The government should recognize same-Sex marriages

Government's reason to incentivize marriageMy opponent argues that the U. S. government is not a government that should be incentivizing marriage. That is for another debate. The best argument that can be made for incentivizing marriage is that our "government of the people, by the people, for the people" (Lincoln), and if the people elected our congress men and women to enact such policies they should. In fact to not do what their constituents what is probably a greater insult to the founding fathers than taking a loose interpretation of a dated document. It is important to note the government is not going into your house telling you how to run your marriage, and it is not infringing upon any right for the people to function how they please. 2. Marriage Public or PrivateMy opponent concedes the debate right here "I am arguing that the state should not recognize any marriages" and since the question here is "The government should recognize same-Sex marriages" it is clear that he does not believe his own position. 3. Role of the GovernmentIt may be true that deny sexual validation may not stop the spread, but if the government puts its stamp of approval on it, it will become more prevalent which will spread more disease. My opponent ask "why can’t the people be allowed to marry, procreate, and maintain a healthy society (in this marital aspect) themselves? " and the answer is simple. The already can there is nothing stopping you from marrying any one, but the government may not recognize it. My opponent must understand that a public government issue marriage licence is a choice but not needed.4. Civil RightsFirst, It is important to define discrimination here "the practice of unfairly treating a person or group of people differently from other people or groups of people" [1]. To prove that Homosexuals are discriminated against my opponent must prove they are unfairly treated. I challenge my opponent to prove that there is discrimination currently. Second, my opponent admits that homosexuals don't meet all three of the unify characteristics of the 1964 civil rights act; therefore, sexual preference does not qualify as a civil right. Third, I never claimed that homosexuality is a choice, but I did say it is something that is changeable since it is not genetic like skin color or gender. This is an often an argument presented. To be "born that way" it must be in your genes, which makes you who you are. "Michael Bailey and Richard Pillard who focused on identical twins, non-identical twins, non-adopted siblings and adopted siblings"; and "They found a 52% concordance rate for the identical twins which means that for every homosexual twin, the chances were about 50% that his twin would also be homosexual. For non-identical twins, the rate was about 22%, showing that about 1 in 5 twins who were homosexual had a homosexual brother also. For non-twin brothers, the concordance rate was 9.2%. Interesting enough, Bailey and Pillard found that the concordance rate in adopted brothers was 11.2%" [2]. First, if homosexuality is genetic then it should be 100% with identical twin, who share all the same genes. Second, "The concordance rate for identical twins on measures of extroversion is 50%, religiosity is 50%, divorce is 52%, racial prejudice and bigotry is 58%" [2]. Homosexuality just like those other things are due to heavy environment influence. Further, Homosexuality being genetic poses a real problem with natural selection. Natural Selection is "the process by which plants and animals that can adapt to changes in their environment are able to survive and reproduce while those that cannot adapt do not survive" [3]. Since, homosexuals can't reproduce with each other how then could they pass on their genes? They couldn't, so natural selection would have "selected" them out of the gene pool. Also,"Joseph Nicolosi, PhD, wrote in a 2000 study published in Psychological Reports, that: Before treatment or change, only 2.2% of the participants perceived themselves as exclusively or almost entirely heterosexual, whereas after treatment or change, 34.3% perceived themselves as exclusively or almost entirely heterosexual" [4]. Concluding, homosexuals are not born that way any more than people are born religious or racist. 5. Marriage is more than loveThe government should be doing what the citizens of the country want if that includes incentivizing marriage then so be it. It is true the reason for the tax incentive is the stabilization and perpetuation of society. The reason they favor this relationship over a homosexual one is rooted in unchangeable biological facts just like having separate sports for Men and Women because they are biologically different.6. Marriage HistoricallyIn Greece it mentions nothing about marriage. Even in the article about Ancient Rome "Although in general the Romans regarded marriage as a heterosexual union for the purpose of producing children,. .. " [5] Which proves my point. Then on the Two-spirited it is important to note that this means "individuals who fulfill one of many mixed gender roles in First Nations and Native American tribes" [6]. This does not imply homosexuality little alone homosexual marriage. Today a stay at home dad or a working mother could be considered two spirited since it is not the normal gender role. Further, to claim that opposition to homosexuality came from Christianity is wrong. Some of the most dangerous places for Homosexuals right now comes from Muslim countries and India which has sodomy laws [7]. I acknowledge not everything traditional is right, but also, not everything traditional is wrong.7. The Slippery SlopeThis is a strange rebuttal to this because my opponent is saying that people should define marriage themselves which would be further re-definitions of marriage. This only confirms the validity of this point. Sources[1] . http://www.merriam-webster.com...[2] . http://www.fairmormon.org...[3] . http://www.merriam-webster.com...[4] . http://borngay.procon.org...[5] . http://en.wikipedia.org...[6] . http://en.wikipedia.org...[7] . http://www.huffingtonpost.com...