He also believes that homosexuality is not wrong. The acknowledgement of homosexuality is no longer debated, but due to the recent laws to recognize gay unions, the question is not if society should accept it, but how far our acceptance can go. Societal acceptance and respect for a person no matter who they are is something our society has strived for, however, legal acceptance of who person in this situation does not come as easily. Bennett successfully argues that legal acceptance for gay marriage should not be recognized due to our nation’s weak institution of marriage. Marriage solely being between a man and a women is something we have had for centuries, however, due to divorces and newer ways to have a family, our prestigious and “honorable estate” (Bennett 34) of marriage is weakened.
For example, the debate about gay marriage and if it is legal. As of now many states do not allow the marriage of gay people. Some states allow them to become a couple but call it something else such as the union of two people. The difference between the state and federal government is that each state has a different law about gay marriage. Not every state agrees that gay marriage is wrong and illegal, but if the federal government were to pass a amendment outlawing gay marriage then every state who allows gay marriage would have to declare it unconstitutional and against the law.
To analyse their ‘post-queer’ basis for the politics of marriage, the authors use the work of Anthony Giddens and Cheshire Calhoun to establish that “same-sex marriage contributes to the trend toward increased reflexivity and expanded autonomy in intimate and sexual life” (138). Meeks and Stein highlight Michael Warner’s article which critiques the normalizing politics of activists and note that when entered into, marriage lends greater dignity to couples, but from the outside, the relationships are less worthy. The authors emphasize that same-sex marriage would not change marriage as much as it would re-define moral boundaries, thus making same-sex relationships
He discredits the argument that, ”marriage is fundamentally a procreative unit” (Stoddard 738). The government tries to rectify not allowing same sex marriage to be legal because marriage is supposed to be a procreative unit. People should be entitled to love and marry whomever it is that they choose. The government tries to justify their standing on gay marriage by acknowledging the fact that same sex couples would not be able to birth a child together. If this is in fact a valuable reason to prevent someone from marrying, then why doesn’t the government create a law banning all women and men who cannot or will not have children from being able to legally marry.
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If people demand the extension of marriage to include same sex unions in a state arguing it is unconstitutional, but the court deems it as constitutional, then a statute is in place for future cases to be based on. Once a statute is in place, it becomes more difficult to upturn the initial ruling. Also, because of religious ties, there are a large number of people who are against same sex marriage. As a result, a vote to change marriage laws in a state must come at a time when the majority of votes will not be against it. If the majority of people vote against same sex marriage, then it shows that is not an important issue and future votes may not be called for due to the large number of people against it.
Because of the attitude change, “ the shift might seem natural”(Ephron 46). President Obama states that he doesn’t want a recurrence of what happened to military leaders in 1993. President Bill Clinton forced gay assistance in the military resulting in disobedience amongst members of the units. Obama also states that there will be major changes to the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in his effort to repeal the act, although parts of the government still believe homosexuals to be a “security threat”(Cary
In the end I believe we can’t take away the Mormons main beliefs from them and we shouldn’t punish them for doing it as long as they it in their own society. We have Gays getting married legally which is even worse than allowing a man to practice polygamy; at least the Mormons are following religious beliefs and should be allowed to live their lives this way as long as all parties involved
Same Sex Marriage Same sex marriage has been an issue in the United States for a very long time now, and will be a problem for years to come. In the United States Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York and the District of Columbia issues marriage licenses to same sex couples. President Obama once said he opposes same sex marriage as a Christian, but is a “fierce advocate of equality” for gay men and lesbians. Every individual has a different view on same sex marriage, whether it’s against or for, everyone should be able to voice their opinion, and in two articles authors Lou Dematteis and Edith M. Humphrey discuss facts and their beliefs on same sex marriage. In the article “Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions,
This bill will protect an innocent life from being murdered. If anyone convicted of child homicide can get up to 30 years in prison. This bill has passed the house but later died in a senate committee and said it was disrespectful to try and push it into a law. Adrienne Wooten said the government should not interfere with the decisions of a mother and father (1). One might read this article and say it is not very effective.