Same Sex Marriage
Same Sex Marriage Is the definition of marriage being threatened in the United States? President Bill Clinton signed the federal Defense of Marriage Act into law on September 21, 1996. This Act defined marriage at the federal level as between a man and a woman. The federal DOMA statute ensured that no state would be forced to recognize gay marriages performed in other states and prevented same-sex couples from receiving federal protections and benefits given to married heterosexual couples. On February 23, 2011 President Obama instructed the Justice Department to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act saying that is violates the Fifth Amendment.
Gay marriage has already been legalized in twelve states: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Maryland, Maine, Washington, Rhode Island, Delaware, and Minnesota. Gay Marriage should not be legalized because it takes away the sacred gift of procreation to a married couple, it can lead to not optimum environments for raising children, and it could lead to many more problems. Marriage is a religious right. (03 JCR) Pope John Paul II said, “Marriage was established by the Creator with its own nature, essential properties and purpose. No ideology can erase from the human spirit the certainty that marriage exists solely between a man and a woman.” Legalizing same sex marriage takes away the purpose of marriage which is procreating and raising children and turns it only to adult gratification. The leaders of the Gay Liberation Front said, "We expose the institution of marriage as one of the most insidious and basic sustainers of the system. The family is the microcosm of oppression.” Legalizing same sex marriage would demean the importance of the family.
Not only would allowing same sex marriage cause problems to the family but it would also cause problems with raising children. It would lead to more children being raised in an environment where they would not have a father or a mother.
Gay marriage has already been legalized in twelve states: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Maryland, Maine, Washington, Rhode Island, Delaware, and Minnesota. Gay Marriage should not be legalized because it takes away the sacred gift of procreation to a married couple, it can lead to not optimum environments for raising children, and it could lead to many more problems. Marriage is a religious right. (03 JCR) Pope John Paul II said, “Marriage was established by the Creator with its own nature, essential properties and purpose. No ideology can erase from the human spirit the certainty that marriage exists solely between a man and a woman.” Legalizing same sex marriage takes away the purpose of marriage which is procreating and raising children and turns it only to adult gratification. The leaders of the Gay Liberation Front said, "We expose the institution of marriage as one of the most insidious and basic sustainers of the system. The family is the microcosm of oppression.” Legalizing same sex marriage would demean the importance of the family.
Not only would allowing same sex marriage cause problems to the family but it would also cause problems with raising children. It would lead to more children being raised in an environment where they would not have a father or a mother.
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