Informative Speech: Homosexuality And Sexual Marriages?

(attention getter) I. Imagine you were a gay or a lesbian who has a long-term relationship with your partner already, would you like to get married with him or her?

(relate to audience) II. Don’t think this is none of your business because what if that’s your family members, friends or even if it’s you.

Would you like to have a happy ending with your partner as heterosexual couples?

(background) III. Homosexuality has been a feature of human culture since the earliest history in ancient Greece. It is accepted as cultural norm that certain forms of erotic attractions and sexual pleasure between males. Later, under the sway of Christian, Islamic, Jewish religions etc, it was disapproved.

(credibility)

B. Sexual orientation is also affected by acquired factors. (example) 1. Such as family background which in an unstable condition like, violent or single-parent families, childhood experience, personality, peer pressure, sexual experiences etc.

2. In some serious cases or extremes such as to be raped by the opposite sex may leave traumatic experiences that haunt victims which lead them lose confidence in building families with the opposite sex.

(transition) [Some people may argue that the homosexuality can be cured through treatments. However, representative organizations from worldwide (include Hong Kong), for instance The Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists, American Psychiatric Association, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists etc have declared that homosexuality is not an illness and there is no scientifically proven evidence to support the attempts to change one's sexual orientation.

Moreover, treatments such “conversion therapy” are not effective.

There was a fail example in Hong Kong. ]

C. Failure of conversion therapy in Hong

Recognition of same-sex relationships in Hong Kong 1. Although same-sex marriage is not currently recognised in Hong Kong, in June 2009, the Hong Kong

Government extended the limited recognition and protection to cohabitating same-sex couples in its

Domestic Violence Ordinance.

(transition) [We can see that even the Hong Kong Government is also trying to protect the homosexuality which shows the recognition of same-sex relationships in Hong Kong. Otherwise, people claim that the compound of homosexuality will lower the birth rate and Chinese especially emphasize on carrying on one’s ancestral line plays an important role in marriage.]

III. It is grieved if marriage is only about reproductions.

(examples) A. The vow of marriage shows its real meaning. 1.“ I, ____, take you, ____, to be my lawfully wedded(husband/wife), to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part.” From the vow, we can see marriage is about to care, to love and to be responsible to each other.

B. Many heterosexual couples tend not to have children. 1. Owing to the soaring land price and rent in Hong