Marriage Vs gay Marriage
Image via Wikipedia We live in an age where common sense has deserted us and old truths need to be restated. This paper looks at some home truths about marriage. -Almost every culture throughout human history has had a recognizable form of marriage. -Marriages existed even before states acknowledged or regulated them. -Marriage is both a public act and a social institution . -Marriage is not just a purely private or personal arrangement. -The institution of marriage has always had two main purposes: -A public recognition and regulation of human sexuality between a man and a woman. -A socially recognised means by which children are brought into the world and cared for. -Marriage has always been about a sexual relationship between one adult man and one adult woman. -Marriage discriminates: 7 years olds cannot marry; three men cannot marry; a brother and a sister cannot marry. -Marriage confers tremendous benefits to the rest of society, so societies have always conferred benefits up