My Arguments In Support For Same-sex Marriage

If you were invited to your daughter’s/son’s wedding, and you found out they were going to marry the same gender, what would you do? Would you support him/her, or would you pass? If you said no, why would you say “No”? Why would you not support your son/daughter? This topic has been a prominent issue in the United States, but also all around the world for many years. There is absolutely nothing more controversial than same sex marriage in gay rights topic. Everyone has different opinions about same-sex marriage whether it should be legal or not. I believe, it should be legal.

Marriage is the sacred bond between two people who absolutely love and cherish one another. So why is it not okay, to marry the same sex? Denying some people, the option to marry is discrimatory and creates a second class of citizens. Miami County Court, Judge Sarah Zabel, '...become the second Florida judge in a week to find it unconstitutional. “Judge Zabel, found that Florida's 'Gay marriage to be ban' was unnecessary. It offended human dignity, and it violated the 14th Amendment. She explains how, no matter what the gender is, it serves no interest to judge. Judge Zabel wrote in her order. “It serves only to hurt, to discriminate, to deprive same-sex couples and their families of equal dignity, to label and treat them as second-class citizens, and to deem them unworthy of participation in one of the fundamental institutions of our society.” Judgement doesn’t do anything. All is does, is make others insecure. Instead of denying it and judging a happy same- sex gender walking down the street, think about how you are. Why take their happiness away, and keep yours? What’s different? Does it bother you because its two girls or two boys? If there happy, and protecting, cherishing each other, what’s the difference of myself being in love with a boy? There still protecting me and cherishing me. It’s the same thing.

For those, who said “NO!” I understand. I grew up in a Christian home. Well when I was with my dad, and then when I was with my mom, she was atheistic. I grew up with hearing both sides, and when I was old enough to fully understood, I took my own side. My mom had this best friend who was gay, and my dad disliked him. Believed he had the “demon” inside of him and if I were to be around him, it would possess me as well. He believed that marriage was male and female coming together because they were in love. Now, as I grew up, I would ask, “Isn’t it okay if two people love each other because there happy?” Every young child sees two people smiling, and they suddenly think there married. Because, after all love is love. Now, after that he explained to me how he views things, or I should say, He tried to convince me as well. I understand, when somebody says they are bias about this topic. Because, I was too for a while. I would hear two different side to everything. My father would also talk about how it was in our religion to disagree with it. It was a sin. When I was with my dad for the weekend, I would hear him talking about you can have children with somebody who has the opposite gender as you. In these days, now your allowed to adopt children. I’ve heard how a son/daughter needs to have a mother AND a father. My dad disappeared, I would think about how my mom was a single mother, and she’s raised me a perfectly fine. She was my mother/father. She was there for every game, tear, sweat, heartbreak, award, graduation, etc. Why wouldn’t same sex gender be able to do that? They can raise a perfectly wonderful child. I would also hear him say how marriage was a privilege and not a right. You shouldn’t have the fight to get married with somebody. But, in these days, traditions break out ALL the time. This is after all a new generation. As, I would think about these thoughts when somebody would ask me. I would understand why some people say no. It could be because of the way they grew up, it could because of religion, or it could even be jealousy. Maybe you don’t have that love and it sickens you to see somebody so happy. I side with legalizing same-sex marriage. There not hurting us. There happy, just like me and you. Why take the happiness away?

Another reason, why same-sex marriage should be legalized is because, it’s technically a right. It is protected by the US Constitution's commitments to liberty and equality. The Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur, says that” freedom of personal choice in matters of marriage and family life is one of the liberties protected. “Marriage is your choice. Who you love is your decision. The Equal Protection Clause in the 14th Amendment states that no state shall 'deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.' Same- Sex marriage, is just the same as heterosexual marriage. You have your equal rights, as well as the other marriage. Once again, what makes us different from the same-sex marriage? We get to have the same happiness as they do. We get the same rights as they do.

In conclusion, same sex marriage if different, and it’s not for all of us. But, another person’s happiness should not bother us.