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Same-Sex
Marriage Advocates |
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Authentic Marriage |
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My homosexual
marriage will not impact your heterosexual marriage.
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Marriage by definition is the union of a man and woman; it is a
timeless institution that has transcended every culture and
nation. To legally change that definition means same-sex
marriage also becomes the social norm or ideal. Redefining
marriage would forever alter the meaning of marriage and family
for everyone, not just two isolated individuals. (more)
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Denying
same-sex couples the right to marry is discriminatory and
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All individuals have value and should be treated with dignity.
But same-sex marriage advocates do not have the right to
redefine marriage for the entire society. This debate isn’t
about equality or discrimination; it’s about changing marriage
into something it has never been before.
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Prohibiting
same-sex marriage is the same as prohibiting interracial
marriage as some states used to do.
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Laws banning interracial marriage were designed to keep the
races apart, not about changing the definition of marriage.
Race has nothing to do with marriage, but gender does.
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Same-sex
marriage is a civil rights issue.
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Marriage is an institution that transcends culture, and predates
our Constitution. Our Nation’s Bill of Rights applies only to
the individual, not couples.
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Isn’t marriage
just about love and commitment?
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Marriage is rooted in the natural order of procreation, the
state has a compelling interest in supporting and encouraging
the ideal family unit for the nurturing and development of
children. (more)
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Marriage
provides a safety net of protections and benefits that same-sex
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Many of the benefits same-sex couples desire are available
through contracts. Issues of hospital visitation, inheritance
rights, health care proxies, and powers of attorney are all
available by contract. There are other benefits that could be
legislated. (more)
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We let couples
who are unable to conceive marry. So allow homosexuals to
marry.
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Marriage doesn’t require couples to create children. It simply
recognizes that all children are conceived in an
opposite-sex relationship (and often in an unplanned encounter)
and no child could be conceived through a homosexual encounter.
Sterility is the exception, not the rule. We don’t set societal
norms or laws based on exceptions.
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A few other
countries recognize same-sex marriage: Canada, Spain, the
Netherlands, and Belgium, and their societies have not crumbled
as opponents say.
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The Scandinavian countries provide evidence on the impact of
same-sex marriage on the general society. In those countries,
there are fewer marriages, more out-of-wedlock births, and
extremely low birthrates. In making marriage inclusive to
homosexuals, heterosexuals no longer view marriage as necessary,
or meaningful, even to raise children.
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Don’t children
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That was a key argument for advocates of no-fault divorce laws
thirty-years ago. Studies show that the love of parents cannot
always mitigate the harmful effects of divorce. Kids need both
their mom and dad because men and women are not interchangeable.
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We recognize that a two-parent home may not always be possible.
Certainly, a caring society should support and aid single-parent
families, but a wise society should never intentionally create
families without a mother or father.
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Same-sex
marriage will not impact religious freedom.
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A tiny fraction of adults seek to impose their morality on the
majority by redefining a societal institution that has existed
throughout history – before the United States Constitution was
even written and in all of Western civilization. Same-sex
marriage has far reaching implications for religious freedom.
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