Controversial Subject With Argument (Same Sex Marriage) Argumentative Essay

Dnes, A. W. (2007). Marriage, cohabitation, and same-sex marriage. The Independent Review, 12(1), 85-99. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/211224618?accountid=45049
In the article Marriage, cohabitation and same-sex marriage, Dnes (2007) claims that people all over the globe are putting much pressure on the issue of same-sex marriage. However, the author seems not to conflict with the issue of same-sex marriage because he goes ahead stating that gay people should be given rights to marry. He asserts that by denying them those rights is similar to ignoring their civil rights since the law recognizes marriage as a legal civil status, thus implying that the law offers the gay couples same legal rights as the heterosexual. In justifying this, the author contends that gay marriage standardizes the laws applied in inheritance similar to heterosexual. He further says that gay couples have the same responsibilities as heterosexual and it allows marriage benefits to both couples similar to heterosexual marriages. On the contrary, I do not think the author’s argument towards the issue of same-sex marriage regarding legal law is valid. This is because it is possible for much of the legal rights to bestow with the civil-union. The gay couples should not have the same civil rights with the heterosexual couples because they are incapable of procreating, implying that heterosexual couples should have super rights compared to gay couples (Dnes, 2007).
Additionally, the article claims that by denying gay people the rights to marry will indicate some form of discrimination. Therefore, the author encourages the community with gay people to honor such relationships since it hurts nobody. The author claims that the only thing that matters in marriage is love and if the gay people are in love, there is no need of denying them the rights to marry. Furthermore, the author claims that gay marriage is imperative because it supports people on having strong family values thus making them give up on unhealthy sexual behaviors. I do not think so because this is a logical fallacy. He claims that gay partners should have similar financial benefits as the heterosexual couples. On the contrary, I do not think the authors argument that denying gay people to marry is a form of discrimination since it lacks credibility. This is so because according to the bible, marriage among people of the same-sex is a sin since it is capable of weakening the definition and respect within the marriage institution. The bible states that God created a man and woman so that they can unite and procreate and there is nowhere in the bible where God allowed people of the same-sex to marry. This is also true because there is no way that gay parents can become biological parents apart from adopting children(Dnes, 2007).
Finally, the author calls for the society to allow same-sex marriage because he believes that it encourages family stability. In his argument, the author states that by gay people marrying, they will have distinct family roles similar to heterosexual couples including the breadwinner and caretaker among others. Therefore, he believes that with such responsibilities, they will play a significant role in lowering the economic burden involved on income tax, inheritance tax and transfer tax. He claims that allowing same-sex marriage will encourage security among spouses since they will know that they society acknowledges and appreciates them, which is a logical fallacy. On the contrary, I do not think that the author’s argument on the issue is reliable. This is so because every individual around the globe knows the negative effects of allowing same-sex marriage. This include issues such as increment in income tax, lowering the employee benefits, increment in medical insurance premiums, indoctrination of children and it will be against the religious rights among others (Dnes, 2007).