Gay Marriage

Most people, like upstanding citizens who pay their taxes and abide by the laws, believed that they deserve the same rights granted to any other citizens by the government. Views on these individuals tend to change if they are gay or lesbian. Homosexual couples are normally the main targets for this conflict by people arguing that they should not be able to get married because legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behaviors with the excuse of homosexual couples being allowed to get married.

However, the US Supreme Court made and passed laws to protect same-sex couples and by 2015, all fifty states allow this type of marriage due to the fact that gay and lesbian people pay taxes to the government just like any other citizen (Harvard). If the government is able to enforce the right to pay taxes and be judged equally as anybody else, homosexual couples should be able to have the right to get married too. The lack of legal recognition to homosexual couples affects them in numerous ways.

The fight is more complicated than just arguing whether or not they should get married because they live together. If the government enforces the same laws that are being enforced into heterosexual people such as paying taxes that are used to help and give to the community, then why would same-sex couples have to deal with discrimination instead of being granted with the same rights?

This argument is exactly the same discussion that people have in the Baker V. Vermont court case, “gay and lesbian couples had argued that they were denied the protection of more than 300 laws as a result of not being allowed to marry” (Robinson 232). This shows that as a legal issue, it is evident that homosexuals are not equally considered in the eyes of the law. Gay and lesbian same-sex civil marriages are demonstrating with the pass of time that the concept of “marriage” and the rights that all citizens deserve, regardless of their gender or sexual orientation, can and should be simultaneously respected.

A possible concern is by people arguing from a religious point of view, that same-sex marriages are a violation to their basic biblical tenets and that no culture to this point has endorsed the idea of men marrying men or girl marrying girls. This is an understandable concern, however, the separation of church and state government is a fundamental principle, which has to be followed.

While most religions see homosexuality as a sin, that does not mean that states are not capable of legalizing gay marriage because the state and the government are not here to dictate their religious ideas or beliefs but to support the constitutional and inalienable rights of all citizens. The decision to marry somebody should come from the person itself, based on what they want or also depending on their likes. No one, also including the government, should be able or should think that they are capable of intervening and control the personal lives of citizens to such an extent of denying the civil rights of marrying somebody due to their sexual orientation.

The decision should not be coming from religious leaders, government or some other type of person or maybe organization who would think or decide something based on what is beneficial for them, not taking in account the feelings or rights that this individual has. The number of same-sex couples has increased tremendously; marriage is about love and supporting one another, and if people feel comfortable and do not have any problem with being with someone who is of the same sex as them, then why should their freedoms be limited?

Perhaps, states should allow the civil union between same-sex couples and grant them with all of the same rights as heterosexual couples. Nowadays, we live in a world full of people with many different cultures, lifestyles, customs, and beliefs. We have overcome many challenging obstacles in the past that had to deal with discrimination, and we also had created a system of rules that were given to the people in order to protect their individual rights and also them as a persona.

Banning same-sex marriage is a contradiction to the First Amendment which clearly states that every single person in the United States has freedom of speech, expression, and religion, so it it’s important for people as a society to recognize that worrying too much about gay and lesbian couples has nothing to do with them. Homosexuals are human beings too, and they should be treated like one, with respect, just like any other male and female couple and everybody, gay or not, should be treated equally.

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