Love Has No Gender
Everyone wants happiness and to be loved by someone unconditionally. No matter the gender or race of the person, everyone just want to be loved. Many people are against men dating men or women dating women. There are those people who say religion is the reason they are against it. These people strongly believe that gay marriage is the world’s biggest sin. There are a lot of sins in this world, but the only sin people seem to focus on is gay marriage. In the Bible, it states no sin is greater than the other. Some people would say that it is completely wrong to go against ones religion and rebel against God. There are others who say it does not matter who someone is with, just as long as they are happy; love does not have a gender. Just because two people who are dating are both men or both women does not mean that they cannot love each other. Gay marriage is now legal in seventeen states while the other thirty three states are still completely banning gay marriage. Same sex couples must be given the right to celebrate their happiness publicly just like other couples.
Same sex couples look at being denied the right to legally marry each other as their freedom of speech being taken away, but in actuality they are only expressing their love. Legalizing gay marriage will not damage society. If same sex marriage were legal everywhere in the United States, society will still function normally and no family values will be lost. If gay marriage is legal in seventeen, why must the other thirty three states continue to ban same sex marriage? How can we all be equal if we are being denied certain rights because of who we love? Being denied the right to marry someone of the same sex is fairly unconstitutional. Some say tha...
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...ame sex. So why are couples of the opposite sex trying to control same sex couples rights? In the end, everyone should be treated equal. It is just simply wrong to deny any human the right to marry someone of the same sex; it is unlawful, unjust, and unfair. In the future same sex marriage must be legal all over the United States. Same sex couples just want happiness just like couples of the opposite sex.
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On the 27th of June 2015, Gay Marriage is now legal in all 50 states of America. This is a remarkable and recent significant event to history that has become a highly controversial topic to today’s society. In many religions like Christianity, gay marriage and homosexuality is seen as a sin. We can see this in a bible line where it says ‘you shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.’ Just because this is not what they believe in and what the Bible says, they should not become bias and unfair towards other beliefs and religions.
Prohibiting same sex marriage is unconstitutional. "The act discriminates on the basis of the sex by making the ability to marry depend on one's gender" (American Civil Liberties Union, p 12). It also disregards the Faith Full and Credit Clause of the constitution. If a gay or lesbian couple gets married in a state where same sex marriage is legal, but then for some reasons decides to move to another state where same sex marriage is prohibited, it would mean that their union would not be recognized.
Why isn’t gay marriage legal yet? How does gay marriage affect people that aren’t gay? Why does it matter to those people? Why can’t gay people have the same rights as straight people? Gay marriage should be legal worldwide. Gay marriage or same-sex marriage is when a man and man or women and a woman get married. Same-sex marriage impacts society in different types of ways, some people are affected by it because they think it is against the bible, others seem to have no impact or problem with same-sex marriage. However for the gay community it affects them, because in some states they are not allowed to marry the one they are in love with it. Also it impacts them because there are groups of people against same-sex marriage and the gay community is constantly being judged by people opposed to same-sex marriage. Seventeen states have legalized same-sex marriage; Thirty-three states banned same-sex marriage. Same-sex marriage provides a more stable environment for children of gay couples. Legalizing same-sex marriage does not affect or harm heterosexual marriages. Marriage is a union of love, not a union of genders.
... Top Ten Harms of Same-sex Marriage” by Peter Sprigg “religious freedom not only applies to formal houses of worship of worship, but at home, in their neighborhoods, and in the workplace”(2). With same-sex marriage being legalized there is no more religious freedom. Catholic schools that are completely against welcoming same-sex couples in their schools will no longer have a choice. Churches where same-sex couples are not welcome, no longer have a choice but to welcome them. Employers that are religiously against same-sex couples can no longer discriminate them for their sexual orientation but instead for their work ethics. Same-sex marriage being legalized is unconstitutional, it completely conflicts with the first amendment which gives people the right to exercise their religion freely. But with same-sex marriage being legalize their religious freedom is limited.
Why is it fair for people to get married to the opposite sex anywhere they please, but a couple of the same sex cannot get married in the majority of states? Why can't they have the right to express their love through marriage? They are just like anyone of us. HUMAN. According to the Definition.uslegal web page, same-sex marriage is a marriage of a ceremonial union of two people of the same sex; a marriage or marriage-like relationship between two men or two women (1).
Many people believe in a traditional marriage between a man and a woman. God created man and woman to be faithful and produce children. Same-sex marriage is contrary to the word of God and the laws of nature; therefore, it is incompatible with the beliefs, sacred texts, and traditions of many religious groups. Many biblical scriptures talk about how immoral same-sex marriage is.
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