Same-Sex Marriage

In our society, marriage has served a variety of functions other than raising and producing offspring. If it were only about raising a child, society would discourage sterile men and women from marrying and not allow those women to bear children. But marriage is about more than reproduction. It's of companionship. It's about “socially stabilizing value of sexual monogamy”(Curry 12). It's concerning the ability of devoted partners to achieve more in variety of areas than individuals can on their own. Marriage is a two-way street-that makes both partners stronger in an array of ways, some of which make society as a whole that much better. Denying the right of marriage to gays is like denying our senior citizens or sterile heterosexual couple that right. Lesbians and gays alike, too, can benefit from this social recognition. They can find ease and vigor in this lawful marriage. As so they can strengthen their workplace and their communities. Should family members be allowed to marry? The disgust we feel would not be the same if an adopted brother married an adopted sister. What would it matter if Chyna and Carol and Ches

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Approximate Word count = 1076
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)