Sunday, November 11, 2007

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.

1 comment:

MR. MILLION said...

If you are going to use religion as support for your argument, focus on specific passages that discuss this in the Bible or whatever religious book you ascribe to. ALSO, don't forget to include the 'practical' arguments against gay marriage.

One thing that's not quite clear is what you and Siedah are arguing. You speak of gay marriage while Siedah talks of gay rights. Make sure you two are on the same page.