Againist same sex marriage

Same sex marriage though legal in some states has been greatly criticized especially on religion moral and ethical grounds. The prominent critic of same sex marriage today remains the church, which has greatly opposed the idea behind same sex marriage and its legalization. There have been many debates that have given rise to a great number of reasons as to why same sex marriage practice should be discouraged.In his research study, Peter (2003) has argued that “the most cited reason in opposing same sex marriage is that marriage is a union between a man and a woman and can be seen as an institution between the two.

In this context, only through such a union can children be reproduced” (p. 14). If gay marriage is to be accepted as a moral practice in the society, then many children will be born out of the wedlock thus the destruction of marriage institution.The implications of gay and lesbian marriage is that the families will start to decay with children born being raised by one parent and unaware of the second one.

This would in turn result to homeless kinds or kids raised in foster homes. The upbringing of these children and consequently their life will be abnormal compare to that of children born out of legitimate family settings.This can result into a chaotic culture where the children will adopt socially unacceptable behavior like that of adopting homosexuality or lesbianism themselves.Marriage has been seen by many especially by the religion as an institution and one of the common argument here is that the extension of marriage rights to gays and lesbians partners is likely to undercut the purpose of marriage in regard to the individual personal interpretation based on religious understanding.

Same sex marriage can also in the light of the religion be seen as being against the will of God besides the fact that it has been viewed by many as being unnatural.According to Richard (2005), “the legalization and acceptance of same sex marriage by the society will encourage polygamy and all the associated negative outcomes of it. In this context, individuals will have multiple relation as the seek satisfaction and children” (p.34).This can then give rise to an increase in the level of sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDs.

The very notion of polygamy will also result in singly raised children or even children with multiple parents. This will in turn affect the social and ethical orientation of kids born in a polygamy family setting and can further aggravates the problem of same sex relationship in the society.In reference to the research findings by Richard (2005), “it can be argued that it can be argued that same sex couples are far much more different than straight couples. Research has shown that homosexuals and lesbians are more promiscuous and have more physical and mental health problems as compared to individuals practicing straight sex relationships” (p.

41).Moreover, it has been proved that these individuals have a far much less life expectancy compared to straight individuals besides the fact that gay and lesbians relationships have been known to last for a very short period of time.The differences do not offer a healthy and conducive environment of bringing up children but rather presents an environment that could be detrimental and dangerous to the livelihood of children born in same sex family settings. Besides polygamy, same sex marriage can contribute to child molestation thus increasing the risk of incest in the society by a great factor.Same sex marriage, it has been argued tends to separate the ideas of parenthood and marriage thus accelerating marital decline and the number of children born out of wedlock. Consequently, marital instability will further encourage characterized by broken homes and children adopting and exhibiting various antisocial behavior in the society.

The legalization of same sex marriage and the simple tolerance of the same as argued by many of the opponents of same sex marriage would cause or would bring a wider definition of marriage and families besides increasing the number of same sex relationships.As opposed to same sex marriage, legitimate marriage provide a kind of natural complements between the two sexes involved which by extension benefits the children by ensuring that special attention is paid to the emotional and physical needs of the children. On the other hand, same sex marriage setting do not provide complements between the partners and in this regard can not provide a balanced, efficient and a human child rearing regime that is optimal (Peter, 2003, p.17). In his argument, Jeffrey (2001) has stated that “unlike same sex marriage, opposite sex marriage provides a procreative foundation that is needed for civilization” (p.16).

In this regard, it has been argued that the definition of marriage as provided by the same sex marriage advocates tends to change the importance of marriage in the social context away from its reproduction function into freedom of having sex or into a mere legality.This argument can be seen as being based on the premises that it is the children themselves who that make sexual relations to be seen as important in the society. The truth of this premise has been questioned by many but the undisputable premise is that child bearing may be optional at the individual level but mandatory at the societal level if such societies are to see the light of the future.According to the research study by Mark (1999), “without the reproduction function of the marriage, societies would then fail to survive into the future besides the fact that children will grow into a functional adulthood if they have the care of both the mother and the father as opposed to the case of children in same sex marriage setting who have two mothers and no father or two fathers and no mother” (p.19).The setting under which the child is raised will not only affect the way he relates with other individuals in the society but the attitude he or she hold to these other individuals and other aspects in the society.

For example, a son who is raised by two mothers may loss the masculinity expected of male children and exhibit traits of feminism and this will affect the sexual and social orientation of such a child.