Gay Marriage: Pros and Cons
Marriage Is Not Equal For All
Gay Marriages
Mikaela Acosta
Gay marriage has been subject to taboo because our society has this conformed and learned version of marriage; marriage is only held between a man and a woman. Although this is more common today to hear of gay couples, in the first couple centuries in America this was almost unacceptable to general society. Beginning in 2001 was when gay marriage began to become much more widespread starting in Canada, Norway, Belgium, Argentina, Sweden, South Africa, and Iceland. The actual first introduction of gay marriage does vary from different jurisdictions. Gay marriage is such a topic of interest because of the various conflicts in which it brings up, such as religious, civil rights, social, moral, and political issues.
“The battle has such intensity, even ferocity, because both sides suspect—though they may not want to acknowledge this suspicion, even to themselves—that no real victory is available to either of them..”
Robert A. Burt, author of the article Belonging in America: How to Understand Same-Sex Marriage, believes this is the major conflict between those who oppose and support gay marriage. The typical nuclear family is not so typical anymore; it is rare to find that in most households today. As a whole, society has evolved from being conformed into the neat status quo set for ourselves from years before. Although this may not be necessarily a great quality of modernized marriage, due to high rates of divorce, it does highly diversify us. Supporters of gay marriage are ridiculed for wanting to change the traditional set of family values held on for so many years. For the anti-gay marriage supporters, most believe that gay marriage changes the traditional idea of marriage that is sacred and should only be held between a man and woman. Another argument can also be that marriage is for procreation of children, not just for merely the sake of marrying. Gay marriage is sensitive to the topic
Gay Marriages
Mikaela Acosta
Gay marriage has been subject to taboo because our society has this conformed and learned version of marriage; marriage is only held between a man and a woman. Although this is more common today to hear of gay couples, in the first couple centuries in America this was almost unacceptable to general society. Beginning in 2001 was when gay marriage began to become much more widespread starting in Canada, Norway, Belgium, Argentina, Sweden, South Africa, and Iceland. The actual first introduction of gay marriage does vary from different jurisdictions. Gay marriage is such a topic of interest because of the various conflicts in which it brings up, such as religious, civil rights, social, moral, and political issues.
“The battle has such intensity, even ferocity, because both sides suspect—though they may not want to acknowledge this suspicion, even to themselves—that no real victory is available to either of them..”
Robert A. Burt, author of the article Belonging in America: How to Understand Same-Sex Marriage, believes this is the major conflict between those who oppose and support gay marriage. The typical nuclear family is not so typical anymore; it is rare to find that in most households today. As a whole, society has evolved from being conformed into the neat status quo set for ourselves from years before. Although this may not be necessarily a great quality of modernized marriage, due to high rates of divorce, it does highly diversify us. Supporters of gay marriage are ridiculed for wanting to change the traditional set of family values held on for so many years. For the anti-gay marriage supporters, most believe that gay marriage changes the traditional idea of marriage that is sacred and should only be held between a man and woman. Another argument can also be that marriage is for procreation of children, not just for merely the sake of marrying. Gay marriage is sensitive to the topic