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.
Contents:
- THE TOP 10 ARGUMENTS AGAST GAY MARRIAGE: ALL RECEIVE FAILG GRAS!
- THE ONLY ARGUMENT AGAST GAY MARRIAGE (AND WHY IT NEEDS TO END)
- GAY MARRIAGE: THEOLOGIL AND MORAL ARGUMENTS
- ARGUMENTS FOR GAY MARRIAGE
- THE MOST EFFECTIVE ARGUMENT AGAST GAY RIGHTS
- 'MARRIAGE IS SACRED': THE RELIG RIGHT'S ARGUMENTS AGAST 'GAY MARRIAGE' ATRALIA
- SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
THE TOP 10 ARGUMENTS AGAST GAY MARRIAGE: ALL RECEIVE FAILG GRAS!
There have been and there always will be arguments for gay marriage. Read through the followg article for some tails on this sensive topic. * the argument against gay marriage *
Backg up this argument, Anton Slia offered that there is ‘nsirable disagreement’ about whether gays should be able to raise children; he is most likely self-referencg his own wrg, as he did wh his racial entlement remark.
’ As a natnal discsn this might be te, but as a policy posn sired by gays, this is eher blatant cricism or a soclogil blunr…or, more srily, a total disnnect om the untry he ris matters about this cisn is not what a dive thory has stated about the fe prt on a marriage certifite, but how we nduct ourselv as a natn. Sce that time, J has been ed to jtify whatever his believers wanted him trend ntu today, where God serv as an ial visible placeholr for those opposg abortn and gay marriag.
Statistics suggt, however, that gays and lbians are not creasg number, if we accept the bt rearch data of Edward Lmann, who puts the number at about 5% of the populatn1.
THE ONLY ARGUMENT AGAST GAY MARRIAGE (AND WHY IT NEEDS TO END)
This article claims that three mon arguments agast gay marriage - the fnal, procreatn, and slippery-slope arguments - are que bad, the worst of the lot. The fnal argument asserts that marriage jt is the unn of one man and one woman, and that the fn alone is a sufficient fense agast claims for gay marriage. The procreatn argument claims that marriage's central public purpose is to enurage procreatn, and so the excln of same-sex upl is jtified. The slippery-slope argument claims that the acceptance of same-sex marriage logilly entails the acceptance of other public policy chang - notably the acceptance of polygamy - that would themselv be bad, pennt of whether gay marriage is bad. While each argument has some appeal, and each has adherents both si and outsi the legal amy, each is badly flawed as a matter of logic, experience, polics, or some batn of the three. The article suggts that the tert of focg on the most important ncerns about gay marriage, mentators should move on to other arguments agast that seem stronger and th better tt the affirmative se for gay marriage. * the argument against gay marriage *
What has grown is a much greater acceptance of gays and lbians our culture, as well as the social and enomic eedom for gays and lbians to emerge om the closet that has nfed them for so many generatns. The recent addn of same sex mment ceremoni the Sunday New York Tim weddg and engagement announcements and the populary of shows as "Will and Grace" and "Queer Eye…" dite a shift our culture's attu toward gays and lbians.
My tent was two-fold: first to ve stunts to dialogue wh people different om themselv; send, to work to elimate, whatever small way I uld, homophobic attus on our mp and our muny. My purpose today is not to support or fend gay and lbian marriag—ed, many gays and lbians do not want to marry—but simply suggt a theologil approach that might open up the possibily for greater Christian acceptance of, and eccliastil approval for, same sex unns.
"Consiratns Regardg Proposals to Give Legal Regnn to Unns Between Homosexual Persons" (CDF): nnot promote any form of civil regnn of same-sex unns, formally or materially. Catholic sistence: one n uphold the digny of homosexual people while not upholdg their right-to-marry; no unjt discrimatn towards homosexuals is acceptable; they mt be treated wh rpect, and their rights fend. Acceptg the ncept of ‘gays’ took a long time for society, so when one tak to the next level and adds ‘marriage’ to the al, there are bound to be arguments agast this.
GAY MARRIAGE: THEOLOGIL AND MORAL ARGUMENTS
Hoe legislatn difyg protectns for gay marriage passed spe the fact that a big majory of the Hoe Republin uc opposed . * the argument against gay marriage *
In the sectns that follows, we shall look through some arguments that speak for gay marriag and try to unrstand what the society has to say about this topic. It is a basic human right that people have the eedom to choose who they wish to marry and that nnot be nied to them based on their sexual makp, whether is lbianism or beg gay. They not only help providg secury, but also help formg a relatnship that is secure and monogamo, th qutg the high-risk sexual patterns that are almost always nsired synonymo wh gay life.
Though this bate will probably always ntue, is up to as dividuals to unrstand homosexualy as a ncept and give a fair shot… not disrd on the basis of a basels argument. And as of this week, seems that we are now enterg a perd, both polilly and possibly socially, which the good news for gay rights will likely be unrmed and undone a ln ways large and have been worryg about a great gay rights backlash on-and-off for the past few years, of urse. A Tea Party favore, Bev is perhaps bt known outsi the state for his arnt support of Kim Davis, the Rowan County Clerk who famoly nied marriage licens to gay upl her ral district.
”Further to the south Hoton, voters undid the Hoton Equal Rights Ordance, a municipal law that sought to protect gay and transgenr people om discrimatn. )You n roll your ey and thk to yourself that, the grand scheme of gay rights, the bathroom thg is a rather fe pot—although ’s worth notg what any third grar will tell you, which is that public bathrooms and locker rooms tend to be a bully’s natural habat. This article claims that three mon arguments agast gay marriage - the fnal, procreatn, and slippery-slope arguments - are que bad, the worst of the lot.
ARGUMENTS FOR GAY MARRIAGE
In 2004, the Atralian ernment legislated to prohib 'gay marriage'; the relig right had lobbied vigoroly for passage of this legislatn. Drawg on Durkheim's theory of sacred and profane, this paper exam the argument proffered by right-wg Christians that allowg legalised unns … * the argument against gay marriage *
The fnal argument asserts that marriage jt is the unn of one man and one woman, and that the fn alone is a sufficient fense agast claims for gay marriage.
The slippery-slope argument claims that the acceptance of same-sex marriage logilly entails the acceptance of other public policy chang - notably the acceptance of polygamy - that would themselv be bad, pennt of whether gay marriage is bad. The article suggts that the tert of focg on the most important ncerns about gay marriage, mentators should move on to other arguments agast that seem stronger and th better tt the affirmative se for gay marriage.
Acrdg to the Texas judicial missn’s 2019 warng, Hensley referred gay upl who wanted her to pri over their marriage ceremony to other people who would officiate. Last month, Gallup found that a rerd high of 71% of Amerins support , cludg a majory of are the nam of every Republin reprentative who opposed feral protectns for gay marriage:Robert Arholt (Ala.
THE MOST EFFECTIVE ARGUMENT AGAST GAY RIGHTS
Proponents ntend that gay marriage bans are discrimatory and unnstutnal, opponents ague that marriage is primarily for procreatn. * the argument against gay marriage *
In 2004, the Atralian ernment legislated to prohib 'gay marriage'; the relig right had lobbied vigoroly for passage of this legislatn. Drawg on Durkheim's theory of sacred and profane, this paper exam the argument proffered by right-wg Christians that allowg legalised unns between lbians and between gay men would serly unrme the stutn of marriage and the fay. Claims about the spectre of gays and lbians marryg reveal a eper unease about the stat of heterosexual marriage and the nuclear fay.
US public opn had shifted signifintly over the years, om 27% approval of gay marriage 1996 to 55% 2015, the year beme legal throughout the Uned Stat, to 61% 2019. Proponents of legal gay marriage ntend that gay marriage bans are discrimatory and unnstutnal, and that same-sex upl should have accs to all the benefs enjoyed by different-sex upl. 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.
'MARRIAGE IS SACRED': THE RELIG RIGHT'S ARGUMENTS AGAST 'GAY MARRIAGE' ATRALIA
There are nsequenc to wag. Coupl are nied their rights, which has ramifitns om child ctody to driver licens to ath certifit. Look at what the stat quo means: Gay upl separated hospals. Losg their life savgs when one pass away. Havg a marriage license revoked when they cross state l. * the argument against gay marriage *
A study found that same-sex married upl were “signifintly ls distrsed than lbian, gay, and bisexual persons not a legally regnized relatnship. A 2010 analysis found that after their stat had banned gay marriage, gay, lbian and bisexual people suffered a 37% crease mood disorrs, a 42% crease alhol-e disorrs, and a 248% crease generalized anxiety disorrs.
In July 2012 New York Cy Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that gay marriage had ntributed $259 ln to the cy’s enomy jt a year sce the practice beme legal there July 2011. 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 is a civil right protected by the US Constutn’s mments to liberty and equaly, and is an ternatnally regnized human right for all people.
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?
* the argument against gay marriage *
Contrary to the pro gay marriage argument that some different-sex upl nnot have children or don’t want them, even those s there is still the potential to produce children.
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.