There are plenty of people out there who believe that same sex marriages should be legalized. Those people bring out major points that do make sense and back up their opinions. There are many benefits in this society that are only available to married individuals. These benefits included things such as joint ownership and medical decision-making capacity. Marriage is more than a legal status. It affects many things in society such as tax filing status, joint ownership of property, insurance benefits, and agency law. It affects critical medical decisions. For example, if one member of a gay couple that has been together for 20 years gets critically ill, visitation may not even be allowed since the other isn't considered a "spouse or immediate family member". Also, critical medical decisions must often be made when one person is incapacitated; should a certain surgery be done or not? It is completely unfair to deny these privileges to people because their relationship doesn't fit the state's definition of one. I understand this argument because to me that is not fair. I think that those privileges such as the medical decisions should be part of the civil unions. It is unfair to watch a loved one in pain when there is nothing you can do about it.

On the other hand, there are arguments against these marriages that I am opposed to. One being the position that it would it would encourage strong family values and give up high-risk sexual lifestyles. When it comes to family I believe that it would be very hard for a child to grow up with homosexual parents in this society. A society is fair and just when decisions are made so that the weaker or the poorer is defended. In marriage you have an opportunity to have family with children but how can two gay people have and raise children in a normal way? A normal way means that a child has a right to have a father and a mother and it means that a child has an opportunity to experience love from both sides. Two same sex parents cannot replace either mother or father no matter how much they try. In terms of giving up high-risk sexual lifestyles, I don’t believe that is true with any kind of marriage. The problems related to sexuality in our society such as STD's stem from carefree, frivolous lifestyles; in other words, having frequent unprotected sex with many partners. It is said in an article in The New Republic, by Andrew Sullivan, says “Gay men-- not because they’re gay but because they are men in an all male subculture—are almost certainly more sexually active with more partners than most straight men.” If this statement is true then the basis of the stereotype is true and the people opposed to these marriages can use this as an argument. It is estimated that about 50% of marriages in the United States end in divorce. I am going to guess that a good amount of this number has something to do with a spouse cheating on the other. If straight coupl

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