Equal protection
Equal Protection for Gay Marriage
Danny K. Fattori
POL 303
Mark Miller
March 10, 2014
Gay Marriage In a country were countless soldiers fight on a daily basis for freedom and countless have lost their lives in this pursuit, why are we all not free? Are we not all provided equal protection under the law? But what if that law is by its very nature, unfair and biased? In a country where we are now all supposed to be created equal, why are we all not looked at in the eyes of the law as equals? In a country where countless people fought and died in the streets of our own country for equality no matter of color or gender, do we now discriminate based on sexual orientation? We must make a change we must enforce our right to our freedom. We in the United States claim that we are the greatest country in the world because we are all born free, yet we make homosexuals limited by the laws we are currently upholding. We must consider that the law that keeps any couple from marrying is the same as saying that a white woman can not marry a black man; or a white man can not marry a Mexican woman. That is why the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is one of our most important protections against the inequality that sometimes is present in the US Constitution. We must make a change in the laws towards marriage in this country and prove that all of our citizens are free and created equal.
For many who are against gay, lesbian and bisexual marriage it is many reasons about why they are different and should not be allowed to marry. This issue should be looked at in the light of what wrongs this country is being a part of while limiting this groups rights. Legal rights for the homosexual community in the United States has changed drastically over the past 10- 15 years and has started a shift for the better (Lewis, 2011). In 2010, 21 states had laws prohibiting anti-homosexual discrimination, yet 29 states amended their constitutions prohibiting
Danny K. Fattori
POL 303
Mark Miller
March 10, 2014
Gay Marriage In a country were countless soldiers fight on a daily basis for freedom and countless have lost their lives in this pursuit, why are we all not free? Are we not all provided equal protection under the law? But what if that law is by its very nature, unfair and biased? In a country where we are now all supposed to be created equal, why are we all not looked at in the eyes of the law as equals? In a country where countless people fought and died in the streets of our own country for equality no matter of color or gender, do we now discriminate based on sexual orientation? We must make a change we must enforce our right to our freedom. We in the United States claim that we are the greatest country in the world because we are all born free, yet we make homosexuals limited by the laws we are currently upholding. We must consider that the law that keeps any couple from marrying is the same as saying that a white woman can not marry a black man; or a white man can not marry a Mexican woman. That is why the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is one of our most important protections against the inequality that sometimes is present in the US Constitution. We must make a change in the laws towards marriage in this country and prove that all of our citizens are free and created equal.
For many who are against gay, lesbian and bisexual marriage it is many reasons about why they are different and should not be allowed to marry. This issue should be looked at in the light of what wrongs this country is being a part of while limiting this groups rights. Legal rights for the homosexual community in the United States has changed drastically over the past 10- 15 years and has started a shift for the better (Lewis, 2011). In 2010, 21 states had laws prohibiting anti-homosexual discrimination, yet 29 states amended their constitutions prohibiting
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