Should same sex marriages be legalized? This seems to be the million dollar question among Californians. In 2003, same sex marriages were acknowledged in San Francisco and same sex couples were granted the right to be placed on their partners insurance and health benefits. That battle has now re-surfaced in the Supreme Court and as of June 17, 2008, same sex marriages will be legalized in the state of California. It appears that a higher percentage of respondents to field polls are in favor of same sex marriages. The Field Poll found that 51 percent of respondents backed legalizing same-sex marriage and 42 percent opposed it. A 2006 poll found that 44 percent supported same-sex marriage and 50 percent objected; in 1977, the first year Field posted the question to California voters, only 28 percent were in favor. With this law in effect various groups who are for and against same sex marriages are rallying together and debating why or why not same sex marriages should be legalized. Those who are for same sex marriages argue that homosexuality is an accepted life style and denying them is a violation of religious freedom (civil and religious marriages are two separate institutions). I, on the other hand, opposed same sex marriages and believe same sex marriages should not be legalized, in that they are unnatural and immoral.
What is same sex marriage? Wikipedia defines same sex marriage as a term for governmentally, socially, or religiously recognized marriages in which two people of the same sex live together as a family. Other terms for this type of relationship include “gay marriage,” “gender-neutral marriage,” “equal marriage,” “lesbian marriage,” “same-sex civil marriage,” “marriage equality,” “homosexual marriage,” “single-sex marriage,” or “same-gender marriage.” Some have suggested reserving the word “marriage” for religious contexts, and in civil and legal contexts using a uniform concept of civil union.
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