Same-sex marriage issues

Same-sex marriage issues Traditionally, sex is assumed as a divine act by religions. It is performed for reproduction and psychological pleasure. Religions never support same-sex marriage because of faith-related reasons. Critics of same-sex marriage argue that the major purpose of marriage is to make children and to sustain human life in this world. For them, same-sex marriage will cause an immense threat to the sustainment of human life on earth since homosexuality will never succeed in producing offspring. On the other hand, there are many people who like to have a partner of the same sex. Such people argue that people should have the freedom and the right to select their partner based on their preferences. In their opinion, marriage is a socially constructed phenomenon rather than a biologically constructed one. For the advocates of same-sex marriage, the major purpose of marriage is to derive pleasure from sexual life rather than making offspring. In short, there are plenty of arguments in favor of and against same-sex marriage. The call for the legalization of same-sex marriage is increasing day by day. “As of Sep. 15, 2010, gay marriage is allowed in five US states (MA, CT, IA, VT, and NH) and the District of Columbia whereas 30 states have constitutional amendments banning gay marriage” (Procon.org). It is necessary to analyze various dimensions, beliefs, and arguments related to same-sex marriage before encouraging or discouraging same-sex marriage.The modern generation has liberal views about sexuality and marriage. For them, the purpose of sexuality is not a reproduction but psychological pleasure. In other words, many of the people in the modern generation consider sexual activities just for psychological pleasure alone. Under no circumstances, this belief cannot be accepted since nature has attached psychological pleasure to sexual activities to encourage the reproduction process. In other words, natural laws give more&nbsp.importance to reproduction rather than psychological pleasure in sexual activities. Therefore, same-sex marriage can be considered as a concept against natural laws, and hence it cannot be encouraged. “Obviously, gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children” (Djwudi).