Gay Marriage Persuasive Essay

For years people have questioned and judged each other’s life styles whether it was a teen pregnancy, drug abuse, and especially a person’s sexuality. Everyone is entitled to an opinion but at what cost? Many people believe it’s wrong to be with someone of the opposite sex but many polls and statistics show that over the years, society has grown accustomed to different life style choices including marriages involving people of the same sex. Now it is time for politicians and the law to catch up with society. Since the 90s the community of homosexuals has stood up and raised their voices about the possibility of legalizing gay marriages. It all started with a lawsuit in Hawaii that made the issue of same sex marriages a major debate in the nation.
Recent studies have shown that in California single parenthood and a divorce that involves children costs California taxpayers $4.8 billion a year and nationwide it costs $112 billion a year. That makes politician’s wonder how much it would cost if same-sex marriages were legalized and ended in divorce, especially if there was a child involved. One possible explanation of why most religious people do not believe in same-sex marriages and especially not marriages with children is to ensure that they are exposed to both sexes. It is important for a child to form their own sexual identity rather than having two moms or two dads. In 2008 about 116,000 same-sex couples across the country were raising a total of about 250,000 children according to an analysis of Census data by Gary J. Gates. In recent years, many of these kids aged 10-40 have become active in campaigns organized by COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere), Lambda Legal, and GLAD (Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders). These children and adults have become more involved in these types of groups in hopes of changing the laws about same-sex marriages (WILDMAN). Children should be protected during all marriages, not just same-sex marriages. However, children aren’t the only complication that arrives in this debate, basic religious feelings and equal rights laws also raise a big
Their main source of disbelief is what is said in the Old Testament about homosexual activity. The story of Sodom and Gomorrah is argued between both christians and homosexual christians about the reason God killed off the citizens of Sodom. Many believe it’s because Lot invites traveling guests into his home to have intimacies with him and he offers his two daughters, who are virgins, to do as the guests pleases. However, they generalize the men of Sodom accusing them of all being homosexual. Also, Lot offered his daughters to the men, if the men of Sodom were in fact homosexual they would have denied the women, but in the story the visitors were attempting to force the door down. The men and women of Sodom were punished due to the violence that occurred in the story (Genesis 19:4,5). The Bible may be interpreted differently by many, but for some it’s a misunderstanding. Believing that homosexulity is a sin may be a mistake but it’s all about how people interpret the Bible itself. However, marriage is not only a religious binding, it’s also a legal way of recognizing couples. There are differences between same-sex and opposite-sex marriages that could change the way some view same-sex marriages. The difference between heterosexual marriages and homosexual marriages is that heterosexual marriages are recognized by the church and the state whereas homosexual marriages would only be documented