Should Gay Coupl Be Allowed to Marry? - The New York Tim

Contents:

• SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
• GAY MARRIAGE: PROS, CONS, AND WHERE BOTH PARTI STAND
• SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
• SHOULD GAY COUPL BE ALLOWED TO MARRY?
• SHOULD GAY MARRIAG BE ALLOWED? ESSAY
• 8 REASONS WHY GAY MARRIAGE SHOULD BE LEGALIZED 
• 33 MAJOR PROS & CONS OF GAY MARRIAGE“GAY MARRIAGE ACCEPTANCE IS HAPPENG THE BLK OF AN EYE.”P. J. O’ROURKE, COMEDIANADVANTAG & DISADVANTAG OF GAY MARRIAGE
• WHAT DO THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE?

SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?

On July 25, 2014 Miami-Da County Circu Court Judge Sarah Zabel led Florida’s gay marriage ban unnstutnal and stated that the ban “serv only to hurt, to discrimate, to prive same-sex upl and their fai of equal digny, to label and treat them as send-class cizens, and to em them unworthy of participatn one of the fundamental stutns of our society. The Amerin Psychologil Associatn, Amerin Psychiatric Associatn, and others nclud that legal gay marriage giv upl “accs to the social support that already facilat and strengthens heterosexual marriag, wh all of the psychologil and physil health benefs associated wh that support. In 2012, the Williams Instute at the Universy of California at Los Angel (UCLA) found that the first five years after Massachetts legalized gay marriage 2004, same-sex weddg expendur (such as venue rental, weddg k, etc.

GAY MARRIAGE: PROS, CONS, AND WHERE BOTH PARTI STAND

2016 printial ndidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fra stated that civil unns are aquate as an equivalent to marriage: “Benefs are beg btowed to gay upl [ civil unns]… I believe we need to rpect those who believe that the word marriage has a spirual foundatn… Why n’t we rpect and tolerate that while at the same time sayg ernment nnot btow benefs unequally. Court papers filed July 2014 by attorneys fendg Arizona’s gay marriage ban stated that “the State regulat marriage for the primary purpose of channelg potentially procreative sexual relatnships to endurg unns for the sake of jog children to both their mother and their father… Same-sex upl n never provi a child wh both her blogil mother and her blogil father.

SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?

Lee Badgett, PhD, Director of the Center for Public Policy and Admistratn at the Universy of Massachetts at Amherst, stated that for many gay activists “marriage means adoptg heterosexual forms of fay and givg up distctively gay fay forms and perhaps even gay and lbian culture. Pla Ettelbrick, JD, Profsor of Law and Women’s Studi, wrote 1989, “Marriage ns ntrary to two of the primary goals of the lbian and gay movement: the affirmatn of gay inty and culture and the validatn of many forms of relatnships. Queer activist Anrs Zanichkowsky stated June 2013 that the then mpaign for gay marriage “tentnally and malicly eras and exclus so many queer people and cultur, particularly trans and genr non-nformg people, poor queer people, and queer people non-tradnal fai… marriage thks non-married people are viant and not tly servg of civil rights.

SHOULD GAY COUPL BE ALLOWED TO MARRY?

In Islamic tradn, several hadhs (passag attributed to the Prophet Muhammad) nmn gay and lbian relatnships, cludg the saygs “When a man mounts another man, the throne of God shak, ” and “Sihaq [lbian sex] of women is za [illegimate sexual terurse].

Matt Barber, Associate Dean for Onle Programs at Liberty Universy School of Law, stated, “Every dividual engaged the homosexual liftyle, who has adopted a homosexual inty, they know, tuively, that what they’re dog is immoral, unnatural, and self-stctive, yet they thirst for that affirmatn. A 2003 set of guil signed by Pope John Pl II stated: “There are absolutely no grounds for nsirg homosexual unns to be any way siar or even remotely analogo to God’s plan for marriage and fay… Marriage is holy, while homosexual acts go agast the natural moral law.

The railroadg of same-sex “marriage” on the Amerin people mak creasgly clear what homosexual activist Pl Varnell wrote the Chigo Free Prs:"The gay movement, whether we acknowledge or not, is not a civil rights movement, not even a sexual liberatn movement, but a moral revolutn aimed at changg people's view of homosexualy. In 1996, Bill Clton signed to law the Defense Of Marriage Act, which permted state law to not regnize same-sex marriag performed other stat, as well as preventg the feral ernment om regnizg gay marriage at the feral level.

SHOULD GAY MARRIAG BE ALLOWED? ESSAY

In 1989, Denmark beme the first untry the world to offer civil unns to same-sex partners, which offered some (but not all) marriage rights to gay 2001, the Netherlands passed a bill legalizg gay marriage — the first untry to do so, as well as the first 2003, Belgium legalized same-sex 2003, urts two Canadian provc cid that gay marriage was a nstutnal right Ontar, then Brish Columbia.

In 2005, Canada legalized same-sex marriage natnwi — the first untry North Ameri to do 2006, South Ai beme the first Ain untry to legalize same-sex 2010, Argenta beme the first South Amerin untry to legalize gay 2013, New Zealand beme the first Oceanic untry to legalize same-sex 2019, Taiwan beme the first Asian natn to legalize gay recently 2022, all Mexin jurisdictns had legalized gay marriage, eher by legislatn, executive actn, or a Supreme Court orr. Table of Contents Introductn Why Gay Marriag should not be allowed Why Gay Marriag should be allowed Concln Works Ced Introductn Over the past three s, few bat have evoked more mend and polil turmoil as the efforts to refe marriage as is tradnally unrstood so as to clu same-sex relatnships. However, there has been creased advocy for the fn of marriage to clu same-sex unns due to the prevalence of homosexual relatnships the society as well as the overwhelmg acceptance of gay relatnships many untri the world.

Why Gay Marriag should be allowed Denyg gay upl the opportuny to enter to the stute of marriage ni them of their right to enjoy a fulfillg life wh their partners and the benefs that legally regnized marriag brg for the partners. This claim is reerated by Culhane who proceeds to suggt that if gay upl were allowed to marry, they would not suffer unnecsary om the social excln and legal uncertaty that is monplace their liv today due to the lack of regnn for same sex marriag (491).

8 REASONS WHY GAY MARRIAGE SHOULD BE LEGALIZED 

Volokh stat that while the ernment ntu to affirm that do not ndone discrimatn on the basis of sexual orientatn, homosexual upl are still nied the right to enter to marriage and enjoy the benefs provid by the stute (1157). Gay rights activists assert that relign should not drive public policy on the issue of marriage sce the nstutn on which the natn is found stat that no fah should be allowed to impose s standards and beliefs on all cizens. This claim is disputed by Blocher who argu that the assertn that nial of gay marriag is discrimatory and n be pared wh the prohibn of terracial marriag unr an apartheid system is misleadg sce gay relatnships are not a natural ndn but rather a matter of personal preference (1).

33 MAJOR PROS & CONS OF GAY MARRIAGE“GAY MARRIAGE ACCEPTANCE IS HAPPENG THE BLK OF AN EYE.”P. J. O’ROURKE, COMEDIANADVANTAG & DISADVANTAG OF GAY MARRIAGE

From the arguments raised this paper, n be thoratively stated that the nial of marriage rights to gay upl is jtifiable and should rema the se fely so as to ensure the protectn of the marriage stute, safeguard the future of our children, and the protectn of our eedoms of speech and of relign.

As more rmatn appears on this subject, society intifi that the arguments that are opposn to gay marriage seem flawed, meang that there is no logil or reasonable basis for nyg same-sex upl accs to the stutn of marriage. This all beg te and factual, then when a Gay Church or synagogue accepts, supports and nfirms a same genr relatnship the manner I scribed earlier this letter, then the ernment mt afford the same rights and privileg as any other church regnized relatnship. O’Rourke, ComedianGay marriag are a que ntroversial there are many arguments for the legalizatn of gay marriag, there are also numero problems related to this this article, the pros and ns of gay marriage are discsed tail.

WHAT DO THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE?

Equal rights for everyoneProhibn of gay marriage as outdated historil nstctEqual benefs for all uplGay marriag are part of a morn and tolerant societyCultural valu changed a lot over timePosive health effects for gay uplLower strs levels for self-sex uplDifference between relig and legal marriage should be maCan also be jtified om a legal and nstutnal perspectiveMay be nsired as a human rightCan help that more orphans get adoptedStigmatizatn of adopted children om gay upl n be avoidPeople n live their life to s fulltProhibn of gay marriag would discrimate peoplePeople do no longer have to hi their te natureMany celebri embrace the ia of gay marriageIncreasg number of people nsir gay marriag as normalOne important argument for gay marriag is that everyone our society should have equal rights to do whatever they want to do as long as they do not harm others.