Same Sex Marriages
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Same-Sex Marriages
Should same-sex marriages be practiced in the United States of America? Many Americans vote not. Some believe it goes against the word of God and the bible. Many believe that marriage can only exist between a man and a woman. Also people believe that same-sex couples aren't the most favorable environments in which to raise children.
Numerous Americans believe that gay marriages are prohibited by the word of the bible. One who also agrees with this notion is Pope John Paul II. In the past year, the Pope and the Vatican have released a set of guidelines to stop supporting gay marriage.
``This is a time in which there is no lack of attempts to reduce marriage to a mere individual contract, with characteristics very different from those that belong to marriage and the family, and that end up degrading it as if it were a form of accessory association within the social body,'' the Pope stated (The Associated Press 1).
The Pope advised Catholic authorities to stop consenting to these laws being made...