Wednesday, November 14, 2007

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.

2 comments:

MR. MILLION said...

Don't limit your side of the argument by using only religious and moral reasons for support. Like I told Siedah, don't forget about the practical issues with this argument: tax breaks, insurance, health care. Let me know if you have questions.

**Siedah** said...

In my opinion, I believe that homosexual couples should not base their feelings on the affects of society or what others in the society may think. Also, not everyone within the society are Christians. One cannot then judge everyone on the Christianity belief. When mentioning the tax breaks and insurance rates, then I believe that each company should do what is necessary to accompany the need of their customers, no matter if they are homosexual or heterosexual. By not accepting them, this goes into the whole discrimination concept. All in all, gay marriage, along with other gay rights, should be legalized and practiced within the United States.