What Are The Arguments Against The Common Good

To have and to hold. From this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part. Love and marriage is a concept, that from a young age, people strive for, yet, due to laws and religion, same-sex couples cannot get married. Love provides humans with social development and the happiness people strives for in life. It provides the aid that a friend cannot do and provides the emotional support every human deserves. Marriage is a fundamental right of all humans; however, religion,laws, and the traditional idea of marriage prevent same-sex couples from progressing in rights of full equality. Marriage provides a multifarious of legal, social, and physiological benefits that are rights

Opponents of same-sex marriage have outrageous beliefs, and the belief that "the promotion and legal recognition of homosexual unions is not in the interest of the common good . . ." (DeYoung) supports the strangeness of the opponents. The common good is a very arguable topic since it varies from culture and society, and the common good is something that also varies from a personal belief. Personal beliefs cannot be justified in a court of law. Thus, the idea of the common good is abandoned when it is acknowledged in a court setting. "Legalizing gay marriage could lead down a 'slippery slope,' giving people in polygamous, incestuous, bestial, and other nontraditional relationships a right to marry" ("Should Gay"), confirms the ridiculous ideas opposers say because they go to causes of saying same-sex couples will harm others with their legal love. Polygamy, incest, and beastiality are illegal because they harm others or involve people or animals that cannot consent to the marriage. Two consenting adults who truly love each other cannot compare to polygamy, incest, and beastiality because consent is legal. A major argument stated by people who oppose same-sex marriage will say, "one of the biggest threats that same-sex 'marriage' poses to marriage is that it would probably undercut the norm of sexual fidelity in marriage" ("Ten Arguments");

Religious freedom is common throughout the modern world, but, "laws that prohibit same-sex marriage violate the religious freedom of groups like the Quakers by not allowing equal legal recognition of their religious practices" ("12 Reasons"). Every religion deserves equal representation in government and equality amongst their works or beliefs, but a few religions have a higher representation in government because there are a greater number of people of that particular religion. Ignoring a religion is very unfair to the religion because it undercuts its beliefs, which are just as valid as a larger religion. Nearly all religions in the world disapprove upon homosexuality and a statistic revels,"no more that about one-in-ten cite any other reasons as to why homosexuality should be discouraged by society" ("In Gay"), with this statistic, people can see religion is a major factor in their beliefs. Almost all religions have a text associated with them, like the Bible with Christianity, and people believe word-for-word what these text say, though do not follow all of the rules. Therefore, people will say being gay is wrong, but at the same time, they will ignore sections that they assume are irrelevant, like wearing clothes of two different fabrics. As a result, gay men and women are not allowed to marry because of religious people, who pick and choose out of