Should gay marriage be legal

Marriage has to include the ability to have kids. First, adoption isn't because the women doesn't want the child, but rather it is in the child's best interest because she feels that she can not give the best for her child. Second, children raised by homosexuals are not the best environment for children. Girls who are raised apart from their fathers are reportedly at higher risk for early sexual activity and teenage pregnancy [1]. Children without a mother are deprived of the emotional security and unique advice that mothers provide. An Apr. 2001 study published inAmerican Sociological Review suggested that children with lesbian or gay parents are more likely to engage in homosexual behavior [2]. In the 1997 book Growing up in a Lesbian Family: Effects on Child Development, Fiona Tasker, PhD, and Susan Golombok, PhD, observed that 25% of sampled young adults raised by lesbian mothers had engaged in a homoerotic relationship, compared to 0% of sampled young adults raised by heterosexual mothers [3]. Children do best when raised by their biological parents [7].2. This concept of its genetic is incorrect. I never said being gay is choice, but I did say it is something that is changeable since it is not genetic like skin color or gender. 3. What if something were to happen to their spouse? This could be simply fixed with reforming visitation laws to include anyone the patient wants. This is not a problem unique to homosexual marriage.4. Lastly gay marriage is a civil right. Sexual Preference does not meet the requirements for civil rights. The unifying characteristics of the protected classes within the Civil Rights Act of 1964 include (1) a history of longstanding, widespread discrimination, (2) economic disadvantage, and (3) immutable characteristics" [4]. It might be possible that you could prove widespread discrimination, but it is nothing compared to the 1960s. We have never made Homosexuals sit at the back of the bus, or have separate schools. Next, we have economic disadvantage. A 2012 study shows that Homosexuals actually tend to have more money [5]. So, there is no economic disadvantage. Third, sexuality is not immutable. There have been many people who have changed orientation [6]. There wasn't a former woman, without surgery, so sexual preference doesn't meet this criteria either. Concluding, sexual preference isn't a civil right. Many supporters of homosexual marriage make the comparison to interracial marriage but this isn't a valid comparison. The First Anti-miscegenation Laws was passed in Virginia in 1691 [8]. It is important to note the colonial Virginia started in 1607 [9]. So, there was a period of 84 years before these laws ever existed. Also, . Nine states never had any Anti-miscegenation laws [10]. Further, "no nation-wide law against racially mixed marriages was ever enacted" [11], and no state recognized Homosexual marriages until 2004 [12]. It is also important to note that "The laws in U. S. states were established to maintain 'racial purity' and white supremacy" [11], and laws defining marriage as a union of one man and one woman were not meant to ensure heterosexual supremacy, or anything like why interracial marriage was. Sources[1] . http://gaymarriage.procon.org...[2] . http://faculty.law.miami.edu...[3] . http://gaymarriage.procon.org...[4] . http://www.lc.org...[5] . http://www.leagle.com...[6] . http://www.voices-of-change.org...[7] . http://www.familystructurestudies.com...[8] . http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu...[9] . http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org...[10] . http://www.tn.gov...[11] . https://www.princeton.edu...[12] . http://www.glad.org...