Marriage equality has been a long time argument across the United States. While the law passed in 2015 by the Supreme Court granting marriage equality, there are still arguments, primarily fueled by religious views, of what a marriage is. Therefore, dividing the country and leading the United States down a path that infringes on constitutional rights of the people in the LGBTQ community when it comes to marriage. One must ask, what would it take to bring the United States out if it is current path due to the clearly divided views on what a marriage is? One solution to this could be removing the church from the laws of this binding contract completely. Making Civil Unions the only option nationwide viewed by the government and giving marriage
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In fact, “money and politics trumped” (PT Staff, 2005) love and emotions. Marriage was often used for family to move forward. According to David Theroux it wasn’t until Christianity that women were viewed as equal in the marriage and society (2016). When looking at how women were treated this statement depending on a person’s beliefs could be somewhat true. In the times of Ancient Rome, a woman was below a man and deemed as his property (Theroux, 2016). While in the contract of Marriage a woman and any offspring of the pair belonged to the husband. It was common for Roman Statesman to married off their wives to others in order to form alliances. However, in ancient Greece, marriage was only considered for making offspring. If a person wanted emotional support, romance, or companionship, homosexual partners filled that void. Even in the early Christian views, marriage was only for procreation, due to the undermining of self-control needed for spiritual salvation (Boboltz, …show more content…
Starting as nothing more than contract for gain between families, to only being for procreation, to being a companionship of equal love and duties shows that evolutionary path. The argument for same sex marriage is nothing more than what marriage is deemed as today a companionship of love and duties. In the bible there is a passages from 1 Corinthians 7, where the Apostle Paul states “it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion”(Schlabach, 2014). Which is a direct statement indicated those who partake in extramarital sex would burn. Therefore, that passage could be perceived as only those married can partake the full intimacy that is allowed through marriage (Schlabach, 2014). Although in a same sex marriage procreation is not a possibility in the early Christian church procreation was not the sole purpose of marriage (livescience,
In fact, “money and politics trumped” (PT Staff, 2005) love and emotions. Marriage was often used for family to move forward. According to David Theroux it wasn’t until Christianity that women were viewed as equal in the marriage and society (2016). When looking at how women were treated this statement depending on a person’s beliefs could be somewhat true. In the times of Ancient Rome, a woman was below a man and deemed as his property (Theroux, 2016). While in the contract of Marriage a woman and any offspring of the pair belonged to the husband. It was common for Roman Statesman to married off their wives to others in order to form alliances. However, in ancient Greece, marriage was only considered for making offspring. If a person wanted emotional support, romance, or companionship, homosexual partners filled that void. Even in the early Christian views, marriage was only for procreation, due to the undermining of self-control needed for spiritual salvation (Boboltz, …show more content…
Starting as nothing more than contract for gain between families, to only being for procreation, to being a companionship of equal love and duties shows that evolutionary path. The argument for same sex marriage is nothing more than what marriage is deemed as today a companionship of love and duties. In the bible there is a passages from 1 Corinthians 7, where the Apostle Paul states “it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion”(Schlabach, 2014). Which is a direct statement indicated those who partake in extramarital sex would burn. Therefore, that passage could be perceived as only those married can partake the full intimacy that is allowed through marriage (Schlabach, 2014). Although in a same sex marriage procreation is not a possibility in the early Christian church procreation was not the sole purpose of marriage (livescience,