Pro Gay Marriage

Gay marriage is the legal marriage of homosexual couples. Gay marriage has had disputes from local people to the Supreme Court. Disputes for gay marriage have been around for decades, but has gained much awareness in the early 21st century. Gay marriage should be legalized on the aspects of gay marriage is a person’s freedom and denying him or her marriage would create a second social class, children who are raised by gay parents are more likely to become successful, gay marriages may be stronger than typical heterosexual marriages, marriage is just not for reproduction, and the definition of marriage has changed and evolved over time. Does gay marriage really hurt social class? Many people believe that bans on gay marriages denies a person …show more content…
How would a homosexual couple have a stronger union than a heterosexual couple exactly? Andrew Sullivan argues that “same-sex unions often incorporate the virtues of friendship more effectively than traditional marriages, the openness of the contract makes it more likely to survive than many heterosexual bonds” (Sullivan 300). Sullivan believes that gay couples tend to understand each other more than a typical heterosexual marriage. Same-sex couples also have a lower divorce rate than heterosexual couples. In a study done by UCLA in 2011, “rate at which legally recognized same-sex couples (in marriages or civil unions, etc.) end their relationships is 1.1% on average, while 2% of married different-sex couples divorce annually” (ProCon 12). Although the percentage rates aren’t that far apart, 0.8% more heterosexual couples end relationships through divorce or …show more content…
An 1859 California Supreme Court ruling said that “the first purpose of matrimony, by the laws of nature and society, is procreation” (ProCon 2). That ruling is against gay marriage for the reason that homosexuals cannot produce offspring. What about heterosexual couples that can’t reproduce because of a medical condition or other issue? According to statistics from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 1970 to 2012, “roughly 30% of all US households were married couples without children, and in 2012, married couples without children outnumbered married couples with children by 9% and 6% of married women aged 15-44 are infertile” (ProCon 7). Not every single heterosexual marriage have at least one child. Many people don’t because of infertility, lack of safe environment, and some people don’t even want a