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Wing-San Truong
Professor Novakovich
English 213October 16, 2010
A debate on gay marriage
Marriage is not simply a private contract; it is a social and public recognition of a
private commitment (Sullivan 162), a common belief which captures both and cause and
consequence of the actual debate on gay marriage. The fact that the law recognizes
legally the union of gay and lesbian couples will represent a profound transformation in
the meaning and definition of marriage. According to Andrew Sullivan, in the essay
called A debate on gay marriage, as long as two people share emotional, financial and
psychological bond, heterosexuals and homosexuals are identical. Nowadays, same-sex
marriage has taken an important place in the society. Even if in 2006, court has ruled a
limited marriage to unions between men and women, it is possible for same-sex couples
to get married. In the essay, I will discuss the various form of social influence in
homosexual marriage.
The idea of marrying someone is to build a family in order to give birth to
children and to raise them together. That is why; it is hard for heterosexuals to accept the
legalization of gay marriage. Other than the religious aspect which can influence peoples
decision about the subject, a lot of social problems when same-sex couples are legally
married in the aftermath of these rulings. Claiming that homosexuals marriage is
equivalent to heterosexuals marriage, the author fights to convince his reader to accept
the fact that gay marriage is possible and people should not feel shameful about their own
identity.
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According to Statistics Canada, 3,5% of the 21,981 marriages are between same-
sex couples and only 4,8% are between opposite sex. Since 2003, the rate of homosexual
marriages increases year after year. Indeed, marrying between the same-sex couples
becomes a personal choice, but it presents enormous repercussions in society. In his
article, Andrew Sullivan first defines the word marriage, and then he argues that we
cant debate with definitions created by humans. People should base on their own
thoughts when it comes to analyze a situation like same-sex couples marriage: Some
might argue that marriage is by definition between a man and a woman; and it is difficult
to argue with a definition (Sullivan163). It is not fair, according to him that people judge
lesbians and gay relationship as sickness and in health (Sullivan 163). If homosexuals
can be recognizing by the law, they can accept their identity without feeling shameful
but, this fact can also influence negatively among children.
Logically, the purpose of marriage is to build families, but same-sex couples cant
raise children in a proper way. Imagine life without heterosexuals; imagine loving
someone without even the possibility to have children who come from them. Every
person will one day want to have a family and children. How can they do that if theyre
attracted to the same sex ? Moreover, what the author forgets to mention is that if people
start to become homosexuals, the birth rate will decrease and it can cause a serious social
problem. Couples desperate to have children will turn to websites to find sperm donors
and to find someone who can be pregnant for them.
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Thus, the legalization of same-sex marriage can influence todays teenagers.
What are we going to do with all these kids proclaiming they are bisexual or
homosexual when we know they are not?( Bennets 169) Since being homosexual or
bisexual is considered as hot for a lot of teenagers, they can easily be accepted by other
students. Teenagers are forming social groups among themselves. Teachers have to show
to students that heterosexual and homosexual marriages are equivalent when it is not.
Even though, teenagers are not attracted by people of the same sex, they will eventually
become in order to be cool. We are now observing a radical transformation in sexual
identity crisis.
However, the impact of gay marriage would cause a lot of confusion among
young people. Andrew Sullivan brings great arguments to accept homosexuals marriage
in which he supported it so well, radical changers in terms of marriage cause a social
problem for other generation. If gay marriage seems to be unreachable and
misunderstood by others, its influence in the society proves that maybe we do not need to
judge peoples identity, but we certainly have to make the distinction between
heterosexual and homosexual marriage. Therefore, I do not know if it is unfair to same-
sex couples, but I do know that we should encourage heterosexual marriages in order to
assure the continuity of birth rates. I feel there is no doubt that gay marriages are the main
factor for why people feel the confusion of self identity. However, being bisexual or
homosexual is becoming a trend in our society that we should not be facing of we dont
legalize same-sex marriage.
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Work cited :
LAURENS BEHRENS-LEONARD J.ROSEN. Writing and reading
across the curriculum, Brief edition, Pearson Longman, Third edition, 2009.
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/070117/dq070117a-eng.htm
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