Gay Marriage

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Should homosexual marriages be legally recognized?

On June 10, 2003, the first same-sex marriage ceremony in North America took place in Ontario, Canada. This was a huge step for homosexual equality and unity, but according to the Christian/political right, it creates a dwindling grip on the importance of a heterosexual relationship. Marriage is a union unlike any other in the history of our world, and homosexuality is one of the most troublesome issues today. Therefore, the two intertwined create an uproar concerning America’s advancement to same-sex legalization. The controversy surrounding homosexual marriage includes many common misconceptions concerning one’s rite to marriage. The public’s main arguments in opposition concerning legalization: destroying the significance of a marriage’s unique institution and procreation, the anti-religious foundation gay marriages exemplify, and the public’s views of homosexuality to be Sodomy. Legalization is undoubtedly worried, scared and/or angry that permission could ruin our country. This country will be able to one day, over come its fears and adjust to this very unique change.
Before the argument of gay marriage is discussed, one cannot elude from the public’s judgment of marriage and homosexuality. Andrew Sullivan, respected scholar, states in Same-Sex Marriage: Pro and Con that, “Marriage is alternately praised and derided as a lynchpin of a procreation, love, power, economics, convenience, morality and civil rights. Homosexuality generally evokes opposing judgments: It is seen as a perversion; a source of identity, love, and desire; a freely chosen lifestyle, a fabricated personality, a revolution against the status quo” (Sullivan xix).
Homosexuals are aware of the long-standing argument against same-sex marriage. Many heterosexuals believe that “a partnership between two people of the same gender is not the same, and certainly not equal, to a state sanction...