Same Sex Marriage Essay

The legalization of same-sex marriages has become the next step towards equality for all citizens of the United States. Before this it was interracial marriages that were fought against, and through the efforts of brave men and women, the country prevailed and saw the harm the prohibition was causing. Just as the American society does to interracial relationships; in 30 years most will look back in shame, wondering how a society of 320 million people could ever let an entire population of people have restrictions on the right every human should be given. The aforementioned right is the one pertaining to solemnly swearing their love to another individual in the most final way that they can. While same-sex couples have recently been granted marital rights, they still are at a disadvantage when all heterosexuals in this country can be guaranteed social security and homosexuals run the risk of losing even that privilege. It is the hatred and bigotry that the country sees today that fueled the battle for civil rights in the 60s. A book in which promotes slavery and the forbiddance of the consumption of shellfish is now being used as a weapon against same-sex couples. The war on terrorism and drugs, global warming, the maintenance of an economy, global affairs, disease, famine, and the energy crisis all threaten today’s nation. The eradication of same-sex marriage is not an issue to prioritize and dedicate valuable resources to. Due to a two millennium old book brimming with logical fallacies, same-sex couples are fighting for the equal opportunities that heterosexuals are guaranteed; this constant unjustified discrimination is a remembrance of the hatred that stigmatized interracial couples as inferior and is a true testament to the de...

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...ats, is immoral. The belief that same-sex couples possess a supposed inferiority is the same belief that caused the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, which resulted in the deaths 3,446 African-Americans in a matter of 86 years. As proven throughout history, if the government allowed the Bible to dictate legislature, society itself would collapse into nothing. This same book that has caused wars on religion is the primary source of justification that gays should not be granted what would seem to be as a necessary freedom. Since the dawn of mankind, basic human rights have been denied to a multitude of perceived inferior demographics. Just 50 years ago in this country, blacks were repeatedly discriminated against due to an incontrollable aspect of themselves. However, the country now is faced with a new dilemma of gay marriage. Or, as it should rightfully be called: marriage.