The rights of minorities should be protected D. State activities, like marriage, are supposed to be secular. The government cannot make laws just because of the teachings of a religion. 1. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof” (Madison, 1788) III. Marriage causes people to have strong family values and give up high risk sexual behavior. A. Gay parents can raise children just as well as straight parents. B. Sexual orientation is unchangeable and cannot be chosen. Sexuality does not respond to societal pressures. (Ghose, 2015) C. Marriage helps people to settle down and build lives together, giving up risky sexual behaviors. IV. Homosexuality is widely accepted today, with evidence for a biological cause. A. An overwhelming amount of research has been done showing homosexuality has a biological cause. (Bailey, 1991) B. The secondary sexual characteristics of homosexuals often resemble those of the opposite sex. (Bruce, 2015) C. Homosexual males often have higher voices, and women often have a more masculine body shapes, this bit of sexual androgyny is caused by the hormones which also are said to cause people to be gay.
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