Marriage is not about a piece of paper, a ring, or sexual preference. It has never been about any of these matters, and should not be considered so. Marriage is the commitment between two people who love each other unconditionally. According to Psychology Today, “marriage is the process by which two people who love each other make their relationship public, official, and permanent” (Psychology Today, 2002) . Anyone can get married, but it takes dedication and work to make a marriage last and be successful.
This paper will specifically discuss an article written by Jan LaRue, Why Homosexual “Marriage” Is Wrong and what fallacies are contained within the article. Analysis of Author The topic of this article is that homosexual marriage is a special right, an abomination, and that it will devalue heterosexual marriages. LaRue stated, “Homosexuals are seeking a special right. They already have the same right to marry the rest of us have-the right to marry a person of the opposite sex. Limiting marriage to one man and one woman doesn’t discriminate on the basis of sex or sexual orientation. ” (LaRue, 2014).
She is correct that everyone has the same right to marry, as long as they are of the opposite sex. At this point in time, society and laws have not yet allowed the freedom of marriage in homosexual relationships. However, her statement on the limitations of marriage not being discriminating is false. Discrimination is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of people or things on the grounds of race, gender, sexual preference, and age. Therefore, limiting marriage to having to be a heterosexual relationship is being discriminate. She goes on to say how homosexual marriage will always be an abomination to God.
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For most people, with differing religious backgrounds and beliefs, the words "homosexual" and "Christian" do not mesh. The church body as a whole does not recognize homosexuality as being consistent with Scripture, and leaders within the church provide extensive evidence as to why they have come to this conclusion. The Bible is used as their main source for refuting the gay lifestyle, and many ...
She stated, “When God calls something unholy, man cannot make it holy or bless it. ” (LaRue, 2014).
For those who are religious, this makes sense to, however, the Bible also states that divorce, adultery, and lying is wrong, but you see people who believe in the Bible and God doing all of these. In saying this she is being selective to support her argument, and in doing so is being confirmation biased. Who is to say that homosexuality is more unholy, or wrong, than divorce, adultery, and lying? Logical Fallacies The fallacy that was used in this article is false attribution because of the biased attributes in the argument.
For example, saying that marriage has to be limited to only a man and a woman is not discriminating, yet it clearly is because of the biased feelings of homosexual relationships. Another type of fallacy that was used is the fallacy of ambiguity; when an abstract belief is treated as if it were concrete evidence. Religion is not based on scientific concrete evidence, but merely a belief in something. The Bible has been written and rewritten by man, and has lack of evidence supporting that there is a God. Conclusion Many base their idea of right and wrong on biased conclusions and/or religion.
This makes the issue hard to decipher between who is right and wrong. Biased conclusions do not make the idea correct. The idea that only a man and a woman can fall in love with each other, and not a man and a man or a woman and a woman, is based on favoritisms in how someone feels about the issue. Articles, such as the one above, have the intentions of sharing their beliefs in the hope of others adopting that particular belief. The question that should be presented is, “Who are you to say two people cannot get married, because they are of the same gender? ”
