Gay Marriage Should Be Illegal

1) "It is no one else's business if two men or two women want to get married. Two people of the same sex who love each other should be allowed to publicly celebrate their commitment and receive the same benefits of marriage as opposite sex couples." Gay marriage corrodes on the true meaning of marriage, procreation (optional), and the proper raising of children. Why they don't deserve the benefits is explained through my procreation argument. 2) "Gay marriage is protected by the Constitution's commitments to liberty and equality. The US Supreme Court declared in 1974"s Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur that the "freedom of personal choice in matters of marriage and family life is one of the liberties protected by the Due Process Clause." US District Judge Vaughn Walker wrote on Aug. 4, 2010 that Prop. 8 in California banning gay marriage was "unconstitutional under both the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses""Denying same-sex couples the right to marry stigmatizes gay and lesbian families as inferior and sends the message that it is acceptable to discriminate against them. The Massachusetts Supreme Court wrote in an opinion to the state Senate on Feb. 3, 2004 that offering civil unions was not an acceptable alternative to gay marriage because "...it is a considered choice of language that reflects a demonstrable assigning of same-sex, largely homosexual, couples to second-class status." "Same-sex marriage is a civil right. The 1967 Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia confirmed that marriage is "one of the basic civil rights of man," and same-sex marriages should receive the same protections given to interracial marriages by that ruling. The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), on May 19, 2012, named same-sex marriage as "one of the key civil rights struggles of our time."False. Marriage is protected by Due Process Clause. Gay marriage is not included in this. If it was, then any type of marriage would be protected by this clause and there would be absolutely be no holding anyone back from marrying anything for any reason. The true question here is whether these court cases apply to gay marriage (or any other type of currently illegal marriage) at all. "if marriage is heterosexual in nature, when the courts use the term marriage, it simply does not apply to homosexuals." 3)Gay marriages can bring financial gain to state and local governments. Revenue from gay marriage comes from marriage licenses, higher income taxes (the so-called "marriage penalty"), and decreases in costs for state benefit programs. The Comptroller for New York City found that legalizing gay marriage would bring $142 million to the City"s economy and $184 million to the State"s economy over three years."This will explain why your statement is no good:"the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the cost to the federal government of extending employment benefits to same-sex domestic partners of certain federal employees (making no mention of additional costs such as Social Security and inheritance taxes) would be $596 million in mandatory spending and $302 million in discretionary spending (28 KB) between 2010 and 2019. 4)"Gay marriage will make it easier for same-sex couples to adopt children. In the US, 100,000 children are waiting to be adopted . A longitudinal study published in Pediatrics on June 7, 2010 found that children of lesbian mothers were rated higher than children of heterosexual parents in social and academic competence and had fewer social problems . A July 2010 study found that children of gay fathers were "as well-adjusted as those adopted by heterosexual parents."Read my opening argument over homosexuals and parenting. This all cannot be true and these studies are a result of bad research, biasness, or both. The father plays a huge role in raising children as do moms. If you have two moms, or two dads then you find you are genetically lacking the ability to teach a kid things only a mom could, or only a dad could. (1)(2)(3)(4) There are four sources to prove this statement. 5) "Marriage provides both physical and psychological health benefits and recent research suggests that refusing to allow same-sex couples to marry has resulted in harmful psychological effects. The American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, and others wrote in a Sep. 2007 amicus brief, "...allowing same-sex couples to marry would give them access to the social support that already facilitates and strengthens heterosexual marriages, with all of the psychological and physical health benefits associated with that support."Here's a quote from my opening arguments explaing why this can't be true."Homosexually-behaving adults inherently suffer significantly and substantially higher rates of partner relationship breakups, psychological disorder, suicidal ideation, suicidal attempt, completed suicide, conduct disorder, and substance abuse; therefore, as a group, households with a resident homosexually-behaving adult are substantially less capable of providing the best psychologically stable and secure home environments needed by foster children."6)"Legalizing gay marriage will not harm heterosexual marriages or "family values." A study published on Apr. 13, 2009 in Social Science Quarterly found that "[l]aws permitting same-sex marriage or civil unions have no adverse effect on marriage , divorce, and abortion rates, the percent of children born out of wedlock..." Gay marriage harms heterosexual marriages because gay marriage allows it to involve homosexuals. In addition, just look at the above quote from my response to contention 5 to see how it ruins family values.7)"Massachusetts, which became the first state to legalize gay marriage in 2004, had the lowest divorce rate in the country in 2008. Its divorce rate declined 21% between 2003 and 2008. Alaska, the first state to alter its constitution to prohibit gay marriage in 1998, saw a 17.2% increase in its divorce rate. The seven states with the highest divorce rates between 2003 and 2008 all had constitutional prohibitions to gay marriage."Irrelevant. There are too many other factors to say this is due to gay marriage being legalized. I could respond with scientific evidence suggest that homosexual relationships are shorter than heterosexuals, but seeing that my opponent plagiarized his arguments and I'm tired right now, I will only give this evidence if I must. 8) "If marriage is about reproduction, then infertile couples would not be allowed to marry. Ability or desire to create offspring has never been a qualification for marriage. George Washington, often referred to as "the Father of Our Country," did not have children with his wife Martha Custis, and neither did four other married US presidents."Already explained that the heart of marriage is also the proper raising of children therefore infertile couples may also get married. I would like to note that I was bit lazy with my responses only because my opponent plagiarized his arguments. If I must further elaborate on my arguments then I will. in addition to all of this, my opponent plagiarized his entire argument. This is extremely innappropriate and blatantly goes against my rules: "or any other thing that would be deemed innapropriate by the average DDO member."http://gaymarriage.procon.org...(1)Jennifer Roback Morse. “Love & Economics: It takes a family to raise a villiage” 2009.(2)http://www.sciencedaily.com...(3) Dean Byrd. “Dual Gender Parenting for Optimal Child Development” Journal of Human Sexuality (2010).(4) Walter R. Schumm, “Child Outcomes Associated with Lesbian Parenting: Comments on Biblarz and Stacey’s 2010 Report” Journal of Human Sexuality (2011).