Others might ask why gay marriage should be legalized, but my question is this: why should other people be able to choose who marries who? If a man and a woman get married, no one seems to care. They are just people who love each other so much that they want to spend eternity together. If we change the scenario a little bit and a man and a man, or a woman and a woman, try to get married it causes uproar and for no logical reason they are not allowed to be married or raise a family together. They too, are just people who love each other so much that they want to spend eternity together, just the same as any heterosexual couple, so what is the problem?
In a marriage there is one thing that truly matters: love. Yes, other things are important too, but not one couple would make it to even asking someone to marry them if there was not some love. The definition of love, according to dictionary.com is as follows: “Very strong affection: an intense feeling of tender affection and compassion.” If homosexual people feel this way then why shouldn’t they be able to be married? If they are happy with each other, said persons should be able to marry.
Marriage benefits should be available to all couples, no matter what. In places where homosexual marriages are banned, the gay couples are not able to have the same benefits as others. When filing for health care or insurance through a job, gay couples are not able to add each other on. Most loved ones, such as a spouse or a child, in a heterosexual marriage, can make life altering decisions in a hospital if need be. Since homosexual marriage is not legal, said person’s spouse is not being recognized as their next of kin and care is delayed.
The arrival of same-sex Australian couples planning to marry is expected in New Zealand since the country has become the 13th in the world to legalise same-sex marriage. So what is Australia waiting for? Is a man marrying a man or a woman marrying a woman hurting