Same Sex Marriages

SAME SEX MARRIAGES
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SAME SEX MARRIAGES
Introduction
Same sex marriage is universally defined as the union in marriage between any two people who are biologically of the same sex or have similar gender identities. The term is often used interchangeably with other words like equal marriage and same sex marriage. The recent past has seen many sovereign states allowing the same sex marriages and creating laws to protect or incorporate couples of the same sex (Evan, 2004). However, since this is a new trend that has only received heated recognition of the media in the past few years, it has received mixed reaction from persons all over the world as to whether same sex marriage should be considered legal or illegal.
While the differences in opinion is a thing that must always exist, people still stop to wonder which side is on the right, is it the proponents side who figure that same sex marriage is a personal choose, orientation and a birth right, or the opponent side who feel that nature itself is defied when people engage in same sex marriage? This discourse intends to study the advent of same sex marriage in the world and the reactions from several dockets of the many nations, including the government, the church, the leaders, the non-governmental institutions and the rest of the world (Daniel, 2006).
Same sex marriages and the church
The church has in the recent past taken part in same sex marriages, some supporting the act while others defying it as an act against all the biblical principles as laid out in the Holy Bible (Evan, 2004). Churches that have come out publicly to support same sex marriage include the Church of Christ United, also in the list is United Church found in Canada, and some other parts of world, and conservative Jews, among others. The following is a short overview that looks at a few selected religious institutions and their stand in the debate of the same s...