Australian society has always endorsed the principles of equality, respect, pride and a sense of belonging to all, but by excluding the minority who are forced to look away from the idea of marriage because of their interest in gender, how can society play upon these values and beliefs? The idea that stable families are the foundation to a stable society is true, but however, families are only a sliver of the social unit and thus developments revolving around the basis of marriage usually affect the movements of society. If gays were given the opportunity and right to marry, it can better merge the family and the idea of same-sex marriage into the community. From looking at statistics, it was found that over 70% of married same-sex couples said that their level of commitment towards themselves, their partner and their community has increased just from the impact of marriage. Aside from the benefits same-sex marriage provides to society in terms of strengthening it, same-sex marriage also holds benefits to the economy as well. Seeing as though the average Australian couple are spending $54,294 on their wedding fees, allowing same-sex
Australian society has always endorsed the principles of equality, respect, pride and a sense of belonging to all, but by excluding the minority who are forced to look away from the idea of marriage because of their interest in gender, how can society play upon these values and beliefs? The idea that stable families are the foundation to a stable society is true, but however, families are only a sliver of the social unit and thus developments revolving around the basis of marriage usually affect the movements of society. If gays were given the opportunity and right to marry, it can better merge the family and the idea of same-sex marriage into the community. From looking at statistics, it was found that over 70% of married same-sex couples said that their level of commitment towards themselves, their partner and their community has increased just from the impact of marriage. Aside from the benefits same-sex marriage provides to society in terms of strengthening it, same-sex marriage also holds benefits to the economy as well. Seeing as though the average Australian couple are spending $54,294 on their wedding fees, allowing same-sex