Pro Gay Marriage Rights

The exploration for gay marriages has been severe over time that it can only be liken to the movements that fought for civil right for the Americans long before the law stood in. It is sudden that in the quest for equal marriage rights, the gay rights activists happen to be few as they work their way out to the constitution. But their struggle is being supported by the public and bearing in mind that the political shift is also working to their advantage (Newton, 69-70). Despite the tireless effort of the equal rights activists, their opponents already happen to have support of the constitution and the big question remains to, when this will actually happen. This paper will be endeavoring at elucidating and giving further details in support of gay matrimony rights.

As from the year 1970, the deliberation on whether to accord individuals of the same biological sex the right t live together has never come into a concise conclusion. Up to latest, several countries have subscribed to the idea that same sex marriages should be authorized with the state of Massachusetts being the first one to enact the same in the year 2004. Several countries have also had a reason of joining the former states Connecticut, Vermont, and the New York subsequently joining the others in the same quest of the legalization of the same sex marriages (Newton, 69-70).

The defense of marriage act (DOMA), through the federal government has always rejected the gay marriages and presents that marriage is between one man and one woman. However before the enactment of this act, the privacy act regulated conception, procreation child bearing family relation and marriage. Having not specified the marriage parties, this could mean that the gay marriage was also p...

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... the need to be a homosexual is a natural thing thus these individuals should not be denied the right to marry, instead they ought to enjoy their marriage rights (Sullivan, 128-130). This has thus called upon the prohibition of the same sex marriage for amendments of the constitution so as to enable the gay enjoy their right of union.

Work Cited

Cahill, Sean. Same-sex Marriage in the United States: Focus on the Facts. Lanham [u.a.: Lexington Books, 2004. Print.

Eskridge, William N, and Darren R. Spedale. Gay Marriage: For Better or for Worse? : What We've Learned from the Evidence. Oxford [u.a.: Oxford Univ. Press, 2006. Print.

Newton, David E. Same-sex Marriage: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 2010. Internet resource.

Sullivan, Andrew. Same-sex Marriage: Pro and Con : a Reader. New York: Vintage Books, 2004. Internet resource.