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1. Introduction A. Many people today talk about the sanctity of marriage. This belief is part of the reason why many people believe that gay marriage should not be legalized in America. To these people I pose the question, is marriage really all that sacred in this country and would letting anyone who wants to enter into same sex marriage make it not so? In my opinion, people like Britney Spears and anyone else who will jump into a Las Vegas 3-day wedding, are the people who are destroying the sanctity of marriage. B. Legalizing gay marriage in America is important because it is as much a part of discrimination as slavery was. The only difference in this battle is that religion has gotten involved as a main argument …show more content…

Almost all of the explanations of homosexuality concur that it is indeed not a choice. Sexual desire is derived from attraction, and one's propensities in that department are not a choice. If it were, then anyone would be able to make a conscious decision regarding whom he or she wanted to be attracted to. Consequently, attraction would be unnecessary when choosing a sexual partner since it would be feasible to change one's sexual desires as he or she sees fit. If homosexuality were a choice, then heterosexuality would also be a choice. In that case (theoretically), anyone would potentially be bisexual, depending on whom he or she decides to be attracted to at the time. Do any heterosexual people "choose" whom they are attracted to? Should society assume that a man who is only attracted to slim, blonde women would potentially be just as sexually attracted to a husky brunette (depending on a conscious decision he makes)? Therein lies the problem. Logically speaking, homosexuality (and heterosexuality) is without a doubt not a choice. There are a few instances of homosexuals "converting" to heterosexuality, but these claims are poorly documented, do not have any scientific foundation, and are likely to be motivated by a desperate resistance to social and/or religious stigma. In 1973, the American Psychological Association decided that homosexuality could not be cured, and it was removed from its list of mental disorders. The World Health Organization also

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