http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/us/12prop8.html?hp
It is obvious that the right for same sex couples to get married has heated up dramatically in the passing weeks. The case has been opened up by a claim made by a homosexual couples claiming that Proposition 8 goes against their rights. The rights in question are within the 14 Amendment, and the fact that the ban on interracial marriages was removed by the Supreme Court as well. The judge was very questioning in the opening statements of the plaintiffs, asking how domestic partnerships hurt same sex couples. The men's lawyers responded in saying that it singled out gay men and lesbian women and said that they were different. It is said to take up to three weeks for tor trial to end, and it is easy to see that the trial will only get more intense.
Question: The Judge made a comment that, "same-sex marriage would “radically alter” traditional marriage and could decrease marriage rates for heterosexuals". Do you believe this to be true? Why or why not?
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Aren't heterosexual marriages already on the decline? I've never understood the reasoning behind being anti-gay marriage. It's not like other people getting more rights affects your rights
ReplyDeleteI think its "hard to understand" because anti-gay stuff is not secular at all... and our supposedly secular political parties use such issues politically to attract votes. I don't think allowing men to marry men and women to marry women will do any damage but clearly the domestic violence, divorces, custody battles, single-parent homes, etc. that actually reflect the state of the family today mean little in the overall debate. Also, traditional marriage IS on the decline! Check out: http://www.divorcestatistics.org/
ReplyDeleteMarriage has become, for lack of a better word, a joke in today's society. With the divorce rate already at 50% for first marriages and 67% for second marriages I doubt the homosexual public could do much worse. I think homosexuals should be allowed the same opportunity to get married and have a chance to beat the statistics.
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