In February of 2011 President Barrack Obama made a landmark declaration that he would no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act. (Freedom to Marry 4) Under the logic that it was made unconstitutional by the equal protection clause. In the following February a group was created called the Human Rights Campaign the group had but a single goal; to get the Defense of Marriage Act repealed. By the end of the month the U.S. District Court ruled that a section of the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional. In May of 2012 The U.S. Court of Appeals also found the Defense of Marriage Act to be Unconstitutional. In June of 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States rules that both Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act are unconstitutional.
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However there are several reasons why this argument does not logically hold up. The first being that even children raised by opposing-sex couples identify as gay. Another loophole of this argument is that many gay individuals donate in order to help individuals get artificially inseminated yet the children born from these situations often identify as straight. Clearly there is no genetic link that leads to an individual finding their sexual orientation. It’s also important to note that it is unreasonable to think that children raised by same sex couples are not definitively going to end up psychologically damaged simply because of having this kind of upbringing. There are also many children of same sex couples who go on to be psychologically healthy members of society. They are not traumatized by being raised by gay marriage but often end up being upstanding citizens who are more understanding and empathetic than other members of society. It’s also important to note that many children who identify as gay, lesbian or transgender or often physically, verbally or mentally abused by their parents due to their sexual orientation. Is it not better that they are raised in a home that nurtures them rather that a home that abuses them? It’s unreasonable to think that opposing sex couples are better suited to raise
However there are several reasons why this argument does not logically hold up. The first being that even children raised by opposing-sex couples identify as gay. Another loophole of this argument is that many gay individuals donate in order to help individuals get artificially inseminated yet the children born from these situations often identify as straight. Clearly there is no genetic link that leads to an individual finding their sexual orientation. It’s also important to note that it is unreasonable to think that children raised by same sex couples are not definitively going to end up psychologically damaged simply because of having this kind of upbringing. There are also many children of same sex couples who go on to be psychologically healthy members of society. They are not traumatized by being raised by gay marriage but often end up being upstanding citizens who are more understanding and empathetic than other members of society. It’s also important to note that many children who identify as gay, lesbian or transgender or often physically, verbally or mentally abused by their parents due to their sexual orientation. Is it not better that they are raised in a home that nurtures them rather that a home that abuses them? It’s unreasonable to think that opposing sex couples are better suited to raise