DEFINING MARRIAGE OR BROADENING IT?

Twitter was last week awash with tweets bearing #scotus - which is an acronym for the Supreme Court of the United States. The deluge of the hash tag x-rayed the vibes that greeted the court’s consideration of gay marriage. The decision of the scotus to put a definitional ruling on this lingering and sensitive issue comes against the backdrop of appeals filled from the United States of Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee and Kentucky - which are among the 13th states that prohibited gay marriage. The court will in the case consider two questions viz : Whether the 14th amendment to the country’s constitution requires states to licence marriage between same -sex couples and whether it requires states to recognise such marriage when licensed by other states.

Ruling is expected by late July; it will either define marriage or broaden it to include gays and lesbians couple. But is there any sense in giving green light to gay marriage? And has anybody ever think of what American society will look like in the next 10 years if homosexuals have their way? Let’s put religion aside and juxtapose gay marriage with the laws of nature. Ever heard of cock going for cock? Marriage is a gift from nature and made to be between heterosexual couple hence the existence of male and female sex. It is based on the complementarity of the two sexes in a way that the love of a man and a woman joined in a nuptial knot is open to life and that’s how family comes to exist.

The procreative ability and the psychological attachment that father-mother family relationship infuse in a family, form the greater part of the offspring’s character. The fact that for homosexuals to have children - which can be through adoption, IVF and surrogacy - requires the contribution of the missing sex in union put credence to the argument that nature regulates itself - and going against it is warring with nature. The 14th amendment to the constitution of United States imbued in American citizens freedom from states restriction of their basic rights. These rights are somewhat near J. Stuart Mill’s conception of liberalism- which emphasised individual supremacy. Asikason Jonathan, Lapai, Niger State