Marriage Is a Commitment and Legal Contract Between Same Sexes Too

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Same Sex Marriage
Marriage is a commitment between two individuals. The definitions for commitment differ from cultures to cultures, but in America, marriage and commitment means that it is a contract and binding between two people together providing them with benefits. The question that is raise in America today is that is whether or not these rights to these benefits and commitment should be extended to the people of the same sex. This topic in widely debated in many countries not only in America alone. It is an important issue because it involve basic human moral and human rights. The first case of same sex marriage was Baker v. Nelson that was dismissed by the U.S Supreme Court was in 1972 when a Minnesota couple were denied marriage license by the Hennepin County District Court’s clerk in May 1970. “The couple loses again in the Minnesota Supreme Court decision ruled in a five page opinion that the Constitution does not protect a fundamental right for same sex couples to get married” (Denniston). A few more case was brought up during the 70’s but many of movements for same sex marriage was more in the 90’s and the 2000’s. There were a lot of states that fight for same sex marriage and win but in a lot of other states it was not successful.
The first executive order to take part in this issue was President Bill Clinton who signed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in 1996. This act mandated the unequal treatment of legally married same sex couples. Many Obama supporters were happy that he has changed his opinions on same sex marriage because he supported same sex marriage on one hand and took the stage with homophobic Donnie McClurkin on the other. Everyone around the nation was celebrating Obama’s victory in 2008 but Califo...

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...o become a nation free from prejudice and to legalize same sex marriage would be taking a step closer.
Advocacy
I think that there are a lot of ways I can advocate about this topic, for example like joining a certain group or protest equality for all. I could donate or volunteers for places like GLAD, I believe what GLAD is doing is great for the gays and lesbians communities. They help fight for your rights, your HIV status and your sexual orientation. They also help you with things like post DOMA tax questions. Since I have never had advocated for anything in my life, but at the same time I know there are a lot of the ways to go about this subject. Right now in my own opinion and something for me to start would be GLAD, because what I have read on their main website, their mission statements, I think GLAD would be my best options to help advocating for this topic.

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