Andrew Sullivan is a prolific and provocative gay writer born and raised in England. In his eye opening article “Why Gay Marriage Is Good for Straight America”, Sullivan contradicts the legal and religious stance on gay marriage expressing that being gay is not necessarily about being an outsider rather it was about being American. Through reading Sullivan’s piece, it is evident that he had a very painful childhood when he realized he could never be who he truly is, love whomever he wanted to, and have an epitomic marriage like his parents, Sullivan expresses that feeling to be a “deep psychic wound that takes years to recover from. It is to become psychologically homeless” (Sullivan 253).
I find Sullivan’s perspective quite compelling due to the arguments he put forth in the article. Being a homosexual, bisexual or a …show more content…
Children need both their mother and father especially girls during puberty who are more complex than boys. In most cases, children raised without a mother often tend to lack emotional security and advice only a mother can provide, and children especially girls who grow up without their fathers have no respect for authority and often engage in early sexual activity. It is also more than likely to occur that children who are raised in a homosexual environment tend to experience more hardships in life. It is also obvious that no matter how much love someone has for their partner’s children, there will always be a hole in the child’s heart, a hole that can only be filled with the other parent. Allowing same sex marriage is a burden because of the fact that it adds to the divorce rates in the system putting more children in danger of having a single parent. It will also lead to higher income and social security tax since same sex marriages will also have to start receiving marriage