same sex marriages: social religious and biological

Same Sex Marriage:  Social, Religious and Biological Perspective

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Same Sex Marriage:  Social, Religious and Biological Perspective

Marriage is not just the legal ceremony but also an equal right to extensive access to legal protection for married couples. But surprisingly this benefits and rights including privileges applied to married couples, few or none are available for couples in civil partnerships. Same-sex marriage is the marriage between same sexes. It is a marriage based on the fact that two agreeable adults have the right to be together in a relationship and receive all the benefits that come with marriage.

Many governments and gay do not recognize these types of marriages, or lesbian being denied some basic rights. Claiming their partners’ social security after they have died is among the rights that they are denied. Non-biological children of gay couples could not receive benefits if the deceased did not legally adopt them. This group of people believes that they deserve equal rights as heterosexual couples. Additionally, many people have the notion that homosexuality is all about sex.  But gay relationships are mostly based on mutual attraction, love and affection. (Holzer, 2014) Sex only serves as a means of expressing love as it is for the heterosexual couples.

The lack of legal recognition affects the homosexuals in many ways. Given that the same-sex couples pay taxes to build roads and help develop social amenities, they should indeed be afforded the same rights. The fight is for the same-sex couples to gain recognition and be legally accepted. Same sex marriages do not have to be a religious affair instead the government should strive to recognize this and not decide for people what they should do or believe in as regards to marriage. The government should not hold the same position as the church as regards to matters of same-sex marriages.

People have always considered homosexuality as a form of insolent behavior. (Messerli, 2009) However, many people have had the wrong concept of the fact that sexual orientation is a matter of choice. Although scientists have tried to prove that homosexuality has a biological causation and the sexuality of a person is unalterable, and it’s congenital. (Merserli, 2009) So, if a person is born gay nothing can be done to change their sexual course. Gay marriage has a lot of social benefits given that if it is legalized, adoption of children will increase because gay couples cannot have children naturally. Allowing the homosexuals to get married will also integrate them into society, and this will motivate them to contribute to society.

Some people are of the fact that same-sex couples would be acceptable if they are confined to designated communal areas. That way the general public will not be exposed to their practices. As instituted by the segregation trials during 1960’s and 1970’s, separate but equal is not equal (Brown, 2013). It imperative for the administrative body of a nation to identify and accept the civil unions of same –sex couples because all citizens should be accorded equal rights regardless of sex, gender or race. This issue of marriage between couples of the same-sex must be addressed with immediate effect in order to curb the discrimination that is openly witnessed globally.

References

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HOLZER, S. (2014). NATURAL LAW, NATURAL RIGHTS, AND SAME-SEX CIVIL MARRIAGE: DO SAME-SEX COUPLES HAVE A NATURAL RIGHT TO BE MARRIED?. Texas Review Of Law & Politics, 19(1), 63-79

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