Gay Marriage: Theologil and Moral Arguments - Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

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• 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
• FIVE ARGUMENTS FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY MARRIAGE: THEOLOGIL AND MORAL ARGUMENTS
• ARGUMENTS FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• TEN REASONS TO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY MARRIAGE: PROS, CONS, AND WHERE BOTH PARTI STAND
• 6 PRO-GAY MARRIAGE ARGUMENTS FOR FIGHTG WH CRAZY PEOPLE
• HOW TO W ANY ARGUMENT AGAST GAY MARRIAGE

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

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.” [105]. 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.” [47].

8 California banng gay marriage was “unnstutnal unr both the Due Procs and Equal Protectn Cls.” [41] The Due Procs Clse both the Fifth and 14th Amendments of the US Constutn stat that no person shall be “prived of life, liberty, or property, whout due procs of law.” [111] The Equal Protectn Clse the 14th Amendment stat that no state shall “ny to any person wh s jurisdictn the equal protectn of the laws.” [112].

FIVE ARGUMENTS FOR 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.” [157]. 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.” [98]. 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.” [14].

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.” [127].

GAY MARRIAGE: THEOLOGIL AND MORAL ARGUMENTS

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.” [149].

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.

ARGUMENTS FOR GAY MARRIAGE

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.

TEN REASONS TO SUPPORT 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. However, if we allow gay marriag and also give those gay upl adoptn rights, more orphans uld be turn, the overall chanc of those orphans to succeed life uld be creased our current state of the world, the overall level of acceptance towards gay upl is still rather limed many regns of our pla.

However, if we allow gay marriag those untri, chanc are that the overall acceptance society would crease and also the social stigma towards self-sex marriag uld be turn, also children who had been adopted by gay upl uld benef sce they would have an easier time school and life far as we know, we only have a sgle life and mak sense that we live our life to s fullt whenever we therefore mak sense to also allow gay marriag so that also gay people n do what they want life and are not rtricted by legal prohibn of gay marriag n also be nsired as a form of ser discrimatn. However, if ernments those untri allow same-sex marriag, chanc are that the overall level of tolerance towards gay upl would crease turn, people uld show the world who they really are stead of havg to hi their te are also many celebri out there who embrace the ia of gay n be que important orr to improve tolerance towards gay marriage our who currently are agast gay marriage may change their mds if their idols speak up for the allowance of same-sex marriag and our society will bee more tolerant towards alternative liftyl people our current society also nsir gay marriag as part of the lol culture.

Dependg on the regn, people do no longer differentiate between straight and gay upl and therefore, there may no longer be a reason to prohib gay marriage at marriage may nflict wh relig beliefsSelf-sex marriage may nflict wh cultural valuMany people still nsir as dodgyWe need children to sta our populatnTolerance towards gay upl is still missgOpponents claim that gay marriage is agast human natureGay marriage may vlate certa tradnsMarriage may lose s importance our societyOpponents of gay marriage claim that is immoralRaisg kids hoeholds wh mother and father works btMay only be the begng of the erosn of cultural nceptsMarriage should be lked to procreatnNot allowed many untri yetSome people rather claim to abandon the ncept of marriage generalSame-sex marriag n be expensive for the stateAcceptance towards gay upl may be lackg even if they are allowed to marryApart om the var advantag of allowg gay marriag, there are still some downsis related to this disadvantage of gay marriage is that this ncept may nflict wh relig beliefs of many sorts. For stance, the bible, gay marriag are not nsired to be the right way to people all over the world are still que relig and take the words of the bible and other scriptur que, those regns, allowg gay marriag may be que problematic sce many people would simply not tolerate this ncept om a relig marriag may also not be le wh historil cultural valu. In fact, gay marriage was never allowed the history of mankd and opponents of self-sex marriag often claim that we should therefore not allow cultur have not tolerated gay marriag for thoands of years, might make no sense to tolerate those social nstcts our current though the level of tolerance towards mori and also to self-sex marriag has creased que a lot over the past years some regns, there are still untri where the level of tolerance regardg gay marriage is still que low.

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

Another problem of gay marriage is that the human populatn may drop signifintly over the actn of gay upl be too high, chanc are that fewer children will be though this uld be beneficial for our environment to a certa extent, uld also lead to ser problems if we don’t have sufficient children that are borne.

Although we often claim that our society is que tolerant towards mori, the oppose is te for many untri all over the fact, everyone that viat om the mastream social norms and cultural valu is nsired to be dodgy many, also the overall tolerance towards gay upl is still rather limed many untri and therefore, gay upl will have to wa que a while until they will be allowed to marry, pecially more nservative parts of our marriag may also simply be agast nature. Th, many people also claim that marriag of people of the same sex are agast nature and should be prohibed due to marriag are also a difficult topic om a tradnal are often que sensive regardg chang our society sce they fear that their tradnal valu and beliefs bee erod over, many people also do not want to accept gay marriag as part of their society sce they fear to lose their historic tradnal valu. Opponents of gay marriage also often have moral their opn, only the partnership between man and woman is an acceptable one while all other forms of partnerships should be nsired to be dodgy and not wele at, pecially regns where this thought procs is wispread, gay upl will have a que hard time and may be discrimated var parts of their studi have shown that children who grew up a hoehold wh a mother and a father have the bt chanc , also this regard, may seem qutnable whether gay marriag should be children suffer om gay marriag, may not make sense to allow this social nstct our people also fear that by allowg gay marriag, many other cultural valu may bee erod over time as people don’t like change at all and try to stick to their cultural attus que a people often stggle to accept new thgs sce they fear that their world view may be exposed as flawed and, orr to protect their cultural valu on which they have relied on their whole liv, those people may also not accept gay who are agast the ncept of gay marriage often also claim that marriage should be directly lked to gay upl will not be able to produce children, they should also not be allowed to though the ncept of gay marriage had been discsed many untri all over the world, is still not be accepted many of those untri, both om a social as well as om a legal, there will be a que long way to go until gay upl will get the opportuny to marry those untri.

Instead of prohibg gay marriag, some people even claim that we should abandon the ncept of marriage their opn, marriage n be nsired to be a rather outdated social nstct, which do not make too much sense fact, this is que an tertg ia which should be discsed much more our abandong all sorts of marriage, we uld also abandon many social stigmas and uld give people a higher level of eedom regardg how they want to live their om a fancial perspective, the ncept of allowg same-sex marriag n be nsired to be rather qutnable. Allowg gay marriag uld be que stly for stat sce they would have to spend plenty of addnal taxpayers’ money on benefs related to those turn, this money would be missg for other important proponents of gay marriag claim that allowg those marriag would crease the overall level of tolerance our society, opponents claim that jt allowg gay marriag would not change the general attu of the lol populatn towards gay marriag at fact, the general public may still not tolerate this ncept om a social perspective, even if was allowed om a legal Marriage ProsGay Marriage ConsGay marriage n lead to higher toleranceMany people are not yet ready for gay marriageAllowg gay marriage n remove prsureGay marriage may nflict wh relignGay marriage should be a human rightSame-sex marriage may nflict wh culturEqual rights for everyone through gay marriageMay ntradict wh certa tradnsSame-sex marriage n help adoptn quotasRight to marry lked to procreatnCan also help children om gay uplGay marriage may be agast human naturePeople n live their liv to their fulltMarriage may lose s importancePeople do not have to hi their te natureJt not allowed many untri yetMany celebri also enurage gay marriageGay marriag n be expensive for the statePosive health effects for gay peopleMay have negative effects on childrenThe ncept of gay marriage is a rather ntroversial topic that leads to plenty of discsns and disput on a regular we n see om the prev analysis, there are numero advantag and disadvantag of same-sex my opn, we should give people the eedom to do whatever they want to do wh their also clus marryg the person people want to marry, pennt of the sex or other characteristics of this person.

6 PRO-GAY MARRIAGE ARGUMENTS FOR FIGHTG WH CRAZY PEOPLE

But for such rape to have volved "all the men of the cy, both young and old" (Gen 19:4), homosexual activy mt have been monly practiced--one reason why Ju rerds that their "fornitn, and gog after strange flh are set forth [ Scripture] for an example [and warng unto ]" (Ju 7). Rponse to Argument #18: First, if the passag nmn homosexualy only bee of s associatn wh idolatry, then would logilly follow that other practic mentned the passag--ct, adultery, polygamy, btialy, and child sacrifice--are also nmned as sful only bee of their associatn wh idolatry. “In Romans 1:26-27 Pl do not nmn dividuals who are homosexuals by nature; rather, he refers to idolatro heterosexuals who have 'changed their nature' by mtg homosexual acts” Acrdg to this argument, the real s nmned by Pl is two-fold: (I) the changg of what is natural to a person to what is unnatural, and (ii) homosexualy mted by people who worship imag, not God.

“Pl’s arsenokoai and malakoi statements 1 Cor 6:9-10 and 1 Tim 1:9-10, nouncg the ‘effemate and them that file themselv wh mankd’ are actually a nmnatn of an ‘offensive kd of homosexualy, ’ not the ‘offense of homosexualy’” In both passag, Pl lists those who engage homosexual behavr among such lawls people as fornitors, idolaters, adulterers, thiev, dnkards, kidnapers, etc. “Homosexualy nnot be cured; therefore the church mt wele gays and lbians to full membership and embrace their homosexual liftyle” Based on the mistaken notn that homosexualy is not a s, but a tra of one’s inty, and based on the apparent failure of prayer, unselg, human therapy, and other methods of behavr modifitn (skills of self-disciple or self-ntrol), advot of pro-gay theology argue that cure or liverance may not always be possible for those wh homosexual orientatns. [2] The pro-gay arguments are bt articulated by former Yale Universy profsor of history John Boswell, Christiany, Social Tolerance and Homosexualy (Chigo: Universy of Chigo Prs, 1980), and Anglin theologian Derrick Sherw Bailey, Homosexualy and the Wtern Christian Tradn (London: Longmans, Green, 1955).

[5] “While J is not reported to have spoken on homosexualy or homosexual behavr, his one rerd statement [ Matt 19:38 and Mark 10:29] about human sexualy reveals that he unrstood mal and femal to be created by God for mutual relatns that une and fulfill both male and female a (permanent) plementary unn. 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. 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.

HOW TO W ANY ARGUMENT AGAST 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. Even though nature ma Adam & Eve, not Adam & Steve, the two thgs I've learned om the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" bate are that gays are limp-wristed silly-billi who thk rifl are for plantg daisi, and that gays are unstoppable rape-mach wh fatigable erectns who will trench a fellow soldier's lon to e as a foxhole. S., and the fdgs dite that the children will likely fare no differently, as a rult of their fay type, than those beg raised by heterosexual here’s the Amerin Amy of Pediatrics, which analyzed over three s of data on child velopment same-sex fai:Extensive data available om more than 30 years of rearch reveal that children raised by gay and lbian parents have monstrated rilience wh regard to social, psychologil, and sexual health spe enomic and legal dispari and social stigma.