Gay Marriage

[Roshawon Pruitt]

[Sociology 120]

[Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility]

[Instructor: Wendell Johnson]

[October 8, 2012]Gay Marriage

Introduction

Marriage is one event which is widely referred by everyone as one of their happiest day in life. Whether if people are planning their marriage or reflects on their marriage afterwards, for many it brings an inspiring warm feelings and happiness on people's face. For others marriage have opposite effects, because it's something that was inflicted upon them on rush and it simply didn't work for them for any odd reasons.

Many people get scared of this and run away from it. For many people it's an aspiration that hasn't become a reality yet. It's not that they haven't found anyone yet as these people have been with partners since a long time. The law simply don't allow these people to marry as in the US same sex marriage is disallowed which is also referred to as gay marriage.

The US which extremely prides itself for promoting civil rights and giving freedom to its citizens fails to accommodate gay marriage within its ranks. Homosexuality should be legalized in the US and homosexuals should be given equal rights as opposed to heterosexuals. Such individuals should be given all the rights and privileges which are bestowed on heterosexual individuals.

Discussion

Americans thrive themselves for being open minded and accepting change without being prejudice about anything. When Americans are asked that whether gays should be given access to holding property and prominent jobs, they respond affirmatively to this subject. But when the issue of gay marriage comes to discussion American change their stance out rightly and disagrees to this notion (Masci, David, 2009). As the topic of gay marriage gays more attention, we are witnessing more and more arguments being thrown against it. It was reported in CNN that 19 states in the US failed to give recognition to the gay marriages and have also amended their respective constitutions and have even outlawed the gay marriages in their states. One has to seriously wonder why such sort of prejudice is being held against the gay marriages.

There is a strong set of belief in the society that marriage is held primarily for procreation and same sex parents should not be upbringing the children's. This argument can be counteracted by the notion that in the past marriages were held for procreation which doesn't hold true for now. Many of the marriages were loveless which leads to more women getting subjugated by their male counter parts. In the contemporary settings people are allowed to go ahead with marriage even if they intend to raise children or not.

The case of Department of Public Health against the Goodridge in 2003 is one of the landmark cases for promoting the same sex marriages in the US. The argument put forward in this case was that marriage is held for prompting greater harmony and tranquility amongst the partners instead of just raising the children's. One cannot infer that homosexuals don't want to have their children's. It is felt ...