Divorcing History

By: Angela Alvarez

Philippine Daily Inquirer
20 August 2015

Same-sex marriage was recently legalized in all states in America. As much as this has its
benefits to all the lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders, it also has major consequences,
especially to the common good.

Supporters of same-sex marriage claim that the main reason behind their union is “love.” They
say they deserve to be married to one another because they “love” each other, and they want to
make it official through a (marriage) certificate. Is that even a reasonable answer? Just because
they love someone, doesn’t give them the privilege to get married. Let’s say I love my dog
very much; can I get married to my dog? The answer is clearly no, because it is naturally wrong.
Just because we love someone doesn’t make it right to marry that person. This legalization has
opened the door to people thinking they can get married to anyone, or anything. In fact, there
are some people fighting for the legalization of polygamy. If the United States legalized same-
sex marriage because of “true love,” won’t the possibility of polygamy being legalized become
higher now?

Secondly, marriage is the commitment and unity of two people (one male and one female)
through the church. Through marriage, a couple give up their bodies entirely out of love for
one another. They have sexual intercourse for bonding with one another and, of course, for
reproduction.

Yes, same-sex couples can bond, but they can’t reproduce because it’s biologically impossible.
So they resort to adoption. There is nothing wrong with adopting children; in fact, it benefits
the entire society. However, the problem arises in how same-sex couples will raise their
adopted children. It is proven that every child needs the loving care of a mother and a father.
How can these children grow up to be normal human beings if they have parents of only one
gender? Additionally, the legalization of same-sex marriage may encourage more
homosexuals, especially among kids who have them as parents because they’ll think it is
“okay” and normal when it’s not.

Lastly, the ruling may increase the risk of many diseases. Gays and lesbians may have a higher
risk of contracting HPV, or the human papillomavirus, which causes most cases of cervical
cancer in women and anal cancer in men, as well as hepatitis A, B and C, gonorrhea, syphilis,
“gay bowel syndrome” (a set of sexually transmitted gastrointestinal problems), enteritis and
HIV/AIDS.

In sum, same-sex marriage should never have been legalized. The US Supreme Court should
have considered its ruling’s consequence to society. Even without this ruling, we have accepted
homosexuals for who they are. It has been like this for the past decades. So what changed in
our society that made us divorce from our history?

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