Gay Marriages

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This paper begins with a general discussion on marriage and its definition. It continues to discuss same sex marriages and their legalisation. The author explores arguments for and against its legalisation. The paper concludes with the author's personal opinion on the topic.

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Background and Overview
Arguments For and Against Same-Sex Marriages
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"This warped view of the marital framework carries with it a fundamental threat to Western civilization itself. "Marriage has always been," Coolidge et al. advise, "and remains now, one of the most important relationships in any culture, causing every society to be based conceptually upon this unit and on the institutionalization of this unit" (85). In fact, in spite of an increasing amount of literature advocating same-sex marriages, Wardle reports that the evidence that legalizing same-sex marriage or some comparable domestic status would effect an overall improvement in the institution of marriage or in society is lacking. "Indeed," she says, "there are substantial indications that legalizing same-sex marriage would undermine some of the important social purposes for marriage and would ultimately harm society" (771)."

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