Yes, in the United States, Adam may now take Steve as his legally wedded wife in a same-sex holy matrimonyThe United States of America has finally crashed the last wall of resistance in the Western world against same-sex marriage. In a landmark judgment by the US Supreme Court, June 26, 2015, five justices against four ruled that denying same-sex couples the right to marry is against the constitution.According to Justice Anthony Kennedy, who delivered the majority lead judgment: No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice and family. Perhaps justifying the reason for this historic ruling, Kennedy expressed an especial concern and sensitivity to children in this kind of relationship, noting that: Their children suffer the significant material costs of being raised by unmarried parents, relegated through no fault of their own to a more difficult and uncertain family life. The marriage laws at issue here thus harm and humiliate the children of same-sex couples.Before this ruling, 37 out of 50 states in the US had already legalised and recognised same gender marriage. And 20 countries of the world, including the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Brazil, Argentina, South Africa and Belgium have either totally legitimised or given one form of consent or the other to gay marriage right. With this ruling, it has become a fait accompli for the few resisting states of US as they are now bound by law to recognise and indeed, license same-sex marriages in their domains.It is indeed a historic judgment because with America now giving a free rein to the gay movement, the entire free world could be taken to have allowed what only a few years ago was an abomination which could lead to immediate and violent death for the victim. The question is that, is the contest between the naturalists and the un-naturalists finally over; is the battle won and lost now that America has finally gone gay' Maybe not entirely, but the ground covered so far holds significant implications for humanity in the years ahead.The conservatives, the naturalists and religionists seem to have lost the battle as the issue moved rapidly in recent years from morality to the realms of law, individual freedom and human right. The argument of pro-gay people basically, is that same-gender co-habitation and copulation is the only type they know and that it is their natural sexual preference. They think it is indeed ungodly to deny them their right to co-habit, to love, to be loved, to matrimony and even procreation among their kind.The anti-gay world has, however, moved from being outraged by the very idea of a liaison between two men or women to the stage of confusion and the current acquiescence and surrender. Early gays would declare their inclination openly at their peril. They were stoned to death, discriminated against and ostracised. Today, they have completely left the closet. They have evolved from stealthy holding of hands and stolen moments to legitimised and elaborate wedlock.Today, it has become politically incorrect, inelegant and indeed unlawful to as much as speak ill of gay people. In some Western countries, homosexuals and bisexuals now stand proud and walk tall in their new-found freedom than the normal heterosexual people. In fact, homophobe is the new, ugly name for those who express concern about this imploding affair.Both Christianity and Islam abhor homosexuality and describe it as sodomy. The Bible, the Christian canon holds same-sex cohabitation in utmost disdain and makes no excuses for people who engage in such sinful, if not evil act. Sodomy actually derives from the Biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, which God destroyed by fire in exasperation over the utter depravity of their inhabitants.Opponents of homosexuality have also raised concerns about possible long-term effects of this new way of life. Some of these fears include: health issues associated with anal sex; procreation; the possible decimation of the human race and child rearing in same-sex homes. There are also fears that if same-sex relation is acceptable, people may begin to ask what is wrong with polygamy, bestiality, pedophilia and other sexual deviations.As we have stated before, we still believe that homosexuality is not the natural design for humanity and that it cannot be unconnected to a severe psycho-social disorder that require medical attention. The world needs to be wary about opening what looks like the floodgate of the unknown upon the human race. We urge the so-called civilised world to tread a bit more cautiously and continue to interrogate this odd phenomenon.Lastly, the West must desist from harrying and haranguing the rest of the world to get on this bandwagon. They must always remember that what is human right in one corner of the world could be taboo in another.The post Adam and Steve appeared first on The Nation.]]>
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