EKPOMA REVIEW

There are so many problems facing marriage today: for instance, high divorce rate; single-parents; abuse of wives and children; living together without a civil/church wedding, gay marriage, and otherwise known as same sex marriage, which has generated a lot of controversy in recent times. In the midst; of; this; ranging; controversy,; scholars, educators, philosophers and authentic formators at all levels turn deaf ears to this issue that is rocking the family, which is the first social and basic unit of formation for the future of our world; and even the today. Be that as it may, it is crystal clear that same sex marriage will surely affect formation at all level in the nearest future if not given the desired attention it needs to avoided and be nipped on the bud. It has generated a lot of questions about the definition of marriage among communities, societies, legal bodies, religious bodies and countries all over the world. There is no epoch, at least with records from the last two decades that has recorded wild-spread discussions marked with fevered sentiments on issues of homosexuality, gay-marriage and gay rights like ours. This is so because, these issues nip on very delicate areas of our social life, communal values and even the integrity of the human person.

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