A Critique of William Bennett’s “Against Gay Marriage” The issue of homosexuals in our society is becoming more of a debate. The debate is no longer whether we should accept them, but rather, should they be legally recognized. Gay marriage should not be legalized because of its effect it would have on society. William Bennett’s article “Against Gay Marriage” was originally published in the Washington Post and highlights the negative effects of gay marriage on our society. Bennett wrongfully believes that homosexual and heterosexual unions are not comparable; however, if we change the definition of marriage, our society’s understanding of marriage would be irreconcilably ruined.
This article is about claiming and making visible that third space that has been silenced and historically received hatred and even stated to not exist. I think the main issue that was touched upon in the article was our binary way of thinking and language. Most human beings tend to think in a dual state of mind; man or woman, gay or lesbian, heterosexual and homosexual. Humans have to choose between being one or the other, not both, not neither, but just strictly one side. And this is when those who may not “fit” into a category get marginalized and criticized.
So if you are saying that gay marriage should not be allowed to marry based on moral issues, you are in essence saying that morally it is worse to be a homosexual than to be a rapist, murderer, or child molester. It is this kind of thinking that has held society back. Still others would argue that due to divorce and cohabitation the institution of marriage is already in a weakened state. They view allowing legal gay marriage as the potential straw that is going to break marriages back. I would acknowledge marriage does not have the same prevalence and level of commitment it held in past generations but the decline of marriage has nothing to do with homosexuals.
Yet, this same upbringing blinded me to the inherent social disadvantage experienced by transsexuals. Through my experience, I can recognize that heterosexuals are taught not to identify the privilege of their group over transsexuals. I have decided to identify some of the daily effects of heterosexual privilege in my life. I have chosen those conditions that I think in my case attach somewhat more to sexuality privilege than to class, color, or status, though of course all these other factors are intricately intertwined. As far as I can tell, transsexuals that I come into contact cannot count on most of these conditions.
Homosexuality is a concept containing so many perspectives that a single definition is far too simple to illustrate its meaning. The literal definition, as found in the dictionary, describes it as “sexual desire or behavior towards a person of one's own gender” (Dictionary.com Unabridged, page 1). However, being so negatively viewed upon by society, this term has been developed into a generic insult. It is believed by society that homosexuals lack masculinity. This idea of homosexuality is a major theme in the film Billy Elliot and the novel Funny Boy.
Summary on Transsexual Transsexual is general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles, gender identify, gender expression, transition and gender affirmation either affirmed male or affirmed female. But transsexual at some point contributed to social issues which involved lesbian, gays, bisexuals and transgender groups. In Malaysia, LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) rights are not recognized but in certain countries, there are laws and statues have been used and implemented which somehow recognized their so called ‘human’ rights. Statistic shows that the majority who are involved in transsexual activities in Malaysia are from Malays ethnicity. The rest are made up by Chinese, Indian & other minority ethnic groups.
Examine and comment on the view that inequality in the modern world is the result of differing religious and/or ethical principles and practises with reference to the topic you have investigated. Homosexuality is a romantic attraction between members of the same sex or gender. It refers to a pattern or disposition to experience sexual, affectionate or romantic attraction to people of the same sex. Homosexuals may be viewed as a minority group in society and although, they’ve been gradually treated as equals in the western society, other cultures around the world are finding difficulty in treating them as equals and part of this could be due to differing religious principles and differing ethical practises. – A good introduction and link to the title When investigating about homosexuals, some people try to understand by looking for what may be the cause of their sexuality.
For instance, the African American niche station BET (Black Entertainment Television) was found to, “represent a venue of minority voices, [but] it is also a source of problematic representations of gender” according to Melinda Messineo. This television station provides desired representations for their culture that could not of been easily afforded if on any other white dominated television station. With this said, automatically, their advertisements are going to be biased towards the African American stereotype. This would be just as true with any other television station with predominantly white viewership. Print media has always interpreted heterosexual culture over homosexual culture in America wrong simply because it is the stereotypical way of doing it.
Homosexuality is unnatural because it disregards the natural use of sex organs of men and women. It’s sinful because the bible clearly rejects homosexual behavior and the behavior also disregards the divine and natural law of the bible. It’s also very unhealthy because homosexual activities remain a major source of our transmission of sexual transmitted diseases. First, homosexuality is unnatural for many of reason; one being that the act of homosexuality disregards the natural use of sex organs of men and women. The human reproductive system is designed to be sexually compatible in order to bare offspring.
However it is the foundation of debates regarding the moral status of a large number of sexual acts – the latent stigma still attached to homosexuality is a prime example of the influence of the theological standpoint on sexual desires. Despite retaining some influence on the way we think about certain sexual practices the traditional theist conception of sexual desires is often widely ignored in modern times. A primary objection to the viewpoint is that it is an almost empirically observable fact that sexual desires do not necessarily aim at procreation. The massive use of contraceptives throughout the modern world is evidence