I Do Or Please Dont: Hawaiis Same Sex Marriages

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Term Paper Title	I Do Or Please Dont: Hawaiis Same Sex Marriages
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"I Do" or "Please Don't": Hawaii's Same Sex Marriages

"I Do" or "Please Don't": Hawaii's Same Sex Marriages

     With the recent decision by the Hawaii courts regarding the legalization
of marriage between same-sex couples, a political debate across the United
States has begun.  Many people believe that this is a monstrous step to
legalizing same-sex unions country wide, especially since legal tradition
recognizes marriages performed in other states as binding within every other
state, but also because Hawaii is known for it's liberal, ground-breaking first
steps that the other states often follow the model of.  If the states have any
will, however, they will not fold to the pressure put on them by this state and
the gay rights groups, they will continue to not recognize a man and man or a
woman and woman as a man and wife.
     What is marriage anyway?  Isn't it the union of two people who love each
other to prove their commitments  to one another for the future?  Yes, but there
is more.  Webster's Dictionary defines marriage as:
          "a) the state of being joined together as husband and wife, b)
the state of  joining a man to a woman as her husband or a woman to a man as
his wife." Legally, however, marriage is more than just a statement of love.
Marriage comes with economic and legal benefits that one cannot receive alone.
For example, joint parental custody, insurance and health benefits, the ability
to file joint tax returns, alimony and child support, and inheritance of
property and visitation of a partner or a child in the hospital.  In fact, the
Hawaii Commission on Sexual Orientation itself concluded that denial of marriage
licenses to same-sex couples deprived applicants of these legal and economic
benefits.  So, are homosexuals fighting for the right of marriage to state their
love as the gay rights groups suggest or are they pushing for the right of
marriage because of the many benefits that come with it?  The answer is obvious –
they are fighting for the benefits that come along with marriage.  If they were
fighting for love, then where would we stop these "feelings?"  If homosexuals
were allowed to marry because they love each other and they consent, then
couldn't a pedophile marry a younger child as long as both parties fully
consented?  If homosexuals were allowed to marry because they love each other,
then couldn't one man marry many wives because he loved each one and they each
loved him?  If homosexuals were allowed to marry because they love ea...

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