blog 12 Jason Sylvester

Blog #12 Jason Sylvester

Should gay marriage be legal?
The issue of homosexual marriage has been hotly argued in recent years, as some states ban and others begin to permit same sex marriage. Supporters of gay marriage say that it is healthier for same sex partners and legitimizes relationships both socially and legally. The American public seems to be in the process of changing its mind toward a slightly revolted tolerance for the idea. It deploys two arguments. The first centers on principles of justice and fairness and may be thought of as the civil rights argument. The second is at once more personal and more utilitarian, emphasizing the degradation and unhappiness because of the denial of gay marriage, and also argues that once there is a legal establishment then there may be a social happiness that will flow from this. I personally am a heterosexual male and don’t know what it would be like to be a homosexual. I don’t understand what causes a person to be attracted to the same sex rather than the opposite. But this is not an issue of trying to understand sexual morality. It is an issue of whether two people of the same sex should be granted the same rights of marriage as those who are heterosexual. Some would like to believe that homosexuality is some sort of epidemic and that by legalizing gay marriage it may poison the minds of children. The truth is that homosexuality is not a new thing it did not just pop up out of nowhere because someone just decided to be defiant toward human nature. I am sorry but this is something that has been around since the beginning of time so I think its about time that we stop pretending that it will just eventually go away. Instead we should embrace homosexuality as part of our human nature and treat them as equals just as you would want all the same benefits in life if it were you who were born into homosexuality