Legalizing Same Sex Marriage Essay

In some of the research I have done on the AIDS epidemic stirred up many questions and brought public attention on a range of issues surrounding gay and lesbian rights. Legalizing same-sex marriages may help prevent aids. If two people are in a marriage then they are less apt to have many sexual partners and will help stop the spread of AIDS. Other people feel that same-sex marriages are not a proper place to raise children. This is a truly false statement because there are many people who have children and procreate that should not have that right. For instance, murderers, child molesters, drug and alcohol addicts are all free to procreate and raise children and homosexuals are not. This does not make sense. If a person can raise a child and give them love, shelter, food and other necessary resources to raise a child, then they should be given the right to raise a child. Just because a child has more than one mother or father does not mean that they are going to grow up gay or have emotional problems. They may in fact be a better person because of this. Is it not true that two parents are better to have than one?

There are many communities across the nation who have legislated same-sex domestic partner ordinances. Throughout the nineties same-sex marriages were in fact being considered in many states. Gays and lesbians want more than just having their marriages accepted by the law, there are many benefits that marriage

Public attitudes about gays and lesbians are growing steadily more tolerant. The fact is that people are in favor of nondiscrimination against gays and lesbians but they are opposed to same-sex marriages (Domestic). Greenberg states that many local governments and private companies have instituted domestic partner benefit programs for the same-sex couples (Domestic). This is a step in the right direction, which the government is putting into