Is gay marriage really
wrong? According to Sam Schulman it is, but not because of reasons
most anti-gay people think. In fact in his article “The Worst Thing
About Gay Marriage” he criticizes biblical literalism and
anti-homosexual bigotry. Schulman instead argues that gay marriage
disrupts and could even destroy classic marriages.
Now spiritual I am completely against
gay marriage. Being deep in my faith I interpret the biblical
scripture, “You
shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination”
as meaning it is an abomination to mate with the same sex. Let me
clear I do not judge anybody. I view everyone equally and should be
treated as such. However regardless of my spiritually opinion, the
Constitution says something quite important in this subject. Thomas
Jefferson wrote that the First Amendment erected a "wall of
separation" between the church and the state. So, if that is
truly the case why is it anybody's business whom one marries?
According to Schulman by legalizing gay
marriage, it will hurt the straight couples. Apparently it will cause
straight to lose kinship and disturb the tradition of marriage all
across the world. He states that it will cause children to give up
there virginity and their parents will be powerless to stop it. He
finishes his article by stating “We're about to see how humanity
will do without something as basic to our existence as gravity.”
I am going to call bull crap on all of
that. First off how in the world can you say gay marriage will make
straight couples lose kinship. Schilman clearly has not seen the
statistics on divorce. Almost fifty percent of marriages end in
divorce. There are over 6,000 divorces per day. Clearly kinship and
traditional marriages have flown out the window. Not to mention the
majority of Americans lose their virginity way before marriage. The
sad truth is the value of a traditional marriage has gone down
dramatically. Years of television and bad examples have led America's
people into believing sex is an achievement and should be experienced
as quickly and as often as possible.
So if what Schilman says is true, why
is it happening before gay marriage is legalized? His arguments offer
no facts and are all opinion based. If you are going to give your
opinion at least have the facts to back it up. However, if you are
looking for a good history lesson on marriage read his article.
The fact remains gay marriage will
always be an opinion based argument. There is no evidence that gay
marriage will hurt or help the American public. Furthermore, if gay
couples were to get married why would it matter to you. From the
Bible stand point if homosexuality is really a sin worthy enough to
go to hell then it is God's decision.
Regardless, whether being gay is right
or wrong is not for the government to decide. In America it is the
choice of the people on the religion and lifestyle they choose to
live. It is also not right for people to judge one simply on the
basis of their likes or dislikes. Wake up America, you should be more
worried on how to better yourself then degrading lifestyle choices of
others.
Special Thanks to
- Sam Schilman's “ The Worst Thing About Gay Marriage” chapter 21 in “Argument “
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