Gay Marraige
I believe the love between gay people is just as real, just as authentic, just as holy, as the love between any married persons.
A majority of Americans presently oppose same-sex marriage.15 These attitudes are strongly motivated by religious beliefs and an emotional response to deeply-held and preconceived notions against homosexuality.16 Critics of same-sex marriage commonly make moral [*PG382]arguments, alleging that the immorality of same-sex conduct or relationships justifies the traditional definition of marriage as exclusively heterosexual.17 Because marriage is closely related to morality and values, it is often difficult to convince people to make objective assessments of the data and enter into a reasonable debate.18 Unfortunately, this emotional approach occludes the economic realities faced by same-sex couples.19 A rational choice model, on the other hand, addresses the costs that the couple and society incur through contin[*PG383]ued prohibition of same-sex marriage.20 Such a model can be found in the school of thought known as law and economics.21
Today, same sex marriage is legal in New York, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Washington, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-02-08/washington-same-sex-marriage/53013882/1
The Vatican defines Marriage as "The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life, is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring; this covenant between baptized persons has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament."84 http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p2s2c3a7.htm One reason people oppose gay marriage is to observe that not all sexual activity counts as a basis for marriage—what is required is sexual activity capable of producing a child. Because same-sex couples cannot create this
A majority of Americans presently oppose same-sex marriage.15 These attitudes are strongly motivated by religious beliefs and an emotional response to deeply-held and preconceived notions against homosexuality.16 Critics of same-sex marriage commonly make moral [*PG382]arguments, alleging that the immorality of same-sex conduct or relationships justifies the traditional definition of marriage as exclusively heterosexual.17 Because marriage is closely related to morality and values, it is often difficult to convince people to make objective assessments of the data and enter into a reasonable debate.18 Unfortunately, this emotional approach occludes the economic realities faced by same-sex couples.19 A rational choice model, on the other hand, addresses the costs that the couple and society incur through contin[*PG383]ued prohibition of same-sex marriage.20 Such a model can be found in the school of thought known as law and economics.21
Today, same sex marriage is legal in New York, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Washington, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-02-08/washington-same-sex-marriage/53013882/1
The Vatican defines Marriage as "The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life, is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring; this covenant between baptized persons has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament."84 http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p2s2c3a7.htm One reason people oppose gay marriage is to observe that not all sexual activity counts as a basis for marriage—what is required is sexual activity capable of producing a child. Because same-sex couples cannot create this