Does our country decide who is a Republican/Democrat/Lawyer/
or who can be in an Interracial relationship or someone’s religion? No, but they can tell us who we can and can’t
marry. Out of all of our 5o states only 10 of them allow same-sex marriage,
with three of them just recently added with the last election. When I think of
marriage I think of two people loving each other and being happily committed to
each other. Our society thinks of marriage as a huge lavish party between a
woman and a man.
I don’t see why our country has to “approve” who we marry
when we are living in a nation of freedom and it doesn’t
seem appropriate for anyone to have a say in any aspect of someone’s life. “The case could allow the justices to decide
whether the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of equal protection means that the
right to marriage cannot be limited to heterosexuals.” This is a passage from
the article “Gay marriage debate shifts to US Supreme Court” by the Associated
Press on KVUE. People are allowed to own guns, but they aren’t allowed to get
married to whomever they want in this country.
The government gives us the right to own a gun with laws that are so
minute and easy to get around, but same-sex marriage is so strictly enforced.
It was a great move to have the citizens of this country
vote on same-sex marriage because it gives a good fair chance to let the
country decide for itself what they want in “their” country. It is not the
government’s country, so it shouldn’t dictate such a personal part of a
person’s life. The government needs to regulate our security, economy, health
care, and education. The fact that the
government also denies benefits of partner’s of same-sex marriages is also very
disturbing. To think that just because
you aren’t under regulation you can’t benefit from healthcare that would be
granted to you if you would have followed another law.
Besides that what is the big deal that someone chooses to be
with some one of the same gender? What gives our government the right to be so
prejudice against people that just have a small difference from them? Our
country is basically a big bully toward the gay community when we live in a
country that is so evolved and diverse, but yet so conservative at the same
time. To have more states allow same-sex
marriage since 2004 is an improvement and the meeting of the Supreme Court to
happen in regards to the constitutional rights of Americans and same-sex marriage
might change history forever.
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In the post “History in the making for same-sex marriage”, Angela Martinez makes a great point at commenting about why same-sex marriages should have the same rights as heterosexuals. I thought this commentary was very informative and made good arguments for same sex marriages. I consider myself spiritual and base my decisions on biblical principles, but regardless of what I believe, I too think that is a personal decision one should make for themselves. I agree with Angela’s commentary because I don’t think the government should approve or disapprove who we marry based on gender. She also makes the argument that government shouldn’t deny benefits to a partner of a same-sex marriage. I couldn’t agree more. I think that is just wrong. Why should they or anyone else tell them who can benefit. That is a prejudice. I think we all have a right to believe what we choose and that is what makes this country great. For our government to pick certain ideals and instill laws governing personal, and private matters are not for them to decide. Like Angela, I think it is fair to have the citizens of the country vote on same-sex marriage, this will be a better indicator of how we feel regarding this matter, as a country.
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