Gay Marriage

In an attempt to possibly stop the occurrence of future conflicts, I would like to inform my opponent that I am a Christian and will use the Bible for some of my sources. Thank you.I believe that the "traditional marriage" between one man and one woman is the backbone of the United States of America.This is my argument I intend to support with my proclamations. I will include other debate points in order to keep the debate interesting.1. MARRIAGEI have made it clear that I support the traditional marriage between one man and one woman. That is the only traditional marriage, considering the United States Supreme Court, unjustly, ruled in the summer of 2015 that same-sex marriage is considered legal nationwide making there "two" different kinds of marriage - marriage between male and female, and marriage between two of the same sex - there is a difference according to the simple definition of marriage (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). (A) : the relationship that exists between a husband and a wife : a similar relationship between people of the same sex Nonetheless, my argument stands that there is only one traditional type of marriage and that is between man and woman. I want to elaborate more on why I believe traditional marriage is the backbone of the United States. Our founding father's used the Bible to scribe some of our nation's most precious documents. "...all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." -Declaration of IndependenceThis may have nothing to do with marriage, but please notice how the "C" is capitalized in "Creator". This distinguishes something very important, and that is our Creator is the Christian God in heaven. Our founding fathers were fearful of the Lord, as good followers of the Bible should be. That is why some of our founding fathers have made comments such as:"While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian."-George Washington""Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, the Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by His Providence. That He ought to be worshipped."-Benjamin FranklinThere are many more from where those came from (B). The point is, our founding fathers believed that the Bible was the document to govern this nation. These men were followers of Christ, and wanted best for the future of the United States. These are some excerpts from the Bible about marriage and homosexuality all from the new testament."But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband." 1 Corinthians 7:2"Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with menor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." 1 Corinthians 6:9-10Once again, I have many more verses to use. Traditional marriage between man and woman creates family, and family is our nations backbone. My opponent might try to sway the voters and say a "gay family" is the same as a "traditional family", but do not let that fool you. They are different. Quality research will show that a child growing up in a same-sex environment is not given the right attention they need as they would from a mother and father. A child needs both a mother and father - hints the traditional marriage and family. (C)2. HOMOSEXUALITY IS A CHOICEHomosexuality is a choice, do not let my opponent fool you with her response, it is a CHOICE. My opponent will give some scientific research that says being gay is something determined for you. I ask my opponent, who determines if you are gay? Is it God? Because the Lord classifies homosexuality as a sin, and I cannot come up with someone different.In previous debates things have been said such as: "If homosexuality was a choice then why would the percentage around the world be so similar? Because this is something that is predetermined, just like you gender, hair color, eye color, so on." (D)Gender, hair color, eye color, etc., are all determined by God. A difference though is that these are all genetic, passed down from generation to generation. There are gay people out there that have had descendants that are all straight, otherwise there would be no ancestors to look back upon. So how can homosexuality be determined genetically?I proclaim that homosexuality is a "learned" behavior. You are not predetermined to be a racist, a sexist, a thief, a robber, a homosexual, etc... These are all learned behaviors. Which could in fact be learned from parents - hinting back to same-sex parents.3. EQUALITY Typically, gay marriage is fought for by groups such as the LGBT community because they feel unequal. I would once again like to use the same example I used earlier from the Declaration of Independence."...all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." -Declaration of IndependenceNow, if the founding fathers were certain that homosexuals needed to be equal don't you think they would have established that same-sex marriage should be legal throughout the United States? Quite possibly they might have thought about it, gay people were around even at the time of Jesus (hints the Bible's teachings). "...our founding fathers would have been outraged that homosexuals would be out in the open. They knew that such perversion would both undermine and erode the moral foundations of civilization."(E)The creators of the free world believed this. During their lifetime same-sex relations were a capital offense in Britain. What they did do, however, is leave hard decisions like same-sex marriage to the states."The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people." - 10th amendment of the Bill of RightsSame-sex marriage should remain a state's issue, despite the unlawful ruling by the Supreme Court in 2015. I do not see why the LGBT community felt discriminated against, when there were numerous states that allowed same-sex marriage. Everyone was equal before the 2015 ruling, and everyone is still equal... Equality is not the question, religious freedom is. I am running out of characters but I would love to talk about separation of church and state in a future rebuttal.**************************************************************************************************************I look forward to debating my opponent. Thank you.(A)http://www.merriam-webster.com...*Note-the full definition does include that marriage is between people of the same sex, but it was not part of the intended argument that same-sex marriage is different than traditional man-woman marriage.(B)http://christianity.about.com...(C)http://discussingmarriage.org...(D)http://www.debate.org...(E)http://freedomoutpost.com...