The Government of the United States of America exists to punish what is evil, protect what is good, and look out for the welfare of the American people.
Homosexuals have exactly the same right to marry as anyone else. However, while every individual person is free to get married, no person, whether heterosexual or homosexual, has ever had a legal right to marry simply any willing partner. Every person, whether heterosexual or homosexual, is subject to legal restrictions as to whom they may marry. There is no discrimination here, nor does such a policy deny anyone the "equl protection of the laws" (as guaranteed by the Constitution), since these restrictions apply equally to every individual.
Furthermore, marriage is not a creation of the law. Marriage is a fundamental human institution that predates the law and the Constitution. At its heart, it is an anthropological and sociological reality, not a legal one. Laws relating to marriage merely recognize and regulate an institution that already exists. Marriage scholar Maggie Gallagher says that "marriage across societies is public sexual union that creates kinship obligations and sharing of resources between men, women, and the children their sexual union may produce." Marriage takes place when there is a possibility for procreation. Even in situations where couples are told they will be unable to have children, there is still possibility for procreation and therefore the union is a marriage. Homosexual unions are not marriages because there is not even the slightest chance that children will result from sexual intercourse.
Homosexual marriage will also harm society and lead to a breakdown of the family unit. Numerous studies have shown that children in households with a mom and a dad will be less likely to use drugs as a teenager, and less likely to be involved in crime. Marriage existing between a man and a woman is in the best interest of children as well as the best interest of society.
The Government exists to punish what is eveil, protect what is good, and lookout for the welfare of the American people, therefore, Government should conintue to promote a traditional view of marriage.
Homosexuals have exactly the same right to marry as anyone else. However, while every individual person is free to get married, no person, whether heterosexual or homosexual, has ever had a legal right to marry simply any willing partner. Every person, whether heterosexual or homosexual, is subject to legal restrictions as to whom they may marry. There is no discrimination here, nor does such a policy deny anyone the "equl protection of the laws" (as guaranteed by the Constitution), since these restrictions apply equally to every individual.
Furthermore, marriage is not a creation of the law. Marriage is a fundamental human institution that predates the law and the Constitution. At its heart, it is an anthropological and sociological reality, not a legal one. Laws relating to marriage merely recognize and regulate an institution that already exists. Marriage scholar Maggie Gallagher says that "marriage across societies is public sexual union that creates kinship obligations and sharing of resources between men, women, and the children their sexual union may produce." Marriage takes place when there is a possibility for procreation. Even in situations where couples are told they will be unable to have children, there is still possibility for procreation and therefore the union is a marriage. Homosexual unions are not marriages because there is not even the slightest chance that children will result from sexual intercourse.
Homosexual marriage will also harm society and lead to a breakdown of the family unit. Numerous studies have shown that children in households with a mom and a dad will be less likely to use drugs as a teenager, and less likely to be involved in crime. Marriage existing between a man and a woman is in the best interest of children as well as the best interest of society.
The Government exists to punish what is eveil, protect what is good, and lookout for the welfare of the American people, therefore, Government should conintue to promote a traditional view of marriage.
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