Marriage Controversies Can Tell Us About The Fight Over Gay Marriage Farley Summary

In his essay titled Gay “Marriage”: Societal Suicide, Charles Colson discusses fervently his opposition of same-sex marriage. The essay’s main point is constructed around Colson’s belief that if same-sex marriage were to be legalized, it would decouple marriage and procreation and thus destroy the “traditional building block of human society.” He states that same-sex marriage would lead to “an explosive increase in family collapse, out-of-wedlock births - and crime.” Colson presents us with a diverse set of evidence including statistics, studies, and his firsthand experience as a prison minister.

Why do people have a problem with gay marriage? It is not all people who have a problem with gay marriage, but there are those who believe that gay marriage is an abomination and goes against God. Others however, believe that people are just people, and it does not matter if you are gay or not. Charles Colson believes that gay marriage is the end of the tradition of marriage; especially if gay couples are able to adopt children. Katha Pollitt however, believes that it does not matter if a couple is gay, straight, or elderly; as long as they are happy together and love one another.

Marriage, a History takes us through the history of marriage and how we have come to see the ideas and views of marriage today. The author, Coontz, begins the book talking about the definitions of marriage and beginning from the beginning of time back in hunter and gatherer societies. She ends the book talking about the twentieth century and how love has gotten to where it is now. This book covers a huge amount of history with so much in depth detail that it would be hard to summarize thoroughly, but it must be done.

This paper will dig into the rites of passage we call marriage in the American culture, from

The women of modern America commonly date people, until they find the man, or woman, that they would like to spend their life with. Additionally, women today are seen as equal to their husbands, so it is very common to see a male and female hyphenate their last names. However, it is uncommon to see a male take his wife’s last name in America. In marriage, it is incredible to see the amount of equality that is present. The men and women have equal roles in marriage today, so it is very different from the colonial period where men were superior to

Why should marriage in the state of Texas just be confound between a man and a woman? Many people in the gay and lesbian community are having a constant battle with the Texas government about recognizing gay couple’s marriage licenses. We all have the right to love who we love, but why can’t gay and lesbian community have that same right as well? In section 32 of the Texas Constitution it states that “Marriage in this state shall consist only of the union of one man and one woman (The Texas Constitution).” I believe that all gay and lesbian couples should have the right to be married in the state of Texas because the U.S Constitution legalized gay marriage and because it wouldn't really effect anyone if gay couples got married.

Instead of the world being divided up into Catholics and Protestants or Republicans and Democrats or white men and black men or even men and women, I saw the world divided into people who had slept with somebody and people who hadn’t, and this seemed the only really significant difference between one person and another. I thought a spectacular change would come over me the day I crossed the boundary line” (Chapter 7). Ester explains how there are shallow actions that people use to categorize people. Being a woman who sleeps with people does not make you any lesser or more of a woman, but people used to know whether or not a woman was worthy of being wed. If a woman was seen unworthy to wed she was practically useless to the 1950s society.

The Notification issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in June 2012 shows that the book “contained erroneous propositions, the dissemination of which risks grave harm to the faithful.” The Congregation thus notes that Farley's views were a “defective understanding of the objective nature of natural moral law” and were “in direct contradiction with Catholic teaching in the field of sexual morality.” The Notification specifically criticizes many errors and ambiguities of the book’s treatment of masturbation (236), homosexual unions (293), homosexual acts (295), the indissolubility of marriage (304-305) and the problem of divorce and remarriage

Marriage, a History: How love Conquered Marriage was a book that went into so much depth and research. This information is very important to everyone, especially those with more traditional ideals. Unlike most books, the author goes through the years of marriage history. She leaves nothing out and nothing left behind. She pulls in every tradition, thought, view, and conflict on marriage that has existed, even outside of America.

Joey Cho Mrs. Middleton English 10 17 October 2016 Persuasive Research Essay Outline Introduction LGBT/ same-sex marriage is one of the most heated and controversial debates in our current society. Unlike the past thousands of years whereas marriage was defined as a legal union between a man and a woman, now the concept of marriage has been extended to a broader context. “Homosexuality” in most cultures is viewed as a disgrace, and it is often considered as a great sin from a religious aspect.

Religious texts are used to show homosexuality as adversarial to the masculine and feminist natures of both men and women (Sumerau and Cragun

This quote captures the essence of an illogical heterosexual mind set, and that of the modern day Australian government, that still hasn’t legalized gay marriage. The ideal that no one of the same sex is allowed to marry is grossly unfair and quite frankly a mockery of everything this country stands for. As diverse and multicultural as Australia is, it lacks the empathy and equality that it needs to further and better itself. Every day, same sex couples in Australia aren’t allowed to legally bestow upon each other the gift of marriage.

Throughout history and continuing through into modern times, homosexuality has often been a point of controversy and discussion. Accompanied by this progression throughout history is the culture of many people becoming distanced from a strictly religious viewpoint, and rather adapting themselves to the secularization of society. In modern day, homosexuality is generally being met with less prejudice, with same-sex couples increasingly becoming regarded as relationships of equal esteem. However, with this also comes those who continue to adhere to quite strict religious practice, where the influence of their religion is greater than that of the secular society. This is exhibited through Roman Catholicism and Islam, whose scriptures parallel

Evidently, Christians and Muslims engage with such alternative theological material to undermine the basis of the traditional interpretation that stigmatizes homosexuality. Significantly, they do not challenge the content of the religious texts, thus respecting their sanctity. However, they contest the accuracy and therefore the hegemony of the traditional interpretation of such texts. Through this, they construct themselves as victims (and indeed survivors) of religious ignorance and

Phy-Olsen writes how Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Chinese Religion, and Zen and Shinto all glorified marriage; some more highly than others which played a key component on how each religion felt towards homosexuality. Many of these religions penalized homosexuality; for example, within Judaism, punishment for homosexuality had been known to be tougher on men because it was believed that “God gave fruitfulness” to the men, thus explaining why they would receive the death penalty. Although homosexuality was prohibited within Judaism, gay and lesbian Jews began to publicize themselves in the 1970s, and gay marriage is now currently beginning to happen within the religion although it is still shamed upon. The change seen within the multiple different religious community in Canada is what assisted much of the public into supporting same-sex marriage. Change is common nowadays within the religious communities, Christianity, as seen in the Canadian spectrum, has had a profoundly public set views on the subject of homosexuality, some opposing the subject, other remaining neutral, while others believe that homosexuality was