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According to Peter Sprigg , author of Gay Marriage Questions ' there are two reasons a civil marriage should not be granted for gay couples One is that since they are relationships and not marriages , they should not be granted . Sprigg says that in to have a marriage , there must be a union of a man and a woman , not a man and a man . Traditional intercourse cannot take place with two men involved . The second one is that these type relationships are harmful . They do not provide the

same benefits as a marriage between a man and a woman , and their consequences are far more negative than positive ( HYPERLINK "http /www .nogaymarriage .com /gaymarriagequestions .html www .nogaymarriage .com /gaymarriagequestions .html

Either way , it 's looked at , even with the evidence standing alone , it is enough to not accept the claim that gay couples should be able to legally marry

The first argument is that marriage is an institution that predates the law and the Constitution . Marriage is sociological , not legal . Laws relating to marriage just acknowledge and keep in tact an institution that is already in existence . However , some people believe that marriage is a way of recognizing couples who are in love with each other . With that being said , they want to spend the rest of their lives together . Consider this . According to Sprigg , love and companionship were sufficient to define marriage , then there would be no reason to deny marriage ' to unions of a child and an adult , or an adult child and his aging parent , or to roommates who have no sexual relationship

Most people think that the sexual element is what defines a marriage However , marriage is so much more than that . According to Webster marriage is a mutual relationship between husband and wife the institution whereby men and women are joined in a special kind of social and legal dependence for the purpose of founding and maintaining a family

Anthropologist Kingsley Davis says that marriage is the unique trait of what is commonly called marriage is social recognition and approval .of a couple 's engaging in sexual intercourse and bearing and rearing children

The question was raised , are married couples without children really in a marriage ? If gay couples are denied to marry , shouldn 't straight couples without children be denied also ? According to what Sprigg had to say concerning marriage and children , this would make sense , would it not ? Not necessarily . If a couple wants children , and for some reason cannot have them , it is not their fault . A couple who decides not to have children may change their minds . At any rate , childless marriages are still acknowledged because if not , it would be an invasion of a heterosexual couples privacy to require that they show intent to bear children , or the ability to have children

So , what is the real purpose of marriage ? Anthropologist Kingsley Davis says that a marriage 's purpose is to socially recognized and...