Gay Marriage

Gay Marriage

One of the corner stones of American society is the pursuit of equality and freedom for all its citizens. A persons sexual preference is his/her own business and if he/she wants to be married then he/she should be allowed to. Gay marriage should be allowed because if the two people love each other and feel devoted to one another then they should reap the benefits of a married couple no matter what their sexual preference may be.

It doesn't matter if a person is gay, that person should have the same rights as any other person in our society today. It would be wrong of us as a society to deny people the right to be married because of their sexual preference. When the government denies this right to the gay couple, they not only deny the marriage but all the benefits that come with the marriage. There are people that not only believe gay marriage is going in the wrong direction for our country but causing problems as well, "Gay marriage is the final step down a long road America has already traveled deinstitutionalizing, denuding and

privatizing marriage" (Sullivan). Yes, marriage has become somewhat of a joke seeing as though there is a 50% chance of divorce with your first marriage (divorce stats). If marriage is like this already with only heterosexual marriages, it is obvious that it is not the gay populations fault. Some may argue that it will get worse but who cares if it does it is their right to marry someone they love. As long as it is two autonomous and consenting adults then they should be allowed to marry. For a country that was founded on freedom, and demanded to give equal rights to all U.S. citizens, our society and government has a poor way of showing it. Same sex couples are being denied the same rights that other Americans receive due to their sexual preference. I personally don't see why gay marriage is looked down upon so much, a same sex marriage between