What are the statistics of Homosexual couples being together 25 years plus? Also is thier research done on Canada and Sweeden where Homosexual Marraige is legal, has it benefited the institution of *Marraige* are thier less divorces? children being born out of weldock?
Do Homosexuals think Society will accept them more if they are to legally marry?
If homosexuals do plan on adopting Children or hiring a surrogate do they believe that child has a right to know thier biological mother or father if they choose to?
Also will Homosexuals want to do away with the term husband and wife which has to do with female/male?
2007-02-11 10:47:58 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Homosexual marriage will *not* benifit society. On the contrary, it will do a LOT of harm. The link below explains it a lot better than I ever could.
2007-02-11 10:53:03 · answer #1 · answered by yoyomama 3 · 2⤊ 9⤋
Exactly why would "we" need to justify anything to you?
I personally have known many couples together more than 25 years but that still isn't any kind of reasoning to allow or disallow any Marriage. So senior citizen heterosexuals become ineligible for marriage when they won't live to be able to have 25 years together? Why should it be any different for homosexuals.
It is not a person's place to attempt to benefit Marriage, marriage is a institution because it is of benefit to the people. Don't be silly.
Homosexuals aren't the ones producing children outside of wedlock, not that it makes a difference. That's your personal hangup, not a legal issue.
Whether or not society "accepts" homosexuals better because of their marital status is not a consideration, the legal rights are the issue, not popular opinion.
Any child adopted or obtained through surrogacy would probably be given the same rights and chances a heterosexual couple would give a child considering the situation. A couple having matching genitals does not make them monsters as you are so fond of implying.
As far as the Terminology goes, it really makes no difference. Arguing semantics is the act of a desperate person.
2007-02-11 11:32:46 · answer #2 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1) I have no idea about research on gay couples being together 25 years or longer. I hope you find some. My main question is why it matters to you how long gay relationships last.
2) I hate the concept of 'Has gay marriage benefited the insitution of marriage?'. The institution of marriage isn't a living entity that responds to who uses it; it is what it is. The number of divorces or children born out of wedlock doesn't change what marriage ultimately means, which is loving commitment and sharing of lives. Doesn't matter if every couple who ever got married was now divorced- for two new people entering into the union, it can still have the same sacred meaning for them. Anyhow, I don't have the statistics about Canada and Sweden, and I don't see how it affects anything.
3) I can't read gay people's minds; I don't know how most of them feel about letting children know their biological fathers or mothers. I'm pretty sure most of them are open and honest about that sort of thing, probably moreso than straight couples who adopt or use surrogate mothers/sperm donors (since you can't exactly keep your child believing they were produced by two men or two women for very long).
4) I highly doubt homosexuals will want to do away with the term husband and wife. Most married gay people (either married in Canada or another country, or using the term for their civil union) already use the terms; gay men are husbands, lesbians are one another's wives.
Gay marriage will benefit society in the only way it can; by giving people the natural rights they are guaranteed. Doesn't matter if gay marriage somehow devastated soceity (it wont'!); it's people's rights to be able to get married.
C'mon, Marie. Isn't this stuff becoming obvious yet?
2007-02-11 11:01:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is always a benefit to a society when all people have equal rights. So the answers to your questions are as follows:
yes
why does it matter? what are the statistics of heterosexual couples being together 25 years plus?
Countries that have legalized same-sex marriages/unions have not seen any more percentage of increase in divorce or children born out of wedlock than countries that do not allow same-sex marriages/unions.
You will find that most homosexuals don't care about acceptance of 'society'...this issue is about civil rights.
This answer is no different than that of hetereosexuals who adopt or hire a surrogate...the decision to disclose the identity of the biological mother or father lies with the parents.
I don't know...your last question seems stupid and petty.
2007-02-11 11:10:48 · answer #4 · answered by Spyder 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I agree and could upload those factors besides... very nearly each lifestyle has an instution of marriage for the purpsoes you stated.. To create an excellent union for the rearing of youngsters and to guard women and sources and to grant for sufficient exertions in subsistent residing. Marriage.. regrettably, has in no way extremely been approximately "love" Love perhaps somewhat..even however that's greater complicated then that. Secondily.. i could upload that for people who have confidence in a Divine author.. purely in procreation does lady and male enter into "cooperation" with god in growing to be existence. If a god is the author.. then he created lady and male to be complimentary so as that for the duration of there union.. they cooperate with god's plan to create existence. Marriage is the best relationship for this to happen. So I agree.. Marriage has in no way been approximately coverage, Survivor reward, inheritance, or LOVE. if that's so.. then why do we limit close family members from marrying? WHY do we limit marriages between sisters to keep on well-being care and baby care costs in the event that they love one yet another. isn't what we are describing above greater like a undeniable civil union then a marraige?
2016-10-01 23:45:37 · answer #5 · answered by pomar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, let me say I think it is hilarious that I need to justify my right to enter into a commitment with someone that I love. You show me the evidence that heterosexual marriage has been a benefit to society? Where are your statistics on that?
If you REALLY want some info here you go:
In the 1970s, Danish heterosexuals weakened marriage by making divorce easier and recognizing cohabitation. Seventeen years of de facto same-sex marriage in Denmark (since 1989) has strengthened marriage.
After a rising divorce rate between 1971 and 1989, when Denmark adopted its registered partnership law it saw this rate plummet to its lowest level in thirty years. Norway and Sweden saw similar post-partnership declines in their divorce rates.
The non-marital birth rate in Denmark soared from 11% to 46% between 1971 and 1989, before Denmark recognized registered partners. Since 1989, the rate has declined from 46% to 44%. The non-marital birthrate stabilized in Norway and Sweden.
After decades of decline, marriage and family have made a modest comeback in Scandinavia after recognition of same-sex marriages.
Scandinavian lesbian and gay marriages have revealed a renewed interest in this traditionalist institution as a source of support for committed couples. Lesbian and gay couples are raising children within their state-recognized partnerships.
For more info check out the book at the link below:
http://islandia.law.yale.edu/GayMarriageBook/index.php
2007-02-11 11:05:20 · answer #6 · answered by xander2025 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
homosexual marage wont really change society. Homosexuals don't care about what society thinks of their union, just like I don't care what society things about me dating my boyfriend. Homosexuals that do choose to adopt will have to decide upon the child meeting their biological parrents just like straigt addopting couples. I'm sure homosexual couples will be husband husband, wife wife.
Being able to get married alows them the same financial benifits that strait couples enjoy. It's no different from a man and a woman who love each other wanting to get married.
PS I'm pretty sure Homosexual couples have a 0% birthrate of children out of wedlock.
2007-02-11 11:00:14 · answer #7 · answered by Rhuby 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
How does heterosexual marriage benefit society? The statistics on them staying together are pretty pathetic and they still have children out of wedlock. Do all heterosexual couples who adopt allow their children to know they are adopted or encourage them to meet their birth families if they choose?
2007-02-12 10:34:06 · answer #8 · answered by wisegirl1204 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gaylords may be better at makin a marriage work. It will cut down on the population increase. I do not think it is fair to let them adopt children. I know of two lezzies that have raised a boy and now the boy is actin like a fairy. That is not good.
2007-02-11 12:33:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Been with my partner for 15 years and in all that time most of my straight friends have divorced, slept around or had affairs. As for adopting kids, I personally don’t like kids and won’t be adopting. The only people who have an issue with gays are ones like yourself and others who have their own sexuality problems.
2007-02-11 11:15:20 · answer #10 · answered by pissed off with abuse, goodbye! 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No it will only benefit the human race. Not any class categorization group or thing. It is just a question of equal rights under the law. Most of the things you ask here are personal decisions made by each and every living human. We are not required to state we will do this and that and/or the other so that we are only exactly like you or him or her. We just have to be human.
2007-02-11 10:58:00 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋