Our Project - Same-Sex Marriage

So on Friday Brandon, Ashneet and I did our Friday Debate on same-sex marriage. After deciding on our topic randomly in class the day before and passing it by Mr. C, we got the go-ahead. We got together at Brandon's and got our work done over pizza and wings with his cute, hyper dog Brandy coming to visit every once in a while. Surprisingly we were very productive and got it done pretty quickly :)

The presentation went well and the discussion picked up at a good pace. We got into discussions on whether or not same-sex marriage should be allowed which was a pretty unanimous yes, although the discussion went into what is the definition of marriage and if the term belonged to the church. Because marriage was originally to unite a man and a woman in order to procreate, should the term "marriage" only belong to the church and all other marriages perhaps be called "civil unions" or something along those lines as would same sex marriage. I forget who but someone asked whether or not you would be insulted if someone said that the title of "marriage" would be stripped from you and be given another title. I really liked your answer that no matter what, you didn't even need the title of marriage as you planned to be with your wife forever anyway. I think alot of people are leaning towards that mindset lately due to the drop in religious practise and don't find it necessary anymore. Like my aunt, I've never met her first husband, the father of my cousins, maybe when I was little but i don't remember him. She now lives with her techinically Fiance Joe after almost 10 years I think. He proposed to her, yet they both decided that it isn't necessary to be married and they are perfectly content, probably happier than if they would be married.

Discussions always tend to get heated when it comes to issues involving religion and it didn't disappoint this time either. The class has been really good this semester for debates and I really enjoyed it. Good choice in assignment Mr. C!