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Over time, marriage has been the solid base for procreation
and child rearing, which is the foundation of family and social
life. There is recognition that allowing polygamous or closely
related couples into our marriage system would be
dysfunctional in our society. Does this not apply to same-sex
marriage as well? The social unacceptability of same-sex
marriage, the danger of contracting AIDS, and the bad
influence on children prove that same-sex marriage should
not be legalized.
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Gay Marriage Gay marriage has instantly become a national controversy. When the
Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that by denying homosexuals the right to marry, the
government is infringing upon their equal protection rights, this issue was immediately thrust into
the national spotlight. This was promptly followed by San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom’s
decision to issue marriage licenses to homosexuals. Allowing gay marriage, however, has many
other implications ranging from other forms of marriage to the cause of homosexuality.
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The creation story in Genesis 2:18-24
illustrates this point beautifully. An
originally binary, or sexually
undifferentiated, adam (“earthling”) is
split down the “side” (a better translation
of Hebrew tsela than “rib”) to form two
sexually differentiated persons. Marriage
is pictured as the reunion of the two
constituent parts or “other halves,” man
and woman.
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Exposure to both sexes is vitally important to the
developmental needs of children because it helps
them to form their sexual identity, but there are
many more areas where children are affected by
the parenting of a mother and father. Researcher
Henry Biller, who has written several books on
the subject, explains some of the key areas:
"Even if the father and mother behave in
generally similar ways, they provide contrasting
images for the infant ... Mothers and fathers have
different verbal styles when communicating ...
Involved fathers are more likely to stimulate the
infant to explore and investigate new objects
whereas mothers tend to engage their infants in
relatively pre-structured and predictable activities
... The father and mother offer the child two
different kinds of persons to learn about as well
as providing separate sources of love and
support. ..."
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homosexual marriages will have an ill effect on
children. Leading educators also agree. Consider
what Pitirim Sorokin, founder and first chair of the
Sociology Department at Harvard, says about
marriage: “The most essential socio cultural
patterning of a newborn human organism is
achieved by the family. It is the first and most
efficient sculptor of human material, shaping the
physical, behavioral, mental, moral and sociocultural
characteristics of practically every individual. …From
remotest past, married parents have been the most
effective teachers of their children.”
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The world is constantly changing and evolving. It isn’t possible to stop this from
happening, but it is possible to stand up for what is morally right and for what
isn’t. And now, we are faced with what many people feel is the “inevitable
evolution” of marriage: legalizing homosexual marriages. Not allowing
homosexual marriages to be recognized by the government and to be legal
would prevent changing a fundamental institution, would prohibit breaching the
Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and would prevent unthinkable
consequences.