Resolved: Gay marriage would weaken the insitutuion of marriage

The BOP is on you to prove n and me to prove yes. This is hypothetical so We need to share it. Also weakening is defined as making it invalid, a joke etc. No semantics with the title. C1: Gays cheat on each other more. Studies indicate that homosexual couples have higher rates of promiscuity than heterosexual couples.Allowing gays to marry would make gays seek more partners. [1] Second, and even more importantly, homosexual unions are not wrong primarily because of their disproportionately high incidence of promiscuity (especially among males) and breakups (especially among females). They are wrong because "gay marriage" is a contradiction in terms. As with consensual adult incest and polyamory, considerations of commitment and fidelity factor only after certain structural prerequisites are met. [2] The Dutch study of partnered homosexuals, which was published in the journal AIDS, found that men with a steady partner had an average of eight sexual partners per year. [3] Studies to date suggest that only a tiny fraction of homosexual unions will be both monogamous and of twenty years duration or more (probably less than 5%). [4] C2: gays are more violent towards each other. In addition, studies report that homosexual couples have significantly higher incidences of violent behavior.[1] Domestic abuse is divided into two categories, emotional abuse and physical abuse. While gay domestic abuse has not been studied to the extent that heterosexual relationships have, preliminary studies indicate a much higher level of abuse [1] These studies are not surprising given what pathologists have stated regarding the commonness and brutality of homosexual murders. [1] Surveys conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice confirm that homosexual and lesbian relationships had a far greater incidence of domestic partner violence than opposite-sex relationships including cohabitation or marriage. [3] The National Violence against Women Survey, sponsored by the National Institute of Justice, found that "same-sex cohabitants reported significantly more intimate partner violence than did opposite-sex cohabitants. [3] C3: Gays have a higher risk of suicide Homosexual and lesbian relationships experience a far greater rate of mental health problems compared to married couples. [3] A twins study that examined the relationship between homosexuality and suicide, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, found that homosexuals with same-sex partners were at greater risk for overall mental health problems and were 6.5 times more likely than their twins to have attempted suicide. The higher rate was not attributable to mental health or substance abuse disorders. [3] So the extra abuse obviously would cause mental problems. C4: Gay partner commitment is lower. Even in those homosexual relationships in which the partners consider themselves to be in a committed relationship, the meaning of "committed" or "monogamous" typically means something radically different than in heterosexual marriage. [3] A Canadian study of homosexual men who had been in committed relationships lasting longer than one year found that only 25 percent of those interviewed reported being monogamous." According to study author Barry Adam, "Gay culture allows men to explore different...forms of relationships besides the monogamy coveted by heterosexuals." [3] The Handbook of Family Diversity reported a study in which "many self-described 'monogamous' couples reported an average of three to five partners in the past year. Blasband and Peplau (1985) observed a similar pattern." [3] yeah how will you be committed if you are cheating on him/her? C5: increases wed lock berths (babies from unmarried couples) increase with gay marriage legalization. A series of articles in 2004 by Stanley Kurtz, a Harvard-trained social anthropologist and fellow at the Hoover Institution, show that the introduction of same-sex registered partnerships in Scandinavia has coincided with a sharp rise in out-of-wedlock births. [4] Stanley Kurtz has shown that in Sweden and Norway from 1990 to 2000—that is, in the period roughly coinciding with the introduction of same-sex registered partnerships (now almost de facto "gay marriage")—out-of-wedlock births have increased roughly 10%. [4] C6: gays have higher divorce rates Moreover, a 2004 study of divorce rates for same-sex registered partnerships in Sweden from 1995 to 2002 indicates that, compared to opposite-sex married couples, male homosexual couples were 1.5 times more likely to divorce and female homosexual couples 3 times more likely. [4] C7: Religion I know that people hate me for always dragging this into these debates, but although the church has little to do with marriage they can actually request to abstain from laws, as the catholic tried in the gay adoption laws. (England) In Great Britain, the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has expressed its full support to the stand taken by the Catholic Church opposing regulations on gay adoption. The Catholic Church sought to be exempt from the new law. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams of the Church of England, supports the Catholic Church's efforts declaring that the rights of conscience cannot be subject to laws. Catholic leaders have already said that its teachings prevent its agencies placing children with homosexuals and they will have to close if bound by the rules. The MCB, the UK's leading Muslim umbrella group embracing over 400 affiliated organizations, said that while it supported anti-discrimination laws, homosexuality is forbidden in Islam. [5] C8: since marriage has benefits why not let same sex people have it? Heterosexual marriage has these benefits, and it is what the scientific studies have looked at. There is no data showing similar benefits for same-sex couples. We don't know whether same-sex couples would enjoy any of these benefits, and there are reasons to think they would not. This is a subject we will deal with more in Part IV of this special report. For now we are looking at the benefits and public impact of heterosexual marriage. [6] I await your response's sources: http://www.conservapedia.com... [1] http://www.robgagnon.net... [2] http://www.frc.org... [3] http://www.robgagnon.net... [4] http://www2.irna.com... [5] http://www.catholic.com... [6]