Gay marriage, also known as same-sex marriage, has been legal the US sce 2015. Learn what both parti thk about the pros and ns of this issue.
Contents:
- SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
- GAY MARRIAGE: PROS, CONS, AND WHERE BOTH PARTI STAND
- PRO & CON QUOT: SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
- 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
- 9 ADVANTAG AND DISADVANTAG OF GAY MARRIAGE
- LIST OF TOP 11 GAY MARRIAGE PROS AND CONS
- PROS AND CONS OF GAY MARRIAGE
SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
Proponents ntend that gay marriage bans are discrimatory and unnstutnal, opponents ague that marriage is primarily for procreatn. * pro and cons of gay marriage *
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
* pro and cons of gay marriage *
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.
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.
PRO & CON QUOT: SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
The issue on same-sex marriage or gay marriage has been a ntroversial topic for so many years now, wh several untri worldwi have ma legal while others still are firm on their stand to ban . Gay marriage is a unn or marriage between two people of the same sex through a civil ceremony or church. Although was not acknowledged legally for s and some even nsired a taboo, some untri have broaned their perspective and take on this ntent issue. Some of the untri that have legalized same-sex marriage are the Netherlands, Argenta, France, Spa, the Uned Kgdom, Brazil and jt years ago, the Uned Stat. Sce June 2, 2015, same-sex marriage has bee legal natnwi. The LGBT muny nsirs this a feat but for them, the battle isn't over yet. Dpe this achievement, not everybody disagre and have their views on the issue. List of Advantag of Gay Marriage 1. Legal Rights Protectn One of the most eful advantag of legalizg marriage is the protectn giv the uple when to health re, fanc and tax. Before, two people who are habatg and a homosexual relatnship livg as upl are not given the secury of protectg what both have them earned and saved together. If a partner di, the survivg lover do not have the right to the property unr the name of the ceased even if both of them have paid for the property. Wh the legalizatn of gay marriage, they are now nsired by the state they live as legally married so they now n enjoy tax breaks given to heterosexual married upl and are entled to bee heirs to their spo. This also clus signg documents together as a uple and open jot acunts and purchase properti together. 2. Lsens Stigma Legalizg gay marriage also migated the discrimatn and stigma on homosexuals bee makg the unn or marriage legal giv gay upl the affirmatn that they are accepted not only by society but also the state. For so many years, there have been stori about discrimatn of homosexuals as well as crime mted agast them. Today, no one n be ostracized and discrimated the workplace or be nied om marryg his or her partner bee of sexual orientatn. 3. Giv Right to Start a Fay There have been lbian and gay upl who want to start a fay and have their own children. Before, this was not allowed and looked at negatively by society. If ever one partner already has children, the other partner do not have the right to be an adoptive parent or if ever, they procs do not work on their favor and tak years to be pleted. Wh the legalizatn, gay upl n now adopt children jt as straight upl n. They n even have children of their own through vro fertilizatn or by gettg surrogate mothers or sperm donors. 4. Giv Equal Laws Homosexual relatnships are also the same wh heterosexual relatnships when to the mistak or ab that n happen between two people. However, unlike straight married upl who n file for adultery, divorce and fily, gay upl were not given the same purview of the law before. Wh gay marriage, married homosexuals n now file for divorce and sue their partners wh adultery or fily. Also, se of divorce, the other one n receive alimony and their children will be given child support. List of Disadvantag of Gay Marriage 1. Affects Child Development Even if gay parents are allowed to adopt or have children, havg two parents of the same sex might not be healthy or what's bt for the children volved. The kids need both a father and a mother image to have a balance and normal childhood. Genr rol n be hard to play pecially if blogil and physil aspects are the issue. If a boy grows up wh two women, wh the other one playg the role of the father or both plays the role of mothers, father image will be lackg and the uple nnot answer qutns typilly asked by boys to fathers, say, the physil chang the body. Same go for girls livg wh two-male parents. 2. Burns the Divorce System Another disadvantage of allowg gay people to marry is the fact that when thgs don't work out and they file for divorce, they will add to the number of s pendg urt and the burn put on the legal system terms of urt proceedgs for divorce, alimony and child support will be doubled while the problems would have been lsened if gay marriage were not legalized. 3. Prone to Bullyg Even if gay marriage is already legalized, not all accept and embrace this practice, particularly kids. Opponents of gay marriage claim that makg this marriage between homosexuals legal n brg problems the future pecially when children are volved. Children of homosexuals and lbians may be prone to bullyg at schools and some even end up beg physilly hurt by other kids. 4. Possibily of Tax Increase Wh the tax benefs to be given to survivg legal partners, this n be add expense for the ernment. Some people are thkg that wh the legalizatn of same-sex marriage and the crease tax benefs, the ernment will be prompted to raise tax orr to afford the add expens. 5. Affects Adoptn Procs By allowg married gay upl to legally adopt children and given that they might fd difficult and expensive to have children of their own, there will be an crease the number of child adoptn applitns. This might lead to more straight upl who are also terted to adopt not beg given prry sce they have bigger chanc to have their own children. Dpe the legalizatn of gay marriage, this topic will rema to be a ntent issue pecially that not all n accept and will accept the ia of two people wh the same genr to be married a relig ceremony. * pro and cons of gay marriage *
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.
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. 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. 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.
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
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. Gay upl need accs to civil marriage for the same reason that heterosexual upl need : only the law n create a fay relatnship between adults that will be regnized by the state and third parti, like employers and surance pani. …[W]hen I meet gay and lbian upl, when I meet same-sex upl, and I see how rg they are, how much love they have their hearts, how they’re takg re of their kids, when I hear om them the pa they feel that somehow they are still nsired ls than full cizens when to their legal rights, then, for me, I thk jt has tipped the sl that directn.
9 ADVANTAG AND DISADVANTAG OF GAY MARRIAGE
Populatn, the prence of role mols who have equal stat via marriage society has signifint meang both ternally and socially and has potential for rcg their isolatn [and] sense of stigma that gay teens face their everyday liv. Here are a few of the advantag of same-sex marriage for the society as a whole that I have laborly spelled out: lower rat of promiscuy among gay men, more stable hom for the children of gay parents, ls trma fai wh gay offsprg, lower rat of disease transmissn, more pennt and self-reliant members of society, etc., etc.
And this pattern will undoubtedly ntue, as lns of dollars will be spent fightg an anti-gay marriage nstutnal amendment proposed for the November ballot, at a time when social servic are beg scrapped across the untry, and pecially California. While many straight people are reapg the benefs of gay liberatn and disverg new ways of lovg, ltg for and rg for one another, the gay marriage movement is by fightg for a 1950s mol of whe-picket fence ‘we’re jt like you’ normalcy. Joseph Ratzger, DTh, Pope Benedict XVI and Cardal Prefect of the Sacred Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah at the time of the quote, wrote the July, 3, 2003 report approved by Pope John Pl II “Consiratns Regardg Proposals to Give Legal Regnn to Unns Between Homosexual Persons, ” available at.
LIST OF TOP 11 GAY MARRIAGE PROS AND CONS
Refg marriage to clu same-sex upl would affect s cultural meang and functn and, dog so, damage s abily and, thereby, society’s pacy, to protect the herently procreative relatnship and the children who rult om , whether those children’s’ future sexual orientatn prov to be homosexual or heterosexual.
Affects adoptn procs: Gay upl may want to adopt children due to their expensive nature to have their own children th makg difficult for the normal straight upl to adopt children sce their nsired pable of havg their own children. 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. 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.
However, our nowadays society, there is far ls need for addnal children and same-sex marriage and therefore, the historil reasons why gay marriag had been prohibed the past may be missg our current long as gay upl are not allowed to marry, they will also not get the same benefs as married upl wh different sex. However, this n be nsired to be que unfair sce all marriag should be treated as equally important, which also impli that the benefs for all sorts of upl should be siar or even, allowg gay marriag n also help to improve the accs to benefs for gay general, we often claim to be so tolerant our society while fact, many people are not tolerant at are still many mori that are discrimated agast due to their race, genr and other herent should be handipped due to those herent characteristics and therefore, gay marriag are another step towards a more tolerant, morn and open society that embrac a variety of different liftyl and same-sex marriag would have been unthkable jt a few centuri ago, our cultural valu changed que a fact, people our nowadays society often try new thgs, want to expand their knowledge and their experience and try to really figure out what they want to do wh their, gay marriage would give those people an addnal tool to change the cultural valu our society even further. Allowg gay marriag would also greatly benef the overall health of gay fact, our current society, many people who have an tert the same sex have to hi their feelgs sce beg gay is still nsired to be tolerable by many people our n lead to ser emotnal nflicts, which may turn to severe mental issu the long n.
PROS AND CONS OF GAY MARRIAGE
However, by allowg gay marriag, the overall level of tolerance our society would likely crease, which would lead to a state where gay upl uld eely live their liftyle whout havg to worry to get physilly or mentally turn, chanc are that this would also greatly improve their overall health gay upl do no longer have to fear gettg attacked by other people, chanc are that also their overall strs levels will drop turn, the people uld enjoy their liv much more whout havg to worry about the opns of others too much anymore.
However, the state uld still allow gay marriag om a legal, relign and law uld be separated and gay marriag uld be allowed a non-relig many untri, there are nstutns place which state that everyone our society should have equal rights and should be able to make ee cisns for his or her life.