Gay marriage

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Introduction:
In modern times, the initial laws that have enabled gay marriage also known as same sex marriage were passed during the first decade of the 21st Century. By August 2013, around fifteen countries, United States included passed a law allowing gay marriages. Opinion polls conducted in different countries have indicated a rise in support for legalizing this kind of marriage across age, ethnicity, religion and the socioeconomic status. Same sex marriage has a number of serious implications in the society and has greatly been opposed by majority of people and organizations including different religious groups. The practice is considered as an ethical issue since it goes against many people’s norms and beliefs (Eskridge, 2008).
Marriage is well thought-out as a communal institution that has advanced with time and has attested to be long lasting regardless of the marriage type. There has however been an ethical dilemma concerning homosexuality around the world. This dilemma has existed especially among the Christian groups. Gay marriage is the union of two members of the same gender and sex. It has been in subsistence since prehistoric times. A historic same sex marriage was reported in the year 1061 between two Spanish men, Muno Vandilaz, Pedro Diaz. A priest at a small chapel in Spain joined the two men, and later the documents proving their marriage existence were found at a Monastery. This type of marriage has been viewed as a mental disorder and as a device for being called Satan. The ethical dilemma arises when gay marriage is viewed as an atrocity and a transgression while some people feel that gay people should not be categorized and judged for they are born gay.
Christian leaders have argued that the law should not allow same sex marriages because God gave a command that no one should engage in same sex relationships. In order to emphasize this, they have quoted the book of Leviticus chapter eighteen and verse twenty-two which terms these relationships as a disgrace. They have insisted that gay marriages should not be permitted this is because if God says something is wrong, then it should be deemed wrong and people should not practice it.
The Gay marriage issue has been on the discussion table for quite a long time now, usually it is seen as the civil rights of an individual versus morality. Some states have resulted to giving licenses to such couples others denying them as they believe that giving gay couples the full benefit of marriage is ‘killing’ the culture of traditional marriages(Arp,2007). Many governments have found a huge ethical flaw in allowing gay marriages. This is mainly because these unions reduce the continued existence of the human race the couples cannot procreate. Since gay couples cannot produce children naturally, they adopt them. The children in this relationships end up lacking one parent as they grow up either a m...