Persuasive Essay On Gay Marriage Australia

A serious problem facing the world today is the pressing matter of whether or not gay marriage should be legalized. Marriage is classified in section 5 of the Marriage Act 1961 as ‘the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life.’ This gives the exclusion of same-sex couples. Recently in 2015, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten presented a bill into parliament to alter the marriage act to allow same-sex marriage in Australia. Shorten replaces the definition of ‘a man and a woman’ to ‘two people’ reading as; ‘the union of two people to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life.’ In a recent article by Austin Cline, the writer wrote why he believes that same sex marriage should …show more content…
Australian society has always endorsed the principles of equality, respect, pride and a sense of belonging to all, but by excluding the minority who are forced to look away from the idea of marriage because of their interest in gender, how can society play upon these values and beliefs? The idea that stable families are the foundation to a stable society is true, but however, families are only a sliver of the social unit and thus developments revolving around the basis of marriage usually affect the movements of society. If gays were given the opportunity and right to marry, it can better merge the family and the idea of same-sex marriage into the community. From looking at statistics, it was found that over 70% of married same-sex couples said that their level of commitment towards themselves, their partner and their community has increased just from the impact of marriage. Aside from the benefits same-sex marriage provides to society in terms of strengthening it, same-sex marriage also holds benefits to the economy as well. Seeing as though the average Australian couple are spending $54,294 on their wedding fees, allowing same-sex