Gay Marriage Argumentative Analysis

As a child, one will not have their own set of opinions or beliefs; one will have what they have been taught. A three year old child will not walk down the street, see two men holding hands, and decide to roll their eyes and comment on how disgusting it is; however, a fifty year old person may. Society teaches people morals as they are something we are not born knowing. What is considered morally good or bad is an opinion, and though we are taught these morals growing up, opinions can change. As generations move out of adolescence and into adulthood, their values start to sway from other generations’ – which some cannot comprehend. One of the biggest controversies of this century has been over gay marriage and why it should or should not be legalized. According to Terry Mattingly (2013), opinions on same sex …show more content…
If elder generations took the time to reflect and process what others go through, such as what those on the LGBTQ spectrum face, I guarantee they would think differently. The probability of citizen’s morals changing decreases with age; John Stonestreet (2015), argues that young Christians cannot grasp elder Christians’ views on gay marriage: “And if marriage ‘has only an arbitrary relationship to reproduction,’ then it seems mean-spirited to Rine’s students to argue that marriage by its very nature excludes same-sex couples. And where do students get the idea that marriage ‘has only an arbitrary relationship to reproduction’? Well, everywhere—television, church, school, their homes, in youth groups”. Stonestreet claims that adolescents are influenced to believe that there is nothing wrong with same sex marriage; Stonestreet never considered the possibility that younger Christians may be more empathetic and understanding, thus creating a contrast in thought. He continues to state: “As Chuck Colson once said in a BreakPoint commentary about marriage,