Brief

Siedah and I are arguing about gay rights in society. I am arguing against gay rights and she is arguing for them. Gay rights should not be legalized in the United States because this would be completely unnatural and immoral to society. Gay marriages would cause problems because they would go against Christianity. The Bible states that a man is to marry a woman; it does not say a man and a man or a woman and a woman. It says a man and a woman, so allowing gay people the right to get married would be completely immoral. Another reason that gay rights should not be legalized is because it will affect the children that they are trying to raise. Having gay parents would be difficult for a child because they would get made fun of in school. Also, if the parents are gay, the child is more likely to be gay when they are older, which will create more abnormalty in society. In addition, if gay couples marry, this is will cause problems with insurance breaks. It is unfair to ask the insurance company to accept the risk of insuring the same sex marriage without additional premiums. If gay couples are allowed to marry, this will cause the insurance company to have to pay more money because statistics show that gay couples have more health problems. Also, if gay couples marry, there will be problems in tax breaks. Married heterosexual couples get tax breaks, so if homosexual marriage is legalized, then they will be allowed to have these same tax breaks. However, this cant happen because the government will lose money and will have to find a way to make up for the lost money. The only way to fix this problem would be raising the taxes for everyone else, which would not be fair. Therefore, gay couples cant get married because they will cause problems with tax breaks.

Thesis: Gay rights should not be legalized in the United States because it will cause much abnormalty in society and will be very immoral.

Reasons:
Abnormalty in society
Goes against Christianity
Children will have a difficult life being raised by gay parents
Immoral
Gay marriage would create problems with tax breaks, insurance breaks, and family health care plans
Appeal to Audience: I will provide much evidence from the Bible to gain the audiences' trust and will give many examples

Evidence: I am going to get quotes from the Bible that show that gay marriages and relationships are bad. I am also going to try to provide examples of children whose lives have been difficult because their parents are gay. Also, I am going to give many reasons why gay rights would hurt society.

Audience: My audience is going to be anyone who is concerned about this issue of gay rights, whether they are for them or against them. Also my audience is people who are trying to pass this new law.

Arguing to Mediate

In the United States, gay rights have been a big controversy because there are so many opposing viewpoints. As a whole, democrats are usually more open to gay marriage, and republicans are less open to it. Also, people in Southern and more rurul areas are less open to the idea. Massachusettes is the only state so far that has amended their laws, and so now allows same sex marriage. A few other states, such as Iowa are close to changing their laws; however, most of the states are completely against it. Some may argue that all states should amend their laws and have gay rights; however, for my side of the argument, I agree with those states that are against it, mainly because of religous reasons. The Bible states in many places that gay marriage is wrong, and therefore should not be practiced anywhere. In addition to gay marriage, gay rights in general are immoral and unnatural, and so the law should not be changed in favor of them.