From Gallagher's perspective, marriage means giving a child a mother and father and raising them in the best environment possible. He argues that when men and women have a child and are not married or stay married, the family structure collapses and that's when many bad things happen to more children such as: poverty, welfare dependency, child abuse, sexual abuse, disease physical, small children. mortality, homicide, premature and promiscuous sexuality, juvenile delinquency, school failure, conduct disorders and adult criminality and many others. This is also a time when children suffer and communities pay the consequences with crime. This is why he thinks having a good family structure, i.e. a father and a mother, is so important. She does not agree with “sexual unions” themselves because they cannot provide the same things for a child that a heterosexual marriage would for a mother and father. On the other hand we have Rauch whose view towards marriage is a little different than Gallagher. He says the purpose of marriage is to have a partner for life and someone to take care of you when you are sick or in bad times. If you are married, it will be your partner's job to take care of you but, if you are not married, your partner will not feel compromised with you, so he can leave whenever, even if you are dying. He also admits that children are a big reason for marriage because when a woman and a man meet this is probably the outcome, but it can't just be the only reason. Rauch agrees with "gay unions," saying that by legalizing same-sex marriage, homosexuals would have the same legal marriage rights as heterosexuals. I think both authors are right in some areas, I don't completely agree with either of them......middle of paper......our partner is obvious that you will take care of him/her in case of illness or bad situations without needing a legal "marriage" telling you that it's your job to do It. In conclusion, my opinion used to be that marriage is about raising children and having a more serious and compromising relationship, but now I also think it's really useless, it's really just a legal document that many don't care about. Now I see that marriage has definitely lost its meaning, I don't want to contradict myself but after all commitment is not another point. It's sad to me that marriage is no longer seen as it used to be, that people get married just for the party and all these other things that have nothing to do with love. But it is what it is. Lastly, I agree with same sex marriages, but I don't agree with having or raising a child. So in my opinion I think that marriage is only about creating a commitment and nothing else