| The exceptionality
of the advancement and development that has been
attained with the features and characteristics
of the global-society within which we contemporaneously
survive and interact is something is predominantly
evident within practically all existing sociological
infra structures. In spite of this exceptional
degree of advancement, however, there is a marked
lack of positivistic well being within the entirety
of the global society. This, moreover, is something
that appears to be resultant to the inevitably
magnified extent of diversity that has presently
ingrained itself into the global culture. Take
into consideration, for instance, the fact that
it is as a result of this very diversity that
such societal woes as terrorism, drug use, and
sexual diversity continue to prevail across the
expanse of the global society.
The relevance of the evolutionary nature of socio-cultural
traits to SSM
This, moreover, is something that tends to be
especially accentuated when considering it in
light of the increasingly exceptional liberalism
that is becoming evident across the globe. It
would be noteworthy to here consider that this
liberalism does not only refer to gender and race
based equality and tolerance, in the case of which
it would have prevalently reflected an advantageous
trait, but is also evident within the collective,
scientific, moral and ethical norms and parameters
adhered to within present-day society. Take into
consideration; for instance, the hype that has
presently been asserting itself in concern to
the rising trend of Same Sex Marriages (SSM),
a phrase that has been coined to refer to gays
and lesbians actually marrying their same sex
partners in a parody of the conventional wedding.
Something that would have been stigmatized to
the point of aggravating murderous intent within
eras even as less as one to two decades in the
past; same sex marriages are currently earning
increasing tolerance and acceptance within some
of the developing countries like America. One
of the prime reasons for this, moreover, is the
continuous development and evolution of the mass
psychology within such regions, consequently making
for a melting pot of highly uncharacteristic ideologies.
And considering that one of the prime reasons
for this has been the marked increase in the degree
of general liberalism, reviewing some of the more
significant ideologies condemning the acceptance
of same sex marriages is something that will be
of immense assistance.
The current stance (s) of SSM: SSM unacceptability
& its reasons
One of the prime reasons due to which SSM is receiving
increasing support within the US is that religious
movements within the states are beginning to increasingly
adhere to an ideology of absolute acceptance as
being the true path of Christianity. Contemplate,
for instance, the fact that a large number of
pastors and rectors from Madison, Wisconsin only
recently signed a statement that was explicit
in its support for the societal acceptance of
gays, lesbians and homosexual marriages.
Signed by such significant figures as Paul Kittlaus,
the senior minister of the First Congregational
United Church of Christ, Frederick Trost, minister
of the Wisconsin Conference of the United Church
of Christ, and a number of rectors and pastors,
the predominant theme of the statement is made
clear when considering the contention within it
that ‘there is sufficient evidence to conclude
that homosexuality is neither sickness nor sin’
(Cloud, 2004).
This, however, is an ideology that is effectually
resolved when tackling it from the same ideological
perspective as the one used to formulate it, the
religious perspective. It would be crucial to
here consider that the fundamentally apparent
reason due to which God is supposed to have created
the first humans in the likenesses of two opposite
sexes was for the reason of reproduction. Contemplate
the implications of the biblical rendition that
‘In the beginning God created man and then
he said he shouldn't be alone, so he created a
woman to help the man’ (Author not available:
BBC News, 2004). It is quite apparent, thus speaking,
that the use of religion to exonerate the idea
of SSM is something that is absolutely unacceptable.
In spite of all of this, however, it the prevailing
legal stance in the US continues to be rather
mitigating in regard to same sex marriages, and
for good reason too. Take into consideration,
for instance, that one of the inevitably negativistic
implications that homosexuality within society
is that it brings forth a host of negativities
in concern to child raising. It would be relevant
to acknowledge that a child that has a homosexual
parent tends to be comparatively apt to doubt
his/her own sexuality; be embarrassed by his/her
homosexual parent(s); and to ‘be teased
and taunted by their peers’ (Cameron &
Cameron, 1999).
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