Since yesterdays ruling in the Prop 8 case was handed down the issue of Gay Marriage is back on the everyones debate list. I truly believe that everyone has the right to feel what they feel, but I hate how they mask their true feelings about issues with words of lies. When Prop 8 was introduced its authors and supporters used a very narrow definition of marriage to sell to the masses. The proposition is known as The Defense of Marriage Act, but what does that mean. We are led to believe that marriage is a Judeo-Christian institution that began with the church, and is a religious act. Nothing could be further from the truth. Marriage has been around long before the monotheistic religions ever began. Marriage was a way to protect blood-lines especially those of nobility. It was a way to pass on power, protection, and assetts. Marriage for love is an Idea that began a little over 200 years ago, before that women were promised to men before they ever met. And marriage between man and woman as a sacred institution HaHa thats a funny-one, With divorce rates continuing to rise. Lets just call this what it is Proposition 8 The Defense Of Homophobic Americans Who Dont Believe That Gay Men and Lesbian Women Should Be Afforded The Same Rights As Them, Act.
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ReplyDeleteFor many countries, marriage is still held as a sacred institution between spouses. Our society has strayed from this, the U.S. having one of the highest divorce rates of any industrialized nation.
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As we have read in Professor Ellerman’s class, less traditional families tend to occupy the bottom 30 percent of our society. Unfortunately, I believe most gay marriages will fall into this bottom 30 percent. I’m not one to impose my beliefs on other people; I’m not saying we should force gays from being together. But it should be in the interest of society to support and encourage the more productive forms of marriage.
I Question what you mean by productive? Because if you look at statistics Gay men tend to be more affluant and educated, so they would be more likely to be in that top 20 percent of society offering better chances for their addopted children to have successful lives.
DeleteThis is a very confusing topic for me... I am really indecisive with what is the best way to approach this. The strong factors include paradigms in my own mind of what marriage is suppose to be which is the union of a man and woman with the possibility of spending their lives together and having children. This being said I still do believe that EVERYONE should have a right to engage in the union of marriage to whomever they chose. Many people seem to not care of what others do but do not realize the impact of what these choices will bring within their own family or community. For example, many people are for the idea of gay marriage but when you ask them what they think about their own children learning about homosexual relationships in school or having some sort of association with someone that is in a homosexual relationship they are totally against it. So as you can see I really am confused with my standpoint as much as the rest of the majority of Americans.
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