Same Sex Marriage: The Negative Effects Of Gay Marriage

In the Bible, God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve. This has caused quite a controversy. They have now made the law where people of the same sex can now marry. Gay marriage has a negative influence on society, affecting the laws of marriage and the generations of the future. When a kid is growing up, in his life he needs a father and a mother. When they have parents who are of the same gender they losing one of those people in their life. In the Ten Commandments, the fifth commandment States “Honor your father and your mother.” This shows there is no other way. You cannot honor a guardian, only the mother and father. In the New Testament passage Jesus says, “At the beginning the Creator made them male and female. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife; and the two will be one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no man separate" (Matthew 19:4-6 NIV). According to God, gay marriage is an abomination. (Romans 1:26-27), “Declares homosexual desires and actions to be shameful, unnatural, lustful, and indecent”. Gay adoption has affected many children is U.S. It has caused them harm by being bullied at school. It has also caused them to lose a parent figure in their life whether it be their father or …show more content…
They are also at a substantially higher risk for emotional problems including depression, anxiety disorder, suicidal thoughts and substance abuse”(Center for Diseass and Prevention). Also decades after acceptance in parts of the world, they still practice risky sexual behavior.” In 2013, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men accounted for 75% of primary and secondary syphilis cases in the United States. Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men are 17 times more likely to get anal cancer than heterosexual men”(Center for Disease and