A persuasive speech on gay marriage

My final persuasive speech for my Public Speaking class this semester. Please understand that I have nothing against anyone who practices any religion in particular, I have a problem with the people who use religion as a reason why two people who love each other should be denied the right to marry. If you have any questions about my sources used in this speech, here is the works cited I had to turn in with it. Feel free to check it out. Yes, I used a clip from Louis CK. I am not nor do I claim to be Louis CK.

Works Cited
Meyers, David. Psychology. 9th. Holland,MI: Worth Publishers, 2008. 472. Print.

"Louis CK on Gay Marriage." YouTube. Web. 2 May 2010. {http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPvVnrV1tow}.

"Leviticus." King James Bible Online. KingJamesBibleOnline.org, 01 Jan 2008. Web. 2 May 2010. {http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Leviticus-Chapter-20/}.

"Sexual Orientation and Homosexuality." American Psychological Association. American Psychological Association, n.d. Web. 4 May 2010. {http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/sexual-orientation.aspx}.

"199216." American Psychiatric Association. American Psychiatric Association, 01 Dec 1992. Web. 2 May 2010. {http://www.psych.org/Departments/EDU/Library/APAOfficialDocumentsandRelated/Pos­itionStatements/199216.aspx}.
"Teen Q&A: Gay, lesbian, and bisexual teens." American Academy of Pediatrics . American Academy of Pediatrics, n.d. Web. 2 May 2010. {http://www.aap.org/publiced/BR_GayTeen.htm}.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Gay
• Lesbian
• Homosexual
• Same
• Sex
• Marriage
• Union
• speech
• public
• speaking
• civil
• rights

[darwinkilledgod]

Good job, but you never established that being gay is "natural" only that it's not associated with mental disorders. Driving a car is unnatural, but it isn't associated with mental disorders either. You really need to drop the "gay is natural" bit because it's likely not true*, and it's irrelevant to your greater point.

*- we don't have an agreed upon definition of natural, but the most reasonable is "designed by natural selection." Homosexuality probably isn't. Neither are cars.

[GardenHoseProduction]

@darwinkilledgod Neither is religion. Homosexual animals have been reported across the world and the animal kingdom. Animals building idols and worshiping higher beings, have not.

[BLSHOG]

nice job.......

[MusicJew158]

where you from dude this is well done

[PLmoms]

Nice job on this!

[DemonicGaara]

Lmfao I laughed so many times this was amazing