Gay Marriage
Make Gay Marriage Legal
What is so wrong about gay marriage? It’s just two people, like you and me, who want to spend the rest of their lives with the person that they love. Same-sex marriage couples should have access to the same marriage benefits and public acknowledgement enjoyed by heterosexual couples. Prohibiting gay marriage is unconstitutional discrimination. A law shouldn’t stop two people from being happy and doing what they want freely. As of July 17, 2013, gay marriage has been legalized in four-teen states. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Washington, Maine, Maryland, California, Delaware, Rhode Island, Minnesota, and New Jersey. 35 states have gay marriage bans through either laws or constitutional amendments or both. Gay marriage should be able to be free to all people. Some people believe that allowing gay couples to marry will further weaken the institution of marriage. Not true. Yes, the divorce rates are now higher (between 40 and 50 percent), but people that are not gay are still getting married and staying together and having kids. This world is never going to come to an end when people are getting divorces. That’s their choice, just like gay marriage is a choice. You should also think financially. Gay marriages can bring financial gain to state and local governments. Revenue from gay marriage comes from marriage licenses, higher income taxes (the so-called “marriage penalty”), and decreases in costs for state benefit programs. The Comptroller for New York City found that legalizing gay marriage would bring $142 million to the city’s economy and $184 million to the state’s economy over the three years. If one of the reasons why people don’t want gay marriage because they can’t reproduce, then what about those straight couples who can’t reproduce either? There are people, who aren’t gay and can’t have kids, but yet they can still get married and nobody says anything to them. So why are they able
What is so wrong about gay marriage? It’s just two people, like you and me, who want to spend the rest of their lives with the person that they love. Same-sex marriage couples should have access to the same marriage benefits and public acknowledgement enjoyed by heterosexual couples. Prohibiting gay marriage is unconstitutional discrimination. A law shouldn’t stop two people from being happy and doing what they want freely. As of July 17, 2013, gay marriage has been legalized in four-teen states. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Washington, Maine, Maryland, California, Delaware, Rhode Island, Minnesota, and New Jersey. 35 states have gay marriage bans through either laws or constitutional amendments or both. Gay marriage should be able to be free to all people. Some people believe that allowing gay couples to marry will further weaken the institution of marriage. Not true. Yes, the divorce rates are now higher (between 40 and 50 percent), but people that are not gay are still getting married and staying together and having kids. This world is never going to come to an end when people are getting divorces. That’s their choice, just like gay marriage is a choice. You should also think financially. Gay marriages can bring financial gain to state and local governments. Revenue from gay marriage comes from marriage licenses, higher income taxes (the so-called “marriage penalty”), and decreases in costs for state benefit programs. The Comptroller for New York City found that legalizing gay marriage would bring $142 million to the city’s economy and $184 million to the state’s economy over the three years. If one of the reasons why people don’t want gay marriage because they can’t reproduce, then what about those straight couples who can’t reproduce either? There are people, who aren’t gay and can’t have kids, but yet they can still get married and nobody says anything to them. So why are they able