All things he obviously doesn’t think the gay community is capable of. I thought going into this assignment that if I read the oppositions portion of the debate, it would sway me to want to write this assignment against gay marriage, but I must say I couldn’t stand to read the authors article. Not only was it hard to follow, in my opinion, some of his statements offended me. (AND IM NOT EVEN GAY!) Marriage connects us with our animal origins?
The Abortion Issue: Compare and Contrast Point-by-Point Format One of the most divisive issues in America is the controversy surrounding abortion. Currently, abortion is legal in America, and many people believe that it should remain legal. These people, pro-choice activists, believe that it is the women's right to chose whether or not to give birth. However, there are many groups who are lobbying Congress to pass laws that would make abortion illegal. These people are called the pro-life activists.
Anthropology of Gender Critique Neither Man Nor Woman Within our Western culture, we believe that only two genders, which are attached to two sexes, exist. We find it very odd when given the idea that there are other cultures may have more than one gender. However, these sorts of cultures actually exist. Places like India and South America have more than two genders. In the cultures there are men, women, and “hijras”.
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.
There were other cultures that permitted it but did not encourage it (Hunt, 1995). But on the other hand, both Judaism and Christanity viewed gay as a sin (Hunt, 1995). Some social scientist oppose laws that prohibit homosexuality, they believed that gay men and women are treated unfairly (Bidstrup, 2005). The lifestyle of gays is a principle insight at which we all have come to be governed (Hunt, 1995). In 1960’s homosexual organizations known as the Gay Liberation groups have worked in a number of countries and the U.S to urge society to have a tolerate attitude toward homosexuality (Bidstrup, 2005).
Thus becoming the cultural norm of our present day existence. However, the understanding of the authority of the written Word of God, has been lost to some groups, who believe that it is ok to do “whatever they feel like doing,” without any respect to the order that has been laid down by God and established by the laws of the states. These laws are presently being threatened by various groups that wish to promote their lifestyle and as the bible says, would hope to “change the truth of God into a lie.” The truth is committing adultery, homosexuality, pornography, incestuous relationships, and any other form of unnatural use of the body, including fornication, goes against the fabric of our society and causes tremendous tears that disturb the core of
Human beings have always been naturally inclined towards competition: Republicans versus Democrats, the youth versus the aged, and of course, men versus women. However, in all of these cases, no clear winner exists because both sides’ viewpoints prove equally arguable. Especially in the case of men versus women, both sides should be declared “equal” because although they appear different on the outside, the inner workings of the male and female minds possess equal capabilities. As Francois De La Barre says in his work, On the Equality of the Two Sexes, “Since the mind functions no differently in one sex than in the other, it is capable of the same things in both” (De La Barre 11). Although men have claimed superiority for centuries, seemingly
(USA Today, 2003) Santorum went on to say "The ultimate objective here is to drive faith out of the public square, to drive morality out of the laws of this country, to secularize our society with a different set of values. "(USA Today, 2003) found in the (Huffington Post, 2011) Here are some things that people feel are reasons for not legalizing gay marriages also, found in an essay by: Scott Bidstrup, 2009. 1. Marriage is for procreation, 2. Same-sex couples aren't the optimum environment in which to raise children, 3.
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.
However this difference varies across cultures. Berry et al suggested that conformity differences between male and females were highest in tight sedentary societies this suggests that it is cultural difference on gender roles. There is an alternative explanation of the world wide division of labour. Eagley and wood argue that the division is an indirect outcome of