A Subculture No More

Michael Hardwick differed with the court's statement by asserting that everything that he was doing in his own bedroom remains as his personal matter and thus the state law regulators should not be engaged. Given that he is a homosexual who was having an acceptable sexual interaction with his partner in his own house under closed doors without disturbing the public both men are entitled to privacy (Justia, 2017). Hardwick sued Georgia’s federal court by challenging the constitutionality in regard to sodomy law. The case was, however, rejected by the trial court but the case was reversed by the Appeals court by holding that it was particularly engaged in the violation of Hardwick’s essential privileges as a homosexual as well as stated that the action was private and intimate and therefore did not necessitate the regulation of the court (Justia, 2017). Based on the fact that homosexual marriages have been approved in most states as per today, such a law has the ability to remain constitutional given that it supports individual’s privileges of choice and privacy.

Homosexuality essentially impacts the general description of nuclear families in America. In that, a nuclear family is comprised of a specified family that encompasses children and two parents normally male and female. With the development of homosexuality, the description has particularly changed (Popenoe, 2008). This is because as homosexuality is being permitted by law in several states the general level of homosexual parents is on the rise given that they intend to create nuclear families. This, therefore, implies that the description encompasses parents from same or differing gender raising a family. The changing trend is a permanent one and will particularly increase in the future. This is because the approved laws encourage individuality something that is supported constitutionally (Weller, 2013).

 

References

Justia. (2017). Bowers V. Hardwick 4768 U.S. 186 (1986). Retrieved from https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/478/186/case.html

Lea B.A Weller. (2013). the Impact of Individualization on Families and Personal Relationships. Grin Verlag, Print.

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Popenoe, D. (2008). War over the family. New Brunswick, N.J: Transaction Publishers.

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