Analysis Of Marriage: What Is The Future

Upon evaluation of the article, “Marriage:What is the future?” I came to the conclusion that the writer was biased and not too balanced in his argument on the subject. Writer Thomas B. Stoddard has a clear purpose. He wants gay marriage to be legalized. He does a great job of justifying his purpose by giving a story about a gay couple and the struggles they go through due to the fact that they are not allowed to be married by law.

However, he does not approach this in an unbiased manner, he leaves out arguments that oppose his point of view, which are critical for him to view in order for his argument to be more powerful. At no point does he speak of religious standpoint. He fails to acknowledge why the family did not want one woman to see the other. Until you have all of the facts, you do not know if the author is just trying to manipulate and simply push his opinion onto you. I agree that people should be able to chose who they marry. I also feel everyone has the right to marry, whether they are straight or gay. Yet making this into an

He neglects the fact that his counterpart should want to show a different opinion on this matter. Furthermore, he fails to show a true good reason for anyone to be against gay marriage. He never once brings up religion, which is one of the biggest reasons why marriage is taken so much into account in legal matters. Marriage is something held in high regards by religious cultures. Some people, not just atheists, but people that don’t hold religion in high regard, sometimes argue that marriage is just a paper that religious fanatics and antiquated people need in order to solidify their union. If the marriage is solely for legal purposes like he implies during the story, there are other ways of legalizing their union. There are wills, legal unions and power of attorney that can help with legal matters if a situation like that does