Same Sex Marriage Should not be Legalized Essay

It is believed among many people that two parents of the same-sex are unable to provide a stable and safe environment to raise children. A same-sex couple is just that, a couple where both partners are of the same sex, either two men or two women. Gay and lesbian parents are equally as capable as straight parents to care for a child. These children can grow up normal, healthy, and happy in settings that are secure and reliable. Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, expressed on…

Gay Marriage Talking about being gay has always been a sensitive topic for people, but recently on June 26, 2015, gay marriage was legalized in all fifty states in the United States and with that has caused ups and downs when it comes to society still having issues with acceptance. With that said, now all people are allowed to marry whomever they please without judgement, but that still does not stop people from sanctioning the people that are a part of the LGBTQ population. Gay couples have…

interest, religion, or sex. Then why does a similarity in sex evoke a problem in today 's society. Traditional belief suggests love as the feeling one experiences when they meet who they think is the right person. Yet, love does not designate if that person is another man or woman. As an institution that has become more egalitarian, and is considered to be a human right, marriage or sex should be made available to couples regardless of gender. Some variations of marriage have been emerged over…

Penning acknowledges in this article the diverse views there are with regards to same sex couples desires to use IVF to enable them to have a child and the impact this may have on the child. Penning discusses and expresses his views on the theories and debates related to the ‘acceptability’ of same-sex couples parenting including; deontological, utilitarianism and ethics. The article discusses the core views of these theories/debates and their credibility when discussing the welfare of the child…

Amendment requires a state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex and recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out-of-state. The Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Windsor led, many states to legalize same-sex marriage. This set the stage for Obergefell v. Hodges. On June 26, 2013, The Supreme Court struck down The Defense of Marriage Act. They ruled that legally married same-sex couples are entitled…

Gay Marriage What would you think if one of your parents wants to marry someone that’s the same gender as them? Same-sex couples are people too and they have the right to marry even if they are the same gender. They’re several reasons why homosexuals feel strongly about wanting to be legally married. Gay marriage should be legalized in all states and countries, it has been held off for too long. “America’s lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender citizens contribute to serve in our…

state in which they reside was Ohio, where same sex marriage was not allowed. Ohio had passed a law several years prior to their marriage that made same sex marriage illegal. John lost a battle with ALS and Ohio would not allow Obergefell to be recognized as his legal spouse. Mr. Obergefell then took it to the the District courts of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Michigan to have his case heard. The rulings were the same for each court, as they define marriage as an union between a man and a women.…

automatically connect it to marriage, which is another abused privilege. This is time of the history where it is equality is hardly pressed on everyone. Everything has to be fair for everyone – even in having a privilege to get married. Surely enough, in May of 1970, Jack Baker and James McConnell of University of Minnesota applied for a marriage license since law on marriage made no mentions on gender.…

follow the same things but that doesn’t necessarily mean we will believe in it in the exact same way. Appiah brings up a similar idea that is with abortion and how even though we all have our own opinions about it and debates about it, it is still about the same thing. We are all debating whether we are killing a life and if a fetus is alive and if it is at what point in a pregnancy is it alive. These debates have led people to have arguments and to go back and forth as to whether abortion…

finalized the case known as Obergefell vs Hodges. The case involved a decades long battle between states and people on weather or not gay marriage should be legalized. Same-sex couples, and other advocates of same-sex marriage sued their state marriage agencies in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee on weather or not their right to refuse same-sex marriage was violating the 14th Amendment, which addresses many parts of the right of US Citizens.[ Obergefell v. Hodges. (n.d.). Oyez.] The…