Should same-sex marriage be legal? It is already legal in some areas, but most of the world does
not allow it. Also, in areas where it is legal, homosexual couples usually do not have the same
rights or benefits as heterosexual couples. These people should not be discriminated against.
They deserve the right to get married and do other things that heterosexual couples are so free to
do like get insurance benefits and even adopt children.
Many people are against same-sex marriage. Their most common arguments are that the
Bible forbids it and they are not fit for parenthood (Christian Answers). However, there are some
against homosexual marriages that seem to have no argument at all. "It's just not right... It's
sick," said one opponent Eric Cummings. When asked to elaborate on this, he basically repeated
his previous statement and then changed the subject to the weather.
The Bible does not actually address the issue of same-sex marriage.
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Gay Couple with childThe authors of the
Bible seem quite unaware that some people had a homosexual orientation (Homosexual
Marriage). The authors knew of certain forms of same-sex behavior that they considered ritually
unclean, degenerate, and/or harmful, but they seem to have been totally unaware of loving,
supportive, same-sex committed relationships. The authors did condemn what they regarded as
sinful of sexual activities--both opposite sex and same-sex. However, since the authors of the
Bible were unaware of homosexual orientation, they could not conceive of loving and committed
gay or lesbian relationships or same-sex marriage (Same-Sex Marriage). Thus, the Bible is silent
on same-sex marriage. All positive references to human sexuality relate only to heterosexual sex,
and all committed sexual relationships discussed in the Bible are heterosexual.
These same two arguments often appear whenever same-sex marriages is debated. Gays
or lesbians in committed...