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Unlike the vast majority of cases against same sex marriage I am not  going to use arguments of procreation, or compare same-sex parenting to heterosexual parenting. I will use neither religious arguments, nor natural law arguments, nor arguments based off of preference.  Rather this case, which is a secular case, made by a secular writer, emphasizes overlooked aspects of the empirical costs of legalizing same-sex marriage.  Some of the overlooked aspects include the ways in which same sex marriage expands the marital institution to include gender identity , transgender individuals, transsexual individuals, bisexual individuals who want a same-sex marriage, and how these new dimensions will impact the marriage institution. The marriage institution will be impacted not because same-sex couples can’t procreate within their union, but rather quite the opposite:  the fact that there are many same-sex couples raising children will change family law within the marriage instit

DES MOINES, IA ,  – The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is one of the most controversial laws in America because of its mandates, taxes, and coverage of elective abortions with a $1 surcharge. Now, there may be another reason for debate on the law's merits: taxpayer-funded “gender reassignment” surgery. The law may fund costs related to gender reassignment,  according to Andi Medici  in FederalTimes.com. Since 1981, federal law has barred federal tax dollars from paying for "transsexual surgery" through programs like Medicare and Medicaid . On December 2, the HHS Department's appeals board  decided  that the “ National Coverage Determination ” should be reconsidered, opening the door to taxpayer-funded sex-change operations .  Medici adds that  Section 1557  of the Affordable Care Act, conventionally known as ObamaCare , no longer explicitly states that the federal subsidies will not require coverage for transgender-related surgeries. Since the ACA does prev

PHILADELPHIA, December 10, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A federal appeals court has  upheld  a lower court ’s decision dismissing a lawsuit filed by a male-to-female transsexual who claimed his firing was discriminatory. Jim Stacy , who had a sex change operation in 2005 and now goes by “Janis,” was laid off by Agere Systems in 2008, along with nearly 4,000 colleagues, following a merger with LSI Corporation .    Jim Stacy, who now goes by Janis Credit: Twitter.com Stacy, who had worked for Agere for ten years as an engineer, sued the company, claiming that he was targeted for elimination on the basis of his sex, disability and gender identity. But the court rejected his lawsuit, ruling that the company’s explanation for his firing was satisfactory and had nothing to do with his sex change. According to  court documents , when Stacy was hired in 1998, he “had a traditional masculine appearance, wore male clothing, and went by the name ‘Jim.’”  But in 2002, he was di

March 25, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - This week the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on two of the most critical cases of our time. On Tuesday, March 26, attorneys will make the pitch both for and against California’s Proposition 8. This, of course, is the Golden State’s pro-marriage amendment. It maintained the timeless definition of natural marriage as between man and wife. Then, on Wednesday, March 27, the high court will consider the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), passed in 1996 with overwhelming bipartisan support and signed into law by then President Bill Clinton. It, likewise, secured the definition of legitimate marriage for purposes of federal law. Although both cases certainly address a multitude of legal and political issues, they also involve a number of moral and cultural considerations that, if wrongly decided, will literally shake Western civilization to the core. The stakes could not be higher. Of central concern is whether