Gay Marriage And Weakening Of The Institution Of Marriage

Introduction

The title of this article was same -sex marriage weakens the institution of marriage. The name of the author of this article was Ryan T. Anderson. This article source was come from same-sex marriage and from the Gale, a Cengage Company. Other than that, this article was published on date 1 January 2015. The background of this topic was about the same sex marriage which the couples who have the same sex to enter into a legal recognized marriage and provide them have the same benefits with the couples in marriage between different sexes. Besides that, same sex couple also can be recognized as LGBTQ, which stand for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer. As of October 2018, there were already have twenty- seven country agreed that same- sex marriage was legal in their country including Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada and more. The main argument was the people who opponent same-sex marriage argue that the institution of marriage should only be a man and a woman and it will destruct the institution of marriage itself. Civil union and domestic partnerships are arguing the function of the marriage are similar. Next, I will discuss about the summary of this article.

Summary of Article

The summary of this article was redefining marriage will affect further childbearing disconnect with marriage. The premise that support this conclusion was redefining marriage will hurt the children and it would also deny the policy that children need a mother and a father. Other than that, the article also states that the role of father and mother can be exchangeable in different ways also become the premise of this conclusion.

The next summary of this article was emotional was a focus bond. The premise that support this conclusion was the idea that romantic emotional union is what marriage is all about does not explain or support the stable norms that make marriage suitable for family life. Other premise was that marriage is made up of romantic attachments and satisfactions. When those feelings disappear, the marriage will also be divorce.

Other than that, redefining marriage will be weakening the marriage norm. Premise that support this conclusion were redefining marriage would abandon the norms that male and female complementarity is an essential feature of marriage and it will be weakening marriage norm as severing the link between marriage and responsible reproduction are goals acknowledged by many prominent advocates of redefining marriage.

Then, redefining marriage will also threaten religion liberty. The premise that support this conclusion was anti-discrimination laws can expose private actors without legal or financial ties to the government including business person and religion organizations to civil lawsuits for refusing to treat same-sex relationships as marriage. Finally, in today’s culture hostile to traditional views of marriage, private actors may constrain, fire or deny professional certification to those who express support for traditional marriage. Other than that, after Massachusetts redefined marriage, Catholic charities in Boston were forced to suspend adoption services instead of placing children with same-sex couples.

Critical Review

The first fallacy that founded in this article was authority fallacy. Authority fallacy can be defined as a person who does not have power to speak and act like have power to speak. In this article page two with title the consequences of redefining marriage had founded authority fallacy. In paragraph four, there was a political blogger with name Andrew Sullivan said that marriage had become the conformation emotional commitment between two adults. The way to prevent authority fallacy was find other resources that will back up your argument.

The next fallacy that founded in this article was appeal to authority fallacy. The definition of appeal to authority fallacy was using the opinion or position as an authority figure or institution of authority on place of an actual argument. In this article with title weakening marriage is the goal had founded one appeal to authority fallacy. In paragraph one, a former president George W says that agree same-sex couples to enter into a marriage will weakening the institution of marriage.

Other than that, strawman fallacy also be found in this article. Strawman fallacy was misrepresenting someone’s argument to male it easier to attack. On page four of this article with title the norm of exclusivity had founded strawman fallacy. In paragraph three, “openness” and “flexible” are Sullivan’s euphemisms for sexual infidelity. In New York Times Magazine profile, a gay activist named Dan Savage encourage spouse can have sex outside their marriage. But New York Times recently reported that they founded no exclusivity between gay couples for heterosexuals, it’s called cheating or affairs, said by Colleen Hoff. The way to prevent strawman fallacy was define the argument more clearly to let another arguer understand.

The fourth fallacy was the texas sharpshooter fallacy. The definition of texas sharpshooter fallacy was cherry-picking data clusters to suit an argument or finding a pattern to fit a presumption. The article that founded texas sharpshooter fallacy was same as fallacy above which was in paragraph three, “openness” and “flexible” are Sullivan’s euphemisms for sexual infidelity. In New York Times Magazine profile, a gay activist named Dan Savage encourage spouse can have sex outside their marriage. But New York Times recently reported that they founded no exclusivity between gay couples for heterosexuals, it’s called cheating or affairs, said by Colleen Hoff. The way to prevent texas sharpshooter fallacy was represent all the data that need to be argue.

The last fallacy that founded in this article was anecdotal fallacy. Anecdotal fallacy can be defined as using personal experience or isolated example instead of a valid argument, especially to dismiss statistics. In last paragraph of title redefining marriage threatens religious liberty had founded one anecdotal fallacy. The New Mexico human rights commission is suing a photographer for refusing to film a same-sex “commitment ceremony”. Doctors in California are being sued for refusing to perform artificial insemination on same-sex partner. The owners of a bed-and-breakfast who refused to rent their facilities for same-sex civil unions and receptions have been accused of violating the state’s anti-discrimination laws. All above been sued because of the recognized same-sex marriage will trigger anti-discrimination provisions.

Conclusion

In conclusion, based on my opinion I will not support same-sex marriage and same-sex couples. The reasons of not support them is because I believe that marriage should only be one man and one woman should not be man couple with man or woman couple with woman. Other than that, same-sex marriage will also affect the childbearing. If a gay couple or lesbian couple want to bearing a child, they should have illegal sex with each another. So that, unloyalty between couples will happen.