Submitted by firefly4765 on 12/15/2008 12:01 AM Flag This Paper
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Current Debate of Homosexuality and Same Sex Marriage
Marriage is basically the union of two bodies and souls reproducing a newborn. Though the institution of marriage recognizes marriages among men and women belonging to any culture, race but until recently marriages among same sex was not recognized any where in the world. However, the present dispute of homosexuality and same sex marriage has created flux in the institution of marriages. At the same time, emotional relationships are enjoyed by both the genders but the concept of physical relationship showered by love and understanding is naturally sanctioned to the incorporation of opposite genders.
Choosing a life partner if an individual’s own choice for marriage is the basic human right of every individual sanctioned by not only the state but also the religious laws also provide this basic right to humans. However, modernization and advancement has initiated an interesting debate about marriages, which is related to marriages among same sex. Both the supporters and opponents to the philosophy of marriages among same sex have their own logics and justification to their views. Therefore, homosexuals believe that state should not have any right to interfere in the personal choices of homosexuals for same sex marriage as they also have right to choose and marry equally to others according to the civil marriage commitments. While on the other hand, most bisexuals strongly oppose same sex marriage and claim that it is morally and religiously as well as legally wrong to marry the same sex (Unruh, Bob).
Therefore, among the various social issues, same sex marriage is the hottest issue debated these days in America. Basically the debate is about gay marriages and homosexuality in regard to morality and legality and the moral and legal right of the citizens. This raises many questions in our mind like is same sex normal or abnormal? Do and should the American citizens have the right of same sex...