Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage

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“Marriage plays a fundamental role in civil society because it is characterized by sexual complementarity, monogamy, exclusive, and permanence” (Anderson). Legalizing same-sex marriage would affect every aspect ethically and morally, resulting in an unacceptable outcome. Therefore same-sex marriage should not be considered respectable and adequate in any lifestyle.
Same-sex marriage is the union between partners of the same sex, whether it is a male and a male or a female and another female. Traditional marriage is about attaching a man and a woman to each other (Anderson). Marriage exists primarily to bring a man and a woman together as husband and wife to be father and mother to any children their union produces (Anderson). Family and marriage make an institution connecting affection, sex, procreation, and parenthood (Yenor). Marital Union is based on the principle that men and women are complementary which is necessary in order to procreate; reproduction depends on a man and a woman, unless the “…father decides if he wants to be involve in the life of the child/children” (Anderson). Marriage’s public purpose and function is the procreation and education of children, which requires a traditional marriage (Yenor). “Marriage brings together the two halves of humanity (male and female) in a monogamous relationship” (Anderson). Same-sex marriage should therefore not qualify as a legal union because it does not follow the traditional rules of marriage.
Even though same-sex marriage does not follow traditional marriage, it has been allowed in some states. Currently 17 states have legalized same-sex marriage and 33 states have bans against same-sex marriage (ProCon). Traditional marriage predates government and is the fundamental bu...

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Anderson, Ryan T. “The Social Costs of Abandoning the Meaning of Marriage.”
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