Same Sex Marriage Should not be Legalized Essay

The concept of marriage is understandably as varied as the number of religions that approach it. Yet, one similarity found among all the major world religions is that marriage is held “as a vital and valuable institution and practice that lies at the heart of the family and at the foundation of a broader society.” Marriage as an institution holds great weight within religions, upon which devotees can construct families in the image of their given deity/deities. How the institution does that,…

By this point, you have probably heard about Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who was arrested for refusing to issue marriage certificates to homosexual couples despite the recent Supreme Court decision requiring her to do so. This situation has caused a stark divide in the American public’s opinions. Is Kim Davis a law breaker deserving of jail time and ridicule? Or has she been vilified and denied the religious freedom that has been granted by our constitution? The criminal defense attorneys at…

States,” a name for the Civil War some Southerners use instead of the more antiquated “War of Northern Aggression”. The fight over whether or not to legalize same-sex marriage is a different kind of war between the states. This fight is between the states and the national government over who should have the authority to decide if same sex marriages are allowed or banned. When our founding fathers decided to make federalism a founding principle of American government, it was a radical notion.…

Marriage is both universal and central. All over the world, in every country in every region, religious or non-religious people are getting married, and for many people marriage is the key to happiness. But to be told you cannot get married is violating a basic human right. Most people do not know the definition of gay marriage, so here it is. Gay Marriage is marriage between partners of the same sex. It is that simple. Gay marriage is legal in 50 countries around the world. One of the…

For “Gay Marriage”, Andrew Sullivan takes up an interesting and controversial question that why do not gay people get hooked up with. Gay people are one sort of homosexual group. Homosexuals are people who are sexually attracted to people with the same sex, such as gay and lesbian. Gays are human organisms who are sexually drawn to other human organisms, and lesbians are women who have a romantic attraction toward other adult females. Nevertheless, gay marriage is not being accepted in worldwide…

Ah, marriage, the greatest mystery on earth. Or is it? 1 Corinthians 7 gives us a complete outline on the subject. Paul tells us in verse one that it is important for those of us who are not married to abstain from being sexually active. Abstaining from sexual activity can be extremely hard, especially in the world we live in, this is why Paul tells us that “it is better to marry than to burn in our lust”. It is important for us to know that God is a God of instructions, and In this chapter…

everyone that is open-minded and accepts all people regardless their status. Some people say that gays are provocative and difference from us, but I completely disagree with them. I think it’s not fair to be against the lesbian community and that we should all respect them because they are normal and human just like us, but there is a thing that is not normal according to me and probably many and it is attacks. That is why I’m going elaborate about the tragedy that happen in a gay nightclub in…

Throughout the past couple of years, we have seen the rise in popularity of gay culture. We can see the importance of this topic to many Americans today as the issue of gay marriage has finally hit the supreme court. A year ago, I would have thought very differently about this topic due to my religious beliefs. But, my ideology changed whenever one of my closest friends came out as gay. Since a young age, my parents have always taken me to church. Christianity has heavily influenced my life and…

right to marriage. There are two reasons for someone to be homophobic. Either you’re gay yourself and you’re trying to conceal it, or maintain christian/catholic and/or other religious values. For example, say having blue eyes was a sin. You’re born like that and you can’t help it, you can try and cover it up by always wearing sunglasses, but underneath they will still always be blue. You are constantly being discriminated for something you can’t change - though they were born the same as you,…

today, he would perform a same-sex marriage if asked. In the interview with Jonathan Merritt of Religion News Service, Peterson was asked, "If you were pastoring today and a gay couple in your church who were Christians of good faith asked you to perform their same-sex wedding ceremony, is that something you would do?" To which he responded with a simple: "Yes." Peterson added previous to that question that he hadn't had " a lot of experience" with people who had same-sex attractions, and…