Gay Marriage Research Paper

Gay Marriage Final Copy The world today is surrounded with many controversial issues. One such issue would be the topic of gay marriage. There are many pros to gay marriage such as marrying someone you love, and also being able to start a family and live out the American dream. On the other hand there are also many down sides such as being made fun of just for being homosexual, and not being able to have your own kids. Gay marriage is a topic with a lot of pros to why it should be legal and also a lot of cons to why it should still be illegal. When a couple thinks about getting married one reason why they choose to get married is to have children and start a family. Homosexual couples are the same as heterosexual couple in that they want to be able to raise a child with the person they love. Andrew Sullivan an avid pro-gay marriage writer wrote in the article “For Gay Marriage”, “There is no evidence that shows any deleterious impact on a child brought up with two homosexual parents”. (406) the statement shows that when children are being raised by homosexual parents it doesn’t affect their up- bringing. It also shows that even two people of the same sex can raise a child and show it the same love and affection a child needs just like a heterosexual married couple. The con side
William Bennett wrote an article called “Against Gay Marriage” and in this article he states “Marriage is not an arbitrary contract; it is an “honorable estate” based on different, complementary nature of men and women”. (410) This statement supports the negative side of being a homosexual couple in a new community in that this way of thought is everywhere and there is a strong possibility that someone in any community has this way of thought that marriage should between a man and women and their differences and