Same-Sex Marriage Should Be Legal

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"The state cannot demean their existence or control their destiny by making their private sexual conduct a crime -Kennedy" (Dockterman). By denying homosexuals the right to come out and marry their partners won't make them or their "choice" change. People all around the world have their own opinions about gay rights, but people are people no matter their race, skin color, or gender and they should have the same rights as "normal" couples. Homosexual couples should be able to be together for three main reasons: they are being discriminated for being the way they are, more children would be adopted, and statistics have proven that divorce rates have declined when a state allows homosexuals to marry.

Discrimination
Not allowing homosexuals to marry lets the public state that they don't have the same rights as us. This shows society that discriminating against homosexuals is alright, when in fact it's not. Not allowing homosexuals to marry is actually "unconstitutional under both the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses" (ProCon). Many organizations have been created in support of gay rights, but they are still receiving hate from many other organizations including big companies like Chick-fil-A.
Think back to the Chick-fil-a incident in 2012, "Elected officials have urged Chick-fil-a to stay out of their cites, the Jim Henson company has severed ties, and gay rights groups are organizing national protests" (Shapiro). How is this fair? They don't deserve to be spoken about like that. Did they ask for people to hate them because they are gay." On Wednesday --[nicknamed] "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" by former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee -- lines are stretching out the front door and the parking lot is packed with cus...

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