Gay Marriage

I look forward to a fruitful debate. Let's begin. 1. Why society needs to open there minds, to Gay Marriage. One of the most frustrating things about today's political rhetoric is the entrenched nature of those who argue any side of an issue. Political leaders and the media provide a bounty of messages to support a position, and it is profoundly easy to consume only opinions one already agrees with. There are times that it feels as if we are at a permanent stalemate regarding some of the biggest issues facing our society and our nation. Gay Marriage is one among those issues. The traditional Marriage or Union, is usally between a man and a women. The wedding normally conducted by a priest or other person of interest. Now there are laws in some states, that allow the union of two men. This has become an issue in which many people are concerned. Rather it be for religous purposes, or the simple belief that only a man and woman should be united for a lifetime. The belief is tradional, spawning it's roots in divine literature. Example: If A person is brought up all his life, to believe one thing it is very hard to believe in something else. Rather it be right or wrong, the individual, usally will not care to grasp the concept. Below I have a link attached, it expalins one mans revevaltion, on this subject please read it! . http://www.religiondispatches.org... 2. There is no difference in a gay marriage, then there is a tradional one. : I will now back my statement. The authors of the studies say their findings challenge the stereotype that same-sex relationships aren't as healthy or secure as heterosexual pairings. In the first study, researchers at the University of Urbana-Champaign compared 30 committed gay male and 30 committed lesbian couples to 50 engaged and 40 older married heterosexual couples, as well as dating heterosexual couples. The researchers found that all the couples had positive views of their relationships, but the more committed couples (gay or straight) resolved conflict better than the heterosexual dating couples. Read more at the link below. . http://www.washingtonpost.com... 3. Gays raising a child. I not so different from how a man and a woman raise a child. My support for this: Lesbian and gay related statistics play a very important role in society. So, I have decided to add this. An estimated 65,500 adopted children are living with a lesbian or gay parent. More than 16,000 adopted children are living with lesbian and gay parents in California, the highest number among the states. Gay and lesbian parents are raising four percent of all adopted children in the United States. Adopted children with same-sex parents are younger and more likely to be foreign born. Other persons of interestand other wise,often are concerned about the welfare of the children. Because of the same sex unionthere is a stereo type,that the partners can not raise a child this is false. Overall out of the 65,000 adopted children who are being raised by same sex couples. 4. The gay community, is a stable community. Explanation: I put this as one of the topics, I'd be arguing because. .. It is often thought homosexuality is psychopathological. I will disprove this now. A brief study of the literature dealing with homosexuality reveals 2 opposing beliefs: those beliefs which are oriented towards the concept that homosexuality is psychopathological and those beliefs which are not so oriented. The hypothesis tested in this study was that homosexuality is not usually a symptom of psychopathology. The MMPI was given to 40 college-educated overt male homosexuals and the results compared to a group of 40 male college graduate students. The mean profile of the homosexual group was only slightly higher than that of the comparison group and was still well below a T score of 70, with the exception of the Mf scale. The homosexual group was significantly higher than the comparison group on 4 scales (Pd, Mf, Sc, and Ma). The results obtained showed the presence of only moderate atypicality and could in no way be interpreted as being symptomatic of any general and severe personality disturbance. Below is the link to the website I obtained this information: . http://psycnet.apa.org... 5. That the bible verses, widely assumed, to be direct to gay marriage, is often misinterpreted and not a direct violation or sin, in the christian community. Much opposition to same-sex marriages appears to be based on certain beliefs However, gays, lesbians, religious liberals and others who support same-sex marriages disagree: In fact, many religious groups in Europe had special marriage ceremonies for gays and lesbians. Also, a recent book by the late Yale Historian John Boswell demonstrates that Christian churches both sanctioned and sanctified unions between partners of the same sex, until modern times. That book lists the original texts and English translations of a number of religious ceremonies: Office of Same-sex Union, (and similar names), 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th & 16th century translations, Greece. Office of Same-sex Union, 11th century Christian church in Greece. The Order for Uniting Two Men, 11-12 century, Old Church Slavonic. Office of Same-Gender Union, 12th century Italio-Greek. An Order for the Uniting of Two Men [or Two Women], 14th century Serbian Slavonic. Order of Celebrating the Union of Two Men, prior to 18th century, Serbian Slavonic. This concludes my agument for this round. I will await my opponents response.