... 's Anthony Wilson-Smith expressed a different definition in his editorial. He defines marriage as common emotional bonding and commitment between two people.4 Whereas, for Thomas Stoddard, New York University law professor and lesbian/gay rights lawyer, marriage is "legal status which rewards the two individuals" with substantial ... marriage is "antifamily and antichildren." He claims that denying same-sex marriage to homosexuals will not make them heterosexuals. He further argues that this ban on gay-marriage is an obstacle for the gay people to raise children and in some cases discou...

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