Gay Marriages

Note: This is my view on gay marriage. This is not to be offensive to any one: IT IS MY OPINION. I do not intend to hurt anyone in my essay.

Gay marriage has been an issue pending in the United States. The last state election in South Dakota, as well as other states, in November had a bill regarding this issue. The issue is hugely controversial and exactly how to solve is the real question. Should gay marriage be legal in all fifty states? How to start thinking about this subject can go with remembering what marriage means according to Christianity. Marriage is between a man and woman, therefore so a family can then be created. Gay marriage does not fit this statement. The benefits of marriage are what are lost in not legalizing gay marriage. Although not legalizing gay marriage would hurt many gay couples, gay marriage goes against the meaning of marriage in Christian faith.

Going back to the first days of man, there was Adam and Eve. God created a woman from man so he would have a partner in life. God took ribs from Adam to create Eve. This little story from the Bible is a key story that should remind people God created man for woman. A woman is made for man perfectly; a woman is not made for a woman and a man is not made for a man. Any anatomy class teaches the form of the man and woman. God created our bodies perfectly for the opposite sex. Us as humans reproduce because of just how beautifully God created our bodies. This may sound like a lesson one hears in church, but the truth be told, our bodies were meant for the other sex, not the same sex. That is why marriage is meant for man and woman.

A large argument for gay marriage involves what marriage gives to a couple. Marriage ensures benefits from the government and insurance companies. It also gives legality for each other in case of serious health issues and even death. So obviously then if gay marriage is not legal, gay couples cannot receive the benefits of marriage. Gay couples also cannot share the name of one another either. This hurts gay couples, but gay marriage is against for marriage is meant for.

The family life that happens in a marriage seems to have a mother and father. In gay couples who adopt children or have a child with an opposite sex have a twist to the usual parenthood. A mother and father cannot truly exist for a child of a gay couple. A mother is woman and a father is man. Gay marriage would allow for a child to not have a female and male in their life as parents. That goes back to how marriage is meant for man and woman.

How to solve the issue of gay marriage seems to be difficult. Gay marriage is pretty much an “oxymoron”, which is said by Lisa Schiffren. I agree with that statement because I know gay and marriage cannot go hand in hand. I know of gay couples, and I know that not legalizing gay marriage affects them. But, family life will change so much if gay marriage is legal in every state. I am strong in my faith and I will not look bad on those who are gay. They cannot help it, but marriage is meant for man and woman only.