There are many and varied opns on gay marriage, but jt about everyone across the spectm n agree on one thg: It’s been a landmark week for the
Contents:
- GAY MARRIAGE DEBATE
- 2006 CLIP OF JOE BIN’S OPPOSN TO GAY MARRIAGE SURFAC
- THE TOP 10 ARGUMENTS AGAST GAY MARRIAGE: ALL RECEIVE FAILG GRAS!
- THE TOP SIX ARGUMENTS AGAST GAY MARRIAGE (AND WHY THEY ALL FAIL)
- KIDS' VOIC KEY ON BOTH SIS OF GAY-MARRIAGE DEBATE
- 7 QUTNS FOR CHRISTIANS ABOUT THE GAY MARRIAGE DEBATE
GAY MARRIAGE DEBATE
The ntroversy igned by the Massachetts High Court lg allowg gay and lbian upl to marry ntu to rage state urts and legislatur as well as church across the natn. * youtube gay marriage debate *
Many Senate Democrats said they, too, oppose gay marriage, but they also opposed wrg such a ban to the Constutn, which would require a two-thirds vote of Congrs and ratifitn by three-quarters of the stat. The fai and iends of lbian and gay upl who are nied marriage rights may also experience negative physil and mental health nsequenc siar to those experienced by their loved on.
The vast majory of scientific studi that have directly pared lbian and gay parents wh heterosexual parents have nsistently shown that the same-sex upl are as f and pable parents as heterosexual upl, and that their children are jt as psychologilly healthy and well adjted. Supporters of same-sex marriage ntend that gay and lbian upl should be treated no differently than their heterosexual unterparts and that they should be able to marry like anyone else.
2006 CLIP OF JOE BIN’S OPPOSN TO GAY MARRIAGE SURFAC
Democratic printial hopefuls strsed their mon ground wh the gay and lbian muny a televised fom, but one signifint exceptn loomed -- same-sex marriage. * youtube gay marriage debate *
They pot out, for stance, that homosexual upl who have been together for years often fd themselv whout the basic rights and privileg that are currently enjoyed by heterosexual upl who legally marry — om the sharg of health and pensn benefs to hospal visatn rights. Allowg gay and lbian upl to wed, they argue, will radilly refe marriage and further weaken at a time when the stutn is already ep trouble due to high divorce rat and the signifint number of out-of-wedlock births.
THE TOP 10 ARGUMENTS AGAST GAY MARRIAGE: ALL RECEIVE FAILG GRAS!
Opponents of gay marriage have long argued that children's bt terts require both a mom and a dad. Recently, however, the children of same-sex upl have started speakg for themselv, advotg for gay marriage. * youtube gay marriage debate *
Moreover, they predict, givg gay upl the right to marry will ultimately lead to grantg people polygamo and other nontradnal relatnships the right to marry as well.
The Catholic Church and evangelil Christian groups have played a leadg role public opposn to gay marriage, while male Prottant church and other relig groups wrtle wh whether to orda gay clergy and perform same-sex marriage ceremoni. Ined, the ordatn and marriage of gay persons has been a growg wedge between the socially liberal and nservative wgs of the Epispal and Prbyterian church, leadg some nservative ngregatns and even whole dc to break away om their natnal church.
THE TOP SIX ARGUMENTS AGAST GAY MARRIAGE (AND WHY THEY ALL FAIL)
Acrdg to an Augt 2007 survey by the Pew Fom on Relign & Public Life and the Pew Rearch Center for the People & the Prs, 55% of Amerins oppose gay marriage, wh 36% favorg .
KIDS' VOIC KEY ON BOTH SIS OF GAY-MARRIAGE DEBATE
A majory of black Prottants (64%) and Lato Catholics (52%)3 also oppose gay marriage, as do plurali of whe, non-Hispanic Catholics (49%) and whe male Prottants (47%). However, a 2006 Pew survey found that sizable majori of whe male Prottants (66%), Catholics (63%) and those whout a relig affiliatn (78%) favor allowg homosexual upl to enter to civil unns that grant most of the legal rights of marriage whout the tle. Gay Amerins have been llg for the right to marry, or at least to create more formalized relatnships, sce the 1960s, but same-sex marriage has only emerged as a natnal issue the last 15 years.
7 QUTNS FOR CHRISTIANS ABOUT THE GAY MARRIAGE DEBATE
The spark that started the bate me om Hawaii 1993 when the state’s Supreme Court led that an existg law banng same-sex marriage would be unnstutnal unls the state ernment uld show that had a pellg reason for discrimatg agast gay and lbian upl.