Same Sex Marriages Argumentative
Sadie Provo
Rebecca Miller
English 1020
11/19/14
Same – Sex Marriages (Argumentative)
A debate on same-sex marriages has been going on for centuries. There are many reasons for this debate, such as; religious, politics, parenting, psychological, and much more. It basically comes down to how a marriage has been defined from the beginning. However, the real question should be, who should be the ones to define marriage? Who should be able to tell someone who they can love and share the rest of their lives with? Who should it be to say what is best for a couples child/children?
Religious beliefs feel that society will suffer if privileges are given to same-sex couples due to marriage results in birth of children. Homo-sexual couples are unable to reproduce children. However, a percentage of homosexuals or lesbians already have children from previous relationships. Also, there is the choice of having a sergeant or adoption. There are many children in adoption agencies waiting for a place to call home.
Even though our fourteenth amendment reads “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States… Nor deny to any person within the jurisdiction the equal protection of laws.” However, many places has discriminated against gays and lesbians as citizens who have rights. They have been denied employment and education. After a congressman, a democrat from Massachusetts announced that he was gay, other doors began to open up for the gays and lesbian couples. In 1991, a black lesbian, Sherry Harris, was elected mayor of Seattle, Washington. Then, by the 90’s, U.S Companies as diverse as the Lotus Software Company, Levi Strauss, the Bottle Globe, and the Apple Computer had granted spousal benefits, such as health insurance, to the partners of homosexual employees. Also, during that same time, large U.S Corporations had formal nondiscrimination Policies covering gay men and lesbians.
Many people believe
Rebecca Miller
English 1020
11/19/14
Same – Sex Marriages (Argumentative)
A debate on same-sex marriages has been going on for centuries. There are many reasons for this debate, such as; religious, politics, parenting, psychological, and much more. It basically comes down to how a marriage has been defined from the beginning. However, the real question should be, who should be the ones to define marriage? Who should be able to tell someone who they can love and share the rest of their lives with? Who should it be to say what is best for a couples child/children?
Religious beliefs feel that society will suffer if privileges are given to same-sex couples due to marriage results in birth of children. Homo-sexual couples are unable to reproduce children. However, a percentage of homosexuals or lesbians already have children from previous relationships. Also, there is the choice of having a sergeant or adoption. There are many children in adoption agencies waiting for a place to call home.
Even though our fourteenth amendment reads “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States… Nor deny to any person within the jurisdiction the equal protection of laws.” However, many places has discriminated against gays and lesbians as citizens who have rights. They have been denied employment and education. After a congressman, a democrat from Massachusetts announced that he was gay, other doors began to open up for the gays and lesbian couples. In 1991, a black lesbian, Sherry Harris, was elected mayor of Seattle, Washington. Then, by the 90’s, U.S Companies as diverse as the Lotus Software Company, Levi Strauss, the Bottle Globe, and the Apple Computer had granted spousal benefits, such as health insurance, to the partners of homosexual employees. Also, during that same time, large U.S Corporations had formal nondiscrimination Policies covering gay men and lesbians.
Many people believe
Cited: Andryszewski, Tricia. Same-Sex Marriage: Granting Equal Rights or Damaging the Status of Marriage. Minneapolis: A division of Lerner, 2012.Print. Marcus, Eric. What if: Answers to questions about what it means to be Gay and Lesbian. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007.Print. Streitmatter, Rodger. Outlaw Marriages: The hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples. Boston: Beacon Press, 2012.Print.