Gay Marriages

Introduction

Many people believe that same-sex marriage would be advantageous for people in same-sex relationships and offer numerous reasons why it should be legalized as a path- way to civil rights and full citizenship. Some endorse same-sex marriage as a means of gaining social acceptance and even domesticating potentially unruly same-sex relationships, while others discuss religious attitudes toward same-sex marriage, advocating the separation of mar- riage into legal and religious components, and emphasizing the “importance of distinguishing between legalization and ritualization while decrying the impermissible expression of sectarian preference in laws that constrain some citizens' rights to marry. A large group ...