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Michelle Benavides G.

Martha Pico

ENG 0100

12 November 2012

Traditional Marriage vs. Gay Marriage

How different can be a heterosexual marriage from a gay marriage in Ecuador?Shouldn´t gays have the same rights in marriage than heterosexuals? A traditional marriage between a man and a woman differs from homosexual marriages in our country in many ways, such as the legal aspect,adoption and of course in the part of discrimination.

First of all, as wiki answers said, “on October 21, 2008, the country of Ecuador adopted a new Constitution”, and this new constitution“legalizes same-sex civil unions”. So, gay people can´t have a religious ceremony like heterosexual people, but if gay couples have lived together for more than two years that civil union make them have thesame rights and responsibilities as marriages. Nevertheless gay people can´t have a normal civil ceremony nor a religious ceremony as heterosexual people can, because of believes that we still have. Alsoheterosexual people can get divorce whenever they want; gay people on the other hand can´t, because there is no divorce for civil union there is only the separation and eventually the societyliquidation.

In addition of legal aspects, adoption is other point were heterosexual marriages differ from gay marriages. In the first place adoption is forbidden for same sex couples in Ecuador; peoplebelieve gays can´t be such as good parents as heterosexual couples, plus they believe children may have traumas because of having two moms or two dads, something that couldn´t happen in a traditionalmarriage and the bullying children may receive because of their parents, also that wouldn´t happen if their parents were heterosexual. Despite all this, Jeanie Lerche Davis affirms that childrengrowing up in gay homes seem to be more tolerant of diversity, less aggressive and more nurturing at a young age. Also it is important to say that there are a lot of orphaned children that really need...
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