PHIL 3000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Lgbt
19 Jun 2018
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Department
Course
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Issy Asianah
PHIL 3000-R23
April 25th, 2018.
What should be the legal status of gay marriage? - PRP 22
Legal. Gay marriage should be legal. The state has no right to pronounce what a legal marriage is
especially when this type of marriage is under the laws of a Christian religion. There should have
always been a valid and clear separation of church and state but this line has been blurred with
the case of marriage. The state should have no say with who I have a romantic relationship with.
The only time the state is allowed to step in should be in situations concerning child-bride
marriages and pedophilic relationships. In the case of two consenting adults, the state should not
have a say in what type of relationship they can be in. Understanding the purpose of a marriage
should not be the purpose of the state. Marriage has never been defined between people but
rather between a man and a woman and this is the problem. It has always been defined within the
realm of a very Christian worldview. Christianity is a religion of oppression. It continues to
facilitate a purely patriarchal society that does not regard those who are oppressed. A plethora of
laws in this country are made with this view and that is why there is the oppression of women,
people of color and members of the LGTB+ community till today. The themes of oppression are
very present in the Bible with which a lot of laws come from. There was a distinction of gender
of ethnic differences by which people were oppressed in the Bible and this has been translated
into modern times. There has to be a clear distinction between the church and the state for people
to be treated equally. Every type of human should be legal and represented. Every type of
consensual relationship, should be legal.
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Document Summary
The state has no right to pronounce what a legal marriage is especially when this type of marriage is under the laws of a christian religion. There should have always been a valid and clear separation of church and state but this line has been blurred with the case of marriage. The state should have no say with who i have a romantic relationship with. The only time the state is allowed to step in should be in situations concerning child-bride marriages and pedophilic relationships. In the case of two consenting adults, the state should not have a say in what type of relationship they can be in. Understanding the purpose of a marriage should not be the purpose of the state. Marriage has never been defined between people but rather between a man and a woman and this is the problem. It has always been defined within the realm of a very christian worldview.
