Madame Bovary

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The argument of same-sex marriage is significant, not only for the religious and legal precedent, but more importantly for the welfare of families, especially children whom now and in the future may be profoundly affected by the legalizing of homosexual marriage. Marriage is a unique practice, in that it is both a religious sacrament and legal registration controlled by the state. Throughout human history, according to religious tradition and as a matter of natural law, …

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…of some kind of existential state, while if John and Jim and Jack all love each other, this is a mere activity?" (Krauthammer p.102). Non-monogamous homosexual marriages will fatally undermine an already enfeebled institution. Andrew Sullivan, the author of Virtually Normal: An Argument about Homosexuality admitted that "gay men are so naturally promiscuous that they are unable to sustain the monogamous requirements of marriage and so fail to meet the requirements of membership" (Sullivan p.10).