Criticism Of The Same Sex Marriage

In this presentation, Ryan Anderson tries to defend the traditional view of two sexes marriage by criticizing the philosophical problems and sociological consequences of the same sex marriage. In this paper, I will first evaluate the strength and weakness of his presentation, and then will analyze its philosophical foundation from the perspective of reformed theology. I believe that the two sexes marriage cannot be efficiently defensed simply by appealing to the natural law tradition and its sociological function, but by relying on the Bible the special revelation of God. First, with respect to his criticism to the same sex marriage, I think they are right and useful. He rightly points out that the philosophical assumption of the same sex …show more content…
He tries to build his conviction on the ground of the nature law, but he does not explain why there is such a nature law. The advocators of the same sex marriage can easily reject his argumentation by denying the existence of such a nature law, which he has no basis to prove. Therefore, his criticism cannot convince the people who holds the view of the same sex …show more content…
However, he cannot successfully defend the traditional two sexes marriage because he discards theological aspect of marriage, and builds all his defense simply on the basis of natural law, which cannot be understood if God is absent from our thoughts. The only effective way to defend the two sexes marriage is to presuppose the revelation of the Bible as the starting point, and then we can use the natural law and the sociological function of marriage as proofs to defend the marriage revealed in the