What are the health benefits of same-sex marriage?

Answer 1

• The main positive outcome of same sex marriage is that the couple can have the advantage of hundreds of state and Federal Laws that automatically benefit legally married couples.
• Also, same sex marriage makes discrimination for reasons of sexual orientation more difficult to defend as same sex couples take a more and more active and public role in their communities.
• The benefits of same-sex marriage to society are the same as those offered by heterosexual marriages. They include greater stability, higher incidence of home ownership, less likelihood of becoming dependent upon welfare program, etc.
• Married individuals are less likely to engage in high-risk behavior.
• The partners function as each other's first source of support in case of illness or injury.
• The couple may have the resources to adopt children and raise them in a two-parent household.

Answer 2

Debates over gay marriage involve both legal and social arguments, for and against. Legal arguments on behalf of gay marriage tend to get more attention because it should be a matter of basic civil and equal rights. Even if gay marriage were harmful, the equality and dignity of gay couples should be respected, though it's not true, or at least not demonstrable, that gay marriage would be harmful. On the contrary, there are good reasons to think that legalized gay marriage would benefit us all.

Answer 3

There are no extra positives for same sex marriage. People get married to show how much you love that person, like any other marriage. They will do exactly the same as any other marriage can and will do.

Answer 4

the average person will be happier because gay people will be able to marry who they love
Allowing gay marriage would show that *everyone* has the right to be married and find love. It would allow other gay people to feel more secure and less terrified- they would be able to come out, knowing that they are accepted members of society. People would grow more used to the idea of homosexuality, so heterosexuals would be less hateful towards homosexuals. It would break down emotional barriers.

Plus, imagine how you would feel if you were gay. If you weren't allowed to marry your true love. The biggest positive effect is that people in love will be able to get married, no matter what their sexual orientation is.

Answer 5

Potential advantages of same-sex marriage over opposite-sex marriage include:

• Parties to a same-sex marriage are presumably physically attracted to each other, although they would not be if they were to marry someone of the opposite gender.
• Two men are likely to have more interests in common than a man and a woman would (e.g., sports, cars, and other stereotypical male interests).
• In a society where males still earn a higher salary than females for the same work, a marriage with two husbands is likely to benefit financially from this inequality.
• When you marry someone of the same sex, you could double your wardrobe overnight.
• No more worries about leaving the toilet seat up or down.
• You save money on Birth Control.

Answer 6

In jurisdictions where same-sex marriage has been legalized, nonacceptance in some circumstances may be illegal and result in civil penalties.

If you are speaking more generally and referring mostly to places where same-sex marriage has not been legalized yet, some reasons for doing so are:

• Denying gays and lesbians the right to form their own family units serves no purpose and to some extent cripples their participation in society.
• Denying the rights and responsibilities of marriage to gay and lesbian couples devalues their relationships and deprives them of whatever encouragement towards long-term monogamy the married state imparts to its participants.
• Denying marriage licenses to people based on their gender or sexual orientation is discriminatory and serves no legitimate purpose.
• Permitting some religious groups to dictate civil law is not in keeping with the ideals of the U.S. Constitution.
• Married couples are better equipped to care for children. Depriving some children of the benefit of two parents where their parent has a partner who is willing and wanting to marry them is cruel and unnecessary.
• People who want to marry should be allowed to unless there is a VERY good reason why they shouldn't.
• Even legal experts, psychologists and sociologists have had a very difficult time in articulating a single coherent argument against same-sex marriage in a court of law, one that does not appeal to religious sentiment or rely on some vague principal of nostalgia.

Answer 7

Same-sex marriage is good because it allows gays and lesbians to form families and participate in society as a unit, rather than remaining single and missing out on this part of life. It is good because it promotes committed relationships and provides financial incentives and protections to same-sex partners.

Answer 8

A report in the American Journal of Public Health showed that gay men require fewer doctor visits and lower health care costs in states where same-sex marriage is legal than in states where it is not.

Answer 9

The constitution speaks of pursuit of happiness, freedom of speach, freedom of religion... why is interacial marriage allowed

Answer 10

The same good things in an opposite sex marriage, plus there is little chance of an unplanned pregnancy.