Persuasive Essay On Same Sex Marriage

Henry Ford once said, “coming together is a beginning; staying together is progress; working together is success.” Marriage is a unity and commitment between two people, but it has not always been something to get excited about. Marriage has been around for decades and when it first began, women were considered property of the men. Women would stay home all day, and only used to cook, clean, and conceive children. Marriage was not about love, but more of an arrangement put together by the parents of the two people that were going to spend the rest of their lives together. When marriage started to evolve, it became more of a religious thing and less of an arrangement. People were allowed to choose who they wanted to marry and didn’t have to

“In 1215, marriage was declared as one of the churches seven sacraments” (“Ellman”). The church has lost all control over marriage. Same sex marriage becoming legal has made that official. “Fewer people are affiliated with religion institutions than in the past, also contributing to a decline in marriage, since religion has been among the staunchest advocates of marriage” (“Marriage Rates”). The main reason marriage is declining is because people do not value marriage like they did in the past. “Since 1980, the number of divorces has increased by 22 million” (“Marriage Rates”). Divorce is a lot easier to obtain, so people do not have to stay committed till death do us part. Since divorce is more common now, it is not frowned upon like it once was. “20 percent of 18-29 year olds admitted on cheating on their spouse, 28 percent of 29-40 year olds, and 34 percent of those in the mid life crisis ages” (“Harris”). We are able to hear about affairs a lot more now because of technology advancing. People’s morals and values have decreased and as long as they continue to decrease we can expect it to continue hurting the marriage rate. According to CNN, close to 42 million U.S. adults have been married more than once.” (“Marriage Rates”) The value of being with one person the rest of your life has been demolished considering how easy it is to get a divorce or to cheat on a

Having a good education and career contributes to not having enough time for relationships and marriage. Women, who use to be considered as property of their husbands, now do not need a man to support them and are able to stand on their own. Media has evolved and is now influencing our lives. We give more attention to our devices than we do our partners and if the media continues to improve we can expect it to take over our relationships even more. Finally, since so many of us have seen so many marriages end in divorce we can not help but be scared to get married. Marriage is decreasing and if we do not change these things it will continue to decline until it is no longer a normal thing to do when in