The Persuasive Piece

Should Homosexual marriage be legalized in California

Since Adam and Eve , according to Bible , made their appearance to begin their endless journey of race of human beings on this Earth relationship between husband and wife has always been considered so natural , bestowed on the human beings by God . In Genesis 1 : 26 , it has been said that man , the creation of God is an image of God himself and he has created male and female to be for one another . God has created man in the form of male from mother earth , and

Eve , the Adam 's wife representative of women . Since then for whole human race , marriage between two opposite sexes is being considered as the most sacred institution that has been ed by God and any defiance of this is defiance of the God itself

But this is neither practically happening nor is practically true as there are thousands and thousands of couples who do not fit into one man /one woman definition , and still are leading a happy married life Surrounded with social taboos , they are being defied the basic existence to live as they come under the category of Homosexuals . Flouting all old conventions of marriage , their love for the persons of same sex entices them to remain committed with him /her . The federal census revealed the fact that there are now more than 100 ,000 same-sex couples living in California , much more than any other state and there are more than 70 ,000 children in California whose parents are either lesbian or gay (Minter , Online edition ) Still majority of the people considered the same sex marriage unethical . It is so ironical that the very soil of California has been witness to lot of controversies , debates and furor regarding issues and rights of gay couples

The California legislature of 1977 had declared marriage as a legal bond between man and woman . The most significant point is : Marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil contract between a man and a woman , to which the consent of the parties capable of making that contract is necessary (Family Code Sec . 300 (Institute of Governmental Studies Library , Online Edition ) and the passing of Proposition 22 in 2000 strengthened its position as the vote in their favor was 61 .4 per cent as compared to 38 .6 percent . Along with this , it allowed domestic partnership in a family with all the benefits . Later Judicial and legislative courts in Vermont , Massachusetts and the Canadian province of Ontario passed laws to give equal rights to married gay couples as being given to the married couples of opposite sex . After this , San Francisco too began to legalize the marriage of same sex couples but was admonished by State Supreme Court . And despite the State voters passed Proposition 22 in 2000 , giving the legal status to only married couples of opposite sex in 2004 , six cases on the issue of rights for Gay couples were d in trial courts , and subsequently...