Homosexuality is the entrance to a new global era in Palestine. As a result of many reasons, homosexuality is forbidden and illegal for Palestinians and for other countries too. A survey by Pew Research Centre in 2013 found that most people in the region believe homosexuality should be rejected: 97% in Jordan due to the strict norms and religious beliefs, 95% in Egypt, and 80% in Lebanon, the percentage in Lebanon is fewer than other Arabian counties because it has been affected to the French influence. (Pew Research Centre). Some people are demanding to legalize same-sex marriage. However legalizing same-sex marriage is unacceptable for many citizens due to Palestinian norms, health issues, and psychological problems for the kids of same-sex parents.
Palestine is a rural culture that has norms and traditions that are unbreakable, the family is the most important unit. Family's honor is often reflected in the virtue of its women (IMEU). Modesty and chastity are the values of the pure Palestinian women. But this belief has decreased over time. Nowadays both men and women, bring honor to the family. So homosexuality can never be accepted here in Palestine. Furthermore legalizing homosexuality would result in a real problem for the citizens because they see it as a great sin from a social point of view. Another cause that rejects legalizing same-sex marriage is the medical point of view.
Homosexuality spreads many dangerous transmitted diseases such as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and syphilis these diseases may often be prevalent among men who have sex with men. Men who have sex with men are 17 times more likely to get anal cancer than heterosexual men. Men who are HIV-positive are even more likely than those who do not have HIV to get anal cancer (MSM health). One more reason why same-sex marriage shouldn’t be legalized is the psychological problems that affect same-sex parents’ kids.
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Legalizing same-sex marriage affects children’s psychology. Children need fathers so they benefit from having two parents who have different opinions, genders, and personalities. Having parents with different strengths, weaknesses, and points of view helps children grow up. If same-sex marriage becomes common, same-sex couples with children would be lesbian couples. This means that we would have more children being raised apart from Fathers who exist to protect their children and give them that feeling of security. On the other hand, children need mothers, If homosexual marriage is legalized some homosexual men would be raising children, but these children need mothers so they can have a normal healthy life because mothers exist to provide for children and fulfill them with care and love. Another example of the children’s psychological problem is the children’s hunger for their biological parents. Homosexual couples using in vitro fertilization or surrogate mothers create a huge number of children who will live apart from their mother or father. Children of divorce often report similar feelings. Social science research has demonstrated that children who live with their mother and father have a better chance of being successful, healthy, and well-educated in adulthood.
Even though some children could have psychological problems because of the same-sex parents and the holes that might take place in their personality and life because of not having a mom or a dad, there are other children that have perfect lifestyles with same-sex parents. Children from same-sex parents’ families do just as well as children from families where both parents are heterosexual. For example, Helen and Bernadette have two children. The children know whose tummy they came out of and where their donor dad is. The only difference is that they have two mummies, but they are as healthy and feel as good as children raised in families with heterosexual parents (raising children).
To conclude, in my opinion, legalizing same-sex marriage in Palestine can never be neither accepted nor legal because of the Palestinian norms, transmitted diseases, and the negative psychological effects on children. So Palestine should find a cure to help lesbians, gays, and bisexual people to have a healthy, straight relationship with the other gender which can positively affect the person him or herself and the society.
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