Gay Marriage Critique Paper
Jackie Lien
English 101
Critique of Bennett’s “Gay Marriage: Not a Very Good Idea.” Gay Marriage is always an argumentative topic in our society today, or perhaps the most controversial issue in 21st century is the concept of accepting homosexual marriage into our life as a way that we viewed the normal marriage. Gay marriage is always a debatable topic in both political and ethnical ways, because the idea of same sex marriage is against people’s norm. By the definition of Marriage today is different than traditional heterosexual marriage, many people believed that marriage between a man and women is nature. However, Gay marriage advocates also defined the same sex couple marriage as normal trend in today’s society. The United State Federal government does not officially recognize the same sex marriage, but there have been many individual states that allowed same sex marriage. On the other hand, some states recognize the same sex marriage, but does not granted the license for same sex couple to marry. In Ohio, our laws strictly defined the marriage is between one woman and one men. But Gay marriages are not without their pundits. In fact, there is socially commotion about the government’s denial rights to marry for homosexual. The controversy comes from a number of angles: the liberals fighting for equal right to marry for homosexual, the conservatives who consistently argued that the rights for gay marriages are “pointless and even oxymoronic.” (Bennett Par 1) one such conservative is William J. Bennett, who raised serious objection to oppose gay marriage in his article “Gay Marriage: Not a Very Good Idea.” Bennett is one of the conservatives, who oppose gay marriage because he believes the natural marriage is the traditionally heterosexual institution. He also indicates “allowing same-sex marriages would do significant, long-term social damage.” (Bennett par 2) on the whole, Bennett makes a reasonable argument, however, some of his arguments are bias for
English 101
Critique of Bennett’s “Gay Marriage: Not a Very Good Idea.” Gay Marriage is always an argumentative topic in our society today, or perhaps the most controversial issue in 21st century is the concept of accepting homosexual marriage into our life as a way that we viewed the normal marriage. Gay marriage is always a debatable topic in both political and ethnical ways, because the idea of same sex marriage is against people’s norm. By the definition of Marriage today is different than traditional heterosexual marriage, many people believed that marriage between a man and women is nature. However, Gay marriage advocates also defined the same sex couple marriage as normal trend in today’s society. The United State Federal government does not officially recognize the same sex marriage, but there have been many individual states that allowed same sex marriage. On the other hand, some states recognize the same sex marriage, but does not granted the license for same sex couple to marry. In Ohio, our laws strictly defined the marriage is between one woman and one men. But Gay marriages are not without their pundits. In fact, there is socially commotion about the government’s denial rights to marry for homosexual. The controversy comes from a number of angles: the liberals fighting for equal right to marry for homosexual, the conservatives who consistently argued that the rights for gay marriages are “pointless and even oxymoronic.” (Bennett Par 1) one such conservative is William J. Bennett, who raised serious objection to oppose gay marriage in his article “Gay Marriage: Not a Very Good Idea.” Bennett is one of the conservatives, who oppose gay marriage because he believes the natural marriage is the traditionally heterosexual institution. He also indicates “allowing same-sex marriages would do significant, long-term social damage.” (Bennett par 2) on the whole, Bennett makes a reasonable argument, however, some of his arguments are bias for