed on others, the Catholic Church must rank amongst the worst violators of this in the history of man. The link you've provided is really just a perfect example of how the Catholic Church needs to update its doctrine.

For the record, I'm quite religious and also a Catholic and I'm also one of those people that stopped following the Catholic Church years ago, as I just didn't believe in so many of their doctrines anymore. I now view religion as a contract between God and myself and really don't feel the need to use a third party such as a church to practice it.

So if you need to impress me with examples of how gay marriage infringes on others, you need to do better than The Tablet.

Eh, I'll be back with more soon, but I wanted to add this, to clear up a common misconception.

Not quite:

on page 4

The underline is mine.

That really is what I was trying to say: "experiencing little or no sense of choice" really to me reinforces the point that you have no control on whether you end up gay or not.
Some people say that it is also affected by a lack of a strong male influence in the household you were brought up in, but that's not really the full picture.A lot of gay people certainly didn't want to be gay, for example in the times when it was publically considered repulsive, why make a stand for a life choice you made a decision over?
Why would you risk persecution for something you decided on a whim?

Why is marriage a civil right? What does this mean?!?

What is marriage, and why should government have anything to do with it?

And morals aren't always subjective, they can be very logical. Humans are animals that are naturally social - morals are just social behaviours.