Definiton of Marriage
Keira Starr
Composition
Hour 3
Tess Larson
February 21, 2013
Same-Sex Marriage For many centuries, Marriage has been defined as a civil union between a man and a woman, and not compromised to include other relationships. However, in today’s society things are rapidly changing. Same-Sex Marriage has become more popular than ever, all around the world. Many people believe that same-sex marriage should be prohibited since unions undermine the misrepresent the purpose of marriage and family, which is a man and women coming together as one to create a “normal” family in society. According to Lynn-nore Chittom and Laura Finley, authors of Same-Sex Marriage Undermines Society and Families, believe that marriage should be defined as the legal union of one man and one woman. A departure from this definition is a threat to the structure and stability of society. Same-sex marriage should be prohibited to eliminate the potential snowball effect of their legalization. Believing that marriage should only be between one man and one woman, spark a huge contraversity between same-sex couples and the church (Chittom and Finley). “Marriage should be reserved as the union between one man and one woman, and this should not include any other relationships. The three most prominent religions in America consider heterosexual marriage to be both moral and natural, while homosexual relations are deemed sexually immoral.”(Chittom and Finley). The church has a very big impact on same-sex marriage because; it’s not “pure and natural.” Society believes that everyone should have the right to have a family, even if the parents are “pure and natural” or “immoral”. However, religion believes that, same-sex marriage should be prohibited since such unions undermine the stability of society and misrepresents the purpose of a family, since the main purpose of marriage is to establish family units as functional micro-systems within society (Chittom and Finely). Same-sex marriage cannot
Composition
Hour 3
Tess Larson
February 21, 2013
Same-Sex Marriage For many centuries, Marriage has been defined as a civil union between a man and a woman, and not compromised to include other relationships. However, in today’s society things are rapidly changing. Same-Sex Marriage has become more popular than ever, all around the world. Many people believe that same-sex marriage should be prohibited since unions undermine the misrepresent the purpose of marriage and family, which is a man and women coming together as one to create a “normal” family in society. According to Lynn-nore Chittom and Laura Finley, authors of Same-Sex Marriage Undermines Society and Families, believe that marriage should be defined as the legal union of one man and one woman. A departure from this definition is a threat to the structure and stability of society. Same-sex marriage should be prohibited to eliminate the potential snowball effect of their legalization. Believing that marriage should only be between one man and one woman, spark a huge contraversity between same-sex couples and the church (Chittom and Finley). “Marriage should be reserved as the union between one man and one woman, and this should not include any other relationships. The three most prominent religions in America consider heterosexual marriage to be both moral and natural, while homosexual relations are deemed sexually immoral.”(Chittom and Finley). The church has a very big impact on same-sex marriage because; it’s not “pure and natural.” Society believes that everyone should have the right to have a family, even if the parents are “pure and natural” or “immoral”. However, religion believes that, same-sex marriage should be prohibited since such unions undermine the stability of society and misrepresents the purpose of a family, since the main purpose of marriage is to establish family units as functional micro-systems within society (Chittom and Finely). Same-sex marriage cannot
Cited: Chittom, Lynn-nore and Finley, Laura. “Same-Sex Marriage Undermines Society and Families.” Point of view, Same-sex marriage, 2011, p 2-2, 1p, unknown publisher. Point of view, February 2nd 2013.