Homosexual Marriage
... Some will make this journey alone, others in loving relationships – maybe in marriage or other forms of commitment. ... ” -(Statement of Affirmation and Reconciliation by the Quaker meeting in Aotearoa) For years, homosexual marriage has been shunned and legally ignored. In the United States, marriage is a legal and civil contract. (Andryszewski, 62) Same-sex marriage has been banned in every state but Vermont, which still permits homosexuals to be legally married and have the same marriage rights as heterosexual couples have. In the past few years, both Hawaii and California tried to legalize same-sex marriage, but in both states the legislature turned down the bill. ... Homosexuals want same-sex marriage to be legal so they can be recognized, respected, and receive the same legal benefits that all married couples receive. People against same-sex marriage think that it is a sin. In the view of some Christians and Jewish people, heterosexual marriage is God’s model for how life should be. ... Genes are at least one component in a homosexual orientation. ... Simon) Some Christians and Jews are focusing less on what homosexual marriage isn’t (heterosexual marriage) rather than what it is.