You and the World Blog Post #2
Throughout my first blog post, I addressed the issue of gay marriage. This blog will go further in depth on the new research conducted.
Many different factors play roles in the debate over gay marriage, such as religion, beliefs, the Government, pride.
Some religions view homosexuality as a sin. Some go so far as to protest the funerals of gays with signs that read, “God Hates Fags”.
On political terms, recently Vice President Joe Biden came out in strong favor of gay marriage.
President Obama soon also came out in favor, stating that his view on gay marriage has been evolving.
Reports say that Biden apologized to Obama for the timing of his statements.
Now that I have talked about political and religious standpoints, let’s talk social standpoints.
I created a Google Forum asking four questions; two were multiple choice, and two were text response questions.
A total of 60 legitimate responses were given over a two day span. Here are the results:
Of those who took the survey, the majority of them are teenagers. The majority of the teenagers in today's society favor homosexuality and unions between gay couples.
A survey on homosexuality from an online quiz website shows that the majority of those who took the survey favor gay marriage, and are teenagers.
As shown in the screenshot above, over 80% of the participants in the
survey favor gay marriage.
As shown in the screenshot above, 54% of the participants are ages 14-16, and 23% are ages 11-13.
The information and data presented thus far has a great effect on someone’s opinion on the topic, and this has happened with me.
As I said in my first blog post, I fully support gay rights, gay marriage, and all forms of unions between same sex couples, because I think every human being should be able to be happy without other people's beliefs getting in the way.
As I delved deeper into the topic of gay marriage and gay rights, I noticed that the debate over whether to legalize gay marriage is very similar to the debate over whether to legalize rights Civil Rights.
Both topics have similarities:
The religious aspect of hatred among homosexuals confuses me. Sure, someone has the right to have an opinion, but why must that opinion interfere with those being judged?
Yes, those who believe in that are entitled to their beliefs, but should they have say in the beliefs and decisions of those who think and feel differently?
The answer is no. To elaborate, here’s a quote I found on the internet.
“Claiming that someone else’s marriage is against your religion is like being angry at someone for eating a donut because you’re on a diet.” - Anonymous
Thank you so much for reading. Feel free to take a look at where I got all of my information for the first blog post and this one here.
Stay tuned for my third and final blog post, this time on how we can start to make a change. Thanks!
Many different factors play roles in the debate over gay marriage, such as religion, beliefs, the Government, pride.
Some religions view homosexuality as a sin. Some go so far as to protest the funerals of gays with signs that read, “God Hates Fags”.
On political terms, recently Vice President Joe Biden came out in strong favor of gay marriage.
President Obama soon also came out in favor, stating that his view on gay marriage has been evolving.
Reports say that Biden apologized to Obama for the timing of his statements.
Now that I have talked about political and religious standpoints, let’s talk social standpoints.
I created a Google Forum asking four questions; two were multiple choice, and two were text response questions.
A total of 60 legitimate responses were given over a two day span. Here are the results:
As shown above, the mass majority of those who participated in the survey are those who are in favor of gay marriage and homosexuality in general.
Of those who took the survey, the majority of them are teenagers. The majority of the teenagers in today's society favor homosexuality and unions between gay couples.
A survey on homosexuality from an online quiz website shows that the majority of those who took the survey favor gay marriage, and are teenagers.
As shown in the screenshot above, over 80% of the participants in the
survey favor gay marriage.
As shown in the screenshot above, 54% of the participants are ages 14-16, and 23% are ages 11-13.
The information and data presented thus far has a great effect on someone’s opinion on the topic, and this has happened with me.
As I said in my first blog post, I fully support gay rights, gay marriage, and all forms of unions between same sex couples, because I think every human being should be able to be happy without other people's beliefs getting in the way.
As I delved deeper into the topic of gay marriage and gay rights, I noticed that the debate over whether to legalize gay marriage is very similar to the debate over whether to legalize rights Civil Rights.
Both topics have similarities:
- When Civil Rights among African Americans were finally acknowledged and respected, it had a huge impact on America, both positive and negative. It is better known for its positive impact. Gay marriage is argued to have a huge negative impact on America, but many believe gay marriage being legalized we would become an overall more accepting country.
- America became more of an accepting country once Civil Rights were legalized. Gay marriage being legalized would likely result in the same.
- I believe that the worst things that would come from the legalization of gay marriage are merely some tax increases and tension. This is similar to what happened when Civil Rights were legalized.
- Both issues violate our human rights.
The religious aspect of hatred among homosexuals confuses me. Sure, someone has the right to have an opinion, but why must that opinion interfere with those being judged?
Yes, those who believe in that are entitled to their beliefs, but should they have say in the beliefs and decisions of those who think and feel differently?
The answer is no. To elaborate, here’s a quote I found on the internet.
“Claiming that someone else’s marriage is against your religion is like being angry at someone for eating a donut because you’re on a diet.” - Anonymous
Thank you so much for reading. Feel free to take a look at where I got all of my information for the first blog post and this one here.
Stay tuned for my third and final blog post, this time on how we can start to make a change. Thanks!
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