Gay Marriages

Gay Marriages

Introduction

Gay marriage may be defined as the union between people of the same sex. There are several reasons why people prefer to engage in gay marriages. These include biological, psychological and social preferences for a matrimonial partner. The trend for legalizing gay marriages started from Denmark which is the first country ever to legalize gay marriages. This legalization for the Northern Europe and countries was deemed as provision of equality. Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Finland followed the bandwagon and legalized gay (Tribich, 2010). Though the legality of the issue is still debated in the US, it has been legalized in Canada. The purpose of marriage is love, support or the most dominant purpose of sexual satisfaction from the partner. For people who do not have the normal sexual inclination towards the other gender, opposite sex marriage can be a burden.

Discussion

In today's world of modernization and futuristic belief, matrimonial relationships among boys or men, which is deciphered as gay marriages tends to be considered appropriate. Gay marriages or same sex marriages are not legalized by the federal government in the US, but they have been legalized in some of the states in the US on the pretext that they are essentially a matter of freedom of choice. In the year 2004, Massachusetts legalized the gay marriages. Currently, there are six states in the United States that have legalized gay marriages (Herek, 2009). These are Massachusetts, Iowa, Washington, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, and New York. Same sex marriages were legal in California after which the government rendered them illegal. Though the debate, whether gay marriages should be legalized or not is as old as the 1970s but the significant increase in support of the issue happened around the 2000's.

Today, gay marriages or same sex marriages has acquired significant importance in life. Whereas, in bygone times, homosexual marriages were considered to be the unforgivable sin, even hearing such a thing was considered to ignominy. In the year 2001, homosexual marriages or gay marriages have acquired legislative place in the ten countries including Belgium, Argentina, Iceland, Norway, Canada, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Sweden and South Africa. It is also recognized in some parts of United States and Mexico (Delaet & Caufield, 2008). Plus the debate relating to gay marriages tends to inculcate Supporters of same-sex marriage indicate that the registration of marriage is the legal effect, regardless of religious norms, and that the law should follow the social changes that lead to the elimination of inequality between people. In this case, they consider the right to marriage through the prism of natural rights, the rights to physical and mental health, equality before the law.

How society defines

Marriage tends to be interpreted as a social institution that creates a bond among the members of the society and not only among the two individuals. The interpretation of marriage tends to differ based on the culture of the society. As in the Western law, marriage is a union of two people which aims to raise a ...