How Same Sex Marriage Affects Society

Gay marriage is not the only issue that is being discussed throughout America involving the gay community. In a particular study done by USA Today, results showed that when Americans were asked if they think homosexual relationships between consenting adults should be legal, 46% answered yes (“USA Today” 6). However, when asked if they would then favor a law that would allow homosexuals to get married, only 24% were in favor (6). This survey also showed the differences of peoples’ ideas based on if they attended church or not (6). The results showed that 73% of Americans who attend church weekly oppose the legalization of gay marriage and only 38% of those who don’t attend church oppose legalization (6). These results show that for many Americans, marriage is a religious agreement, but for many others, marriage is a right that should be given to all who want to partake in it.

Gay marriage has been an issue for a very long time and since some states are legalizing it, many worry that it would soon be added as an amendment. The topic of gay marriage brings up religious, legal, and many other issues. In "What's wrong with Gay Marriage?" by Katha Pollitt, the author supports gay marriage and wants it legalized. She states that there is no problem with gay marriage and it's all a matter of separating the church and state. But in “Gay ‘Marriage’: Societal Suicide,” by Charles Colson, the author opposes the idea of gay marriage and states that it will destroy society. Marriage is intended to unite a man and a woman together to bring children into the world, but due to the same-sex marriage,

There are roughly 313,900,000 people living in the United States and within those people roughly 9,000,000 people categorize as either lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (gates). This statistic was calculated throughout many surveys issued in 2010 throughout all states in the United States. These statistics were presented in an article written by Gary J. Gates in April of 2011. Now that it is currently almost the year 2014 the number of homosexuals have only risen in the past few years due to the legalization of same sex marriage throughout some states. Same sex marriage is becoming a well-known controversy in the United States due to complete opposite opinions. Society often examines the changes throughout the years in terms of consequences rather than in benefits. The legalization of same sex marriage is often portrayed as consequential to society however when examined more closely there would be more benefits to society if this controversy was viewed in terms of positive change. Benefits society could achieve from legalization of same sex marriage are providing new economic and business opportunities, and encouraging equal opportunity and a non-discriminatory society.

It wasn’t until October 12, 2007, that governor Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill approved by state law makers that would legalize gay marriage. On May 2008, the Supreme Court ruled that the state constitution protects a fundamental “right to marry” that would also extend to same sex marriage. The people were outraged saying that same sex marriages went against their religion on their views of a traditional marriage. People also argued that gay marriage went against the constitution as well because people could no longer have free exercise of religion. According to the Huffington Post, gay marriage, “Protects the free expression of religion, as supporters of Proposition 8 were worried that Gay Rights advocates were not affording them the same courtesy-to live and believe as they please-as the Gay and Lesbian community was/is demanding.” All these events eventually lead to picketing against gay marriage and the voice of the American people was starting to be heard on this

The global divide of same-sex marriage remains a controversial and convoluted topic across North America. The civil rights of human beings were put into question against the underlying discriminatory issue of homosexuality within the state in the New York Washington post article, “As Rulings Are Announced, Cheers and Tears Among Waiting Crowd”. Wednesday June 26th, 2013 at 10:00am marked the official ruling that the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage as a union between man and woman, was unconstitutional. History was made as gay spouses were given the legal right to social security benefits such as, shared health cares plans without tax penalties and gay foreigners married to Americans were given access to

The struggle for marriage equality in the United States began in the 1970’s. It became more prominent in 1993 when the Hawaiian Supreme court declared that state’s prohibition against marriage between people of the same sex to be unconstitutional (Weiss, 2013). In response to this, there was significant public outcry and opponents of marriage equality asserted that marriage could only be defined as a union between a man and a woman. This resulted in prohibitive legislation that was enacted in 1996 known as the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) DOMA prevented the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages (Baker, 2013). DOMA also allowed each state to refuse recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other states. Be that as it may, in the 21st century, public and legislative support for marriage equality has grown and various national polls conducted since 2011 show that a majority of Americans support marriage equality (Live Science Staff, 2011; Newport, 2011). On May 9, 2012, Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to publicly declare support for the legalization of same-sex marriage. The provision of DOMA, forbidding the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages was struck down by the Supreme Court on June 26th of 2013. In the ensuing two years, 36 states, the District of Columbia, 24 Native American Tribal jurisdictions and Guam had legalized same sex marriage. However up

I agree with you that not allowing homosexual people to marry robs them of their rights and it does make them second-class citizens. They should be allowed the same rights as anyone else because love is love. Society should not have the right to deny them of marriage because their preference does not fit “societal norms”. This is unfair to these people and by far not right.

When the idea of marriage first came to light there was no church involvement. A couple simply moved in together and were considered married. Woman had no say as to whom they were married to, their father or head of house made that decision for them for political, economical or social gain. The women were considered property whilst the male was not exclusive to the marriage and could have many additional spouses. In the 50’s interracial marriage was illegal since then society realised that this was an unjust law that denied equal rights to couples who loved each other. The issue of gay marriage is no different. Denying marriage to two individuals who love each other is to deny them a fundamental freedom. Since these times marriage has changed dramatically, it has always evolved with the culture in which it’s enacted.

Many people oppose the legalization of same-sex marriages because they are "morally" wrong. These people, however, are confusing religious aspects of marriage with legal ones. The legalities of the issue have nothing to do with what a religion specifies. A "legal" marriage is a contract established by the state government. No matter where it takes place, a marriage is not legal unless accompanied by an official marriage license. [2] A church can choose to recognize whatever unions it wants, regardless of what the government says is legal. Because of the separation of church and state, no religious body can dictate state policy; therefore, civil marriage laws lie solely to the state. The church and the state often differ in opinion over who may marry. In fact, many churches choose to recognize same-sex couples, oftentimes through ceremonial blessings. These churches have realized that all couples need both social and spiritual support to truly thrive. When these couples cannot obtain a state marriage license, the church often unites them.

In 1993, Hawaii first put forward the legal possibility of same-sex marriage, but was rejected. Since then, the U.S. 30 states and the federal government have passed legislation to ban recognition of same-sex marriage. March 16, a law allowing gay’s marriage passed by House of Representatives in Vermont with 76 votes to 69 votes. After the vote, they cried

Same sex marriage had been debated for 19 years. President Bill Clinton, in September 21, 1996, passed the “Defense Against Marriage Act” giving same sex couples no federal benefits. The first State to protest this Act was Hawaii on December 3, 1996. Massachusetts became the first State to legalize same sex marriage on May 17, 2004. Eight years of debating on whether or not homosexual couples marriages were indeed a marriage. In November of 2004, eleven states said marriage was between man and woman, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Utah. The fight between this debate happened between states, courts, people, and some households. With people following years of tradition of heterosexual marriages,

In this year, a news spreads widely among American Chinese. A 22-year-old Chinese young man ended his life in Coronado Bridge, San Diego. After his car crashed on the railings, he jumped from the bridge into the sea and died. He came from a rich family in China and just got his bachelor degree in June. It seemed like he would have a bright future. Why he ended his life so young? The details about this news are eye-catching and startling: the boy had carried HIV since he was 16 years old; he had an old American white husband around sixty years old; he had been suffering from serious depression; he was the only-child of his parents. Someone guess the main reason that led him to commit suicide is that he was the only child of his parents and his parents gave him much pressure for his sex orientation. Same-sex husband, HIV, depression and broken relationship, all of these intertwined words convey some serious problems. Since American Supreme Court declared same-sex marriage legal in all 50 States in 2015, this news reminds the public once again that marriage had been redefined in America and the damaging consequences are coming. Since the true understanding of marriage is lost, there will be consequences for children, for families, and ultimately for the whole society.This paper tries to defend traditional marriage and oppose same-sex marriage. Marriage is God instituted and designed and

Globalism and Nationalism play a huge part in our society today and they are required for the progression and development of the country. I think nationalism is important in the development of our country, but globalism is also needed to become a developed country, because without globalism, nationalism is not able to act, so both of them depend on each other. The same sex marriage issue is a contradicting viewpoint for both nationalists and globalists worldwide. Same sex couples should be treated like any other person and should not be denied anything an ordinary person would not.

According to the article written by Yale University student, Brian Harrison, the United States is the most religious nation in the world. While doing research, he found that nine out of ten Americans say that they believe in God and eight in ten pray regularly. Because the United States is one of the most religious nations, it makes sense that religion is brought into many arguments on a viewpoint such as the topic of gay marriage. This becomes a problem, because some religious people believe being gay is a sin and say that gay people are not following God’s commandments. The religious aspect of gay marriage often points out the scripture of Genesis 2:24 where the Bible says, “That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become on flesh”. This is interpreted as marriage being between a man and a woman.

cultural beliefs, religious values and political basis. Due to the dynamics of not accepting the