Gay Marriage

Yes, because I believe that people should be able to freely choose if they want to get married no matter who their spouse would be. It is wrong for the government to deny gay people from getting married because they are denying their basic rights. Without the ability to get married, gay people will not receive the same benefits as heterosexual married couples and will have a significantly harder time raising a child. It is not fair to deny gay people their right to marriage if they truly love the other person in their relationship.

No and here is why (Mr. Daniel this should look vaguely familiar to you hahaha but dont worry I address everyones response):

For many years, the concept of gay marriage has been a heated topic of debate. I am here to provide, you, insight as to how gay marriage is wrong—both legally and morally.
First, government cannot view gay marriage and heterosexual marriage equally. In contrast to gay marriage, the couples involved in true heterosexual marriage form a strong bond that is displayed through the heterosexual partner’s loving, committed relationship. According to a New York Times article, the average heterosexual has 9.3 partners in their lifetime, most of which occur before marriage. On flip side, according to the Journal of Sex Research, homosexual men have approximately 101-500 throughout their lifetime. The CDC reports 50% of heterosexual marriages last more than 20 years, while The Gay Lesbien Consumers League states 30% of homosexual partnerships last more than 7 years. This, fellow classmates, shows the difference between a full-fledged marriage and a partnership that cannot achieve the true bond of marriage. Finally, according to a study at the University of Texas at Austin, the living environment for homosexual children is “suboptimal.” Because our government should be interested in its future, shaky homosexual relationships and child raising conditions should lend the government to not legalize gay marriage.
On a moral level, gay marriage is wrong also. In a natural law lens, nature and God’s will tells humans to have sex to produces offspring. The biological mismatch of human anatomy disable homosexuals from having children, a clear indication that God, our creator, did not intend for gay-marriage. In the lens of Aristotle, the human reproductive systems have a telos to produce offspring. Gay marriage does not allow the reproductive system to fulfill its telos, a sign of immorality. Finally in a divine law lens, the scriptures tell us through Paul in Romans 1:27 that “men committing shameless acts with men… (will receive) in themselves the due penalty for their error.” The biological impossibility for homosexuals to reproduce not only threatens society’s future but also human’s interpretation of God’s will.

i gotta say, i hate when people try and use religion in this argument( no offense Will) because the main odea of religion is to accept all and love all and treat everyone equally. so what happens when we deny someone a civil right? thats right, we are not treating them equally. also, the bible says that we shouldnt eat shellfiush, we shouldnt cut our hair short, and we shouldnt eat beef and dairy in the same meal. why dont we follow those rules but take the rule against being gay so literally? id like to talk about love for a moment. i have a cousin that is gay. his boyfriend and him are obviously in love. they do things that people in love normally do. i think its wrong to keep them from being married. if it makes them happy, why is anyone against that? they deserve to be happy and treated like everyone else.

Will, the amount of partners you have in your life time does not determine whether gay marriage should be legal or not. Yes, gay marriage is wrong and it should not be legal but the amount of partners you've had in your lifetime should not determine whether gay marriage should be legal or illegal. I think the problem we are having about this situation is the fact that we tend to make our decision based on the bible and the constitution; these two cannot work together because they will always contradict. We should make our decision based on what we think is right and wrong and not based on the bible or the constitution because nobody will ever win that way.

I believe that gay marriage should be legal. It is completely immoral to deny anyone basic rights based on something that they cannot control. I also agree with Isabelle and Erik that using religion to argue against gay marriage is unconstitutional. We should not argue from a Catholic perspective in regards to legal issues because not everyone in this country is Catholic. In response to your biological argument, if that's true, shouldn't we outlaw infertile people from getting married? In fact, why don't we just outlaw marriage altogether? If the only reason that we have sex organs is to reproduce, wouldn't being in a monogamous relationship be counterintuitive? We should be having as many children as possible, and only having one partner for that long hinders our ability to have offspring. Ignoring all of these points, the main reason that people get married is that they're in love. I don't think it's possible to say that one couple's love is stronger than another's just because of their sexual orientation.

Ok back to Isabellar: sure I made some religious arguments but majority of my argument was a secular argument. Because the government places such a deep value on the future generations then they should be concerned about gay marriage. Gay marriage does not allow the generations to come forth. Also, it is prooven that the best environment for a child is a stable household in which the parents are not divorced or unfaithful. Yet the infidelity rate of homosexuals is high. Shouldnt the governement protect the living enviroments of its future?

Quote from my debate. The government has stated before that procreation if vital to existence---there is no such thing as procreation with homsexual marriages.