Same Sex Marriage Latonya Roberts XBCOM/275 08/04/2013 Craig Slone The controversial topic I have chosen to write about is Same Sex Marriage. This article was written by an organizing called TFP student Action, this organization was founded in 1973 to help defend moral family values and tradition. The title is called “10 Reasons Why Homosexual Marriage is Harmful and Must be Opposed. The article goes on to explain different reasons as to why same sex marriage is wrong. The article talks about how it’s not a marriage and that marriage has always been between a man and women yes this is true but same sex couples want to be able to express their love by legally marrying their partner.
It will come to a conclusion deciding whether or not Ischomachus' conversation with Socrates gives a different picture of an Athenian marriage from the other law court speeches. Each author of these speeches has a very different intention. Xenophon, the writer of Ischomachus' conversation and a pupil of Socrates, is trying to make Ischomachus look like a fool. Ischomachus believes that his wife is perfect and so is their marriage however Xenophon and most probably the jury know she is far from perfect. In a Proof of Marriage, the writer Isaeus is trying to convince the jury the wife and mother had a legitimate marriage so the woman can inherit her father Ciron's estate.
“Ron Snider, president of the Evangelicals for Social Action and Professor at Palmer Seminary claims that repealing the Defense of Marriage Act (Doma) and legalizing gay marriage threatens religious freedom because religious organizations will be pressured to abandon their religious beliefs and accept or condone same-sex marriage” (Sider, Ron). This could mean that people will begin to interpret their own religious beliefs and apply them to their lives according. Most religious institutions believe that they will be sanctioned on what they can say about sexuality and marriage if this law is approved. However; when dealing with religious belief, it is up to the gay couple to decide what they want to believe and how to apply his or her beliefs to their current situation. Each person will have to answer to God in their own way.
However, the debate still rages throughout the world on the legitimacy of gay marriage, particularly in the United States of America where there is a large conservative and religiously fundamental community. In his essay, “For Gay Marriage,” Andrew Sullivan believes that marriage is a “public contract between...two people,” (266) no matter what each person’s sexual orientation happens to be. He considers legalizing gay marriage a step towards equality among all people. Conversely, William J. Bennett, in “Against Gay Marriage”, argues that sanctioning gay marriage would harm the tradition of marriage, and bring chaos to humanity. This essay will attempt to establish that, compared to Bennett, Sullivan provides the reader with the more complete and sincere argument backed with valid assumptions and an effective use of literary devices.
In a world where an average couple is believed to be a man and a woman, a pair of the same gender can raise a few eyebrows. Gay couples are forced to maintain their love under the radar while couples of the same gender flaunt their love publicly. This is unfair and it is urgent that the country becomes modernized and accepts that love comes in all shapes and sizes. It is now that we shall celebrate gay marriage. A couple of years ago, a marriage amendment was proposed but failed to pass in Congress.
What are the negative aspects of stereotypes? I feel that there are a lot of aspect od stereotype, they can be hurtful and harsh to people. I believe that I would consider that to be the number one negative aspect. There are some people that act on these stereotypes with violence as well. No one want to
Prop 8 Jennifer Raback Morse argues that “gay rights activists misunderstand the motives of proposition 8 supporters: The proposition is not an expression of hatred toward gays, but a way of restraining an overzealous state Supreme Court which had attempted to redefine marriage.” She views marriage as a “gender-based institution that attaches mothers and fathers to each other and to their children.” (pg. 83) I agree with Morse. She has a good point that the proposition is not an expression of hatred toward gays, but an attempt to redefine marriage, and children should have at least the chance to have a relationship with a mom and dad. I agree with Morse because the proposition was never to show hatred towards homosexuals, but it was to protect marriage. Personally I have gone through arguments with many people about the proposition and what I stood for as a person.
Teirsias’s observation.. In Teirsias’s observation he saying that it’s a moral crime to make a mistake and to have your mistake lead to something worse and you do nothing to fix it. It’s true, if you tell a lie and it makes into a bigger lie and someone is suffering from it and you do nothing about it you’re not a good person and Teiresias would also say you’re a not a good person. And if you lose your pride by fixing what you did wrong that is just one of the consequences that comes along with it. But it also depends on what your actions were, like if it was a lie and you fixed it I personally would say you’re a good person for fixing it, but if you killed someone and then you try to fix it I would say your still a bad person even if you’re
We are facing a big problem in society about marriages and their stances on civil unions. The movement of same sex marriage has been in the forefront of our society for a couple of years now. On the more Conservative side, politicians are grounded with the idea that marriage should be between a man and a woman. “I view marriage as a gender-based institution that attaches mothers and fathers to each other and to their children” (Morse, 82). According to Proposition 8: The California Marriage Protection Act was a ballot proposition to help conserve the value of marriage and changing same sex marriage to be illegal.
SHOULD HOMOSEXUALS BE ABLE TO MARRY? PHI103 01/16/2012 The simplest answer to the same-sex marriage issue is to determine the true meaning of the term "marriage" and what degree has it promoted and upheld a stable society based on the formation of moral ideologies and the control of the law. Which I have determined should not be made legal based on this premise. Religion is one of the main reasons some people do not like the idea of homosexuals having the right to marry. One of the most used arguments about the issue is that God says that same-sex interactions (marriage, sex, lesbian, homosexual acts) are abominations.