Legalize Gay Marriage

Marriage man not be owned by religions' morals, but the minority of people should not own the definition of marriage, either. In other words, when a certain amount of people decided same genders should be able to marry because of "love," that doesn't mean the whole country (America) should take on the culture of gay marriage and be forced to believe it's moral because it's what marriage is. Due to your statement and out of respect for others opinions, I will try to not let religion get in the way of my arguments. But before I carry through with that statement, I'd like to say that I believe God, who is our Creator, specifically and strongly says in his Word that marriage is only for man and woman. This is the only way for reproduction and it is balanced for the kids of different genders. "Gay couples help with abandoned children." I will give ten reasons why same-sex couples aren't good for abandoned children. [1] 1. Children hunger for their biological parents. Homosexual couples using in vitro fertilization (IVF) or surrogate mothers deliberately create a class of children who will live apart from their mother or father. Yale Child Study Center psychiatrist Kyle Pruett reports that children of IVF often ask their single or lesbian mothers about their fathers, asking their mothers questions like the following: "Mommy, what did you do with my daddy?" "Can I write him a letter?" "Has he ever seen me?" "Didn't you like him? Didn't he like me?" Elizabeth Marquardt reports that children of divorce often report similar feelings about their non-custodial parent, usually the father. 2. Children need fathers. What is fascinating is that fathers exercise a unique social and biological influence on their children. For instance, a recent study of father absence on girls found that girls who grew up apart from their biological father were much more likely to experience early puberty and a teen pregnancy than girls who spent their entire childhood in an intact family. This study, along with David Popenoe's work, suggests that a father's pheromones influence the biological development of his daughter, that a strong marriage provides a model for girls of what to look for in a man, and gives them the confidence to resist the sexual entreaties of their boyfriends. 3. Children need mothers. Although homosexual men are less likely to have children than lesbians, homosexual men are and will be raising children. There will be even more if homosexual civil marriage is legalized. These households deny children a mother. Among other things, mothers excel in providing children with emotional security and in reading the physical and emotional cues of infants. Obviously, they also give their daughters unique counsel as they confront the physical, emotional, and social challenges associated with puberty and adolescence. 4. Evidence on parenting by same-sex couples is inadequate. A number of leading professional associations have asserted that there are "no differences" between children raised by homosexuals and those raised by heterosexuals. But the research in this area is quite preliminary; most of the studies are done by advocates and most suffer from serious methodological problems. 5. Evidence suggests children raised by homosexuals are more likely to experience gender and sexual disorders. 6. Same-sex "marriage" would undercut the norm of sexual fidelity within marriage. 7. Same-sex "marriage" would further isolate marriage from its procreative purpose. 8. Same-sex "marriage" would further diminish the expectation of paternal commitment. 9. Marriages thrive when spouses specialize in gender-typical roles. 10. Women and marriage domesticate men. Men who are married earn more, work harder, drink less, live longer, spend more time attending religious services, and are more sexually faithful. They also see their testosterone levels drop, especially when they have children in the home. [1] "17 year old daughters of lesbians are happy as their peers"? This is a matter of opinion and should not even be an argument because 'happy' does not explain their childhood growing up with two parents of the same gender. Again, the definition of marriage would be changed to go from 'pro-reproduction marriage' to 'hey, if you love him/her, marry him/her!' Thank you, and I conclude my round. SOURCES [1] http://www.frc.org...