Same Sex Marriage
Every single one, at one point of his or her life will visualize their own wedding. Maybe it will be with their partner, a hypothetical partner, or maybe even their celebrity crush. Marriage really matters. "We 're married", "She 's my wife" or "He 's my husband" means that the person you 're talking about is the person you 've chosen to spend the rest of your life with, and build a future with together. But there are people, no matter how hard they try, can’t get their dreams to ensue; these people are the homosexuals. As defined by the Merriam Webster dictionary, a homosexual is a person who has a tendency to direct sexual desire toward another of the same sex. Homosexuals cannot marry each other in the Philippines mostly because of close mindedness and homophobia. However, some parts of the world are open to same-sex marriage which will be tackled later on this paper. Although homosexuals are being accepted in the Philippines, we cannot deny that discrimination is still very strong. Equality, it is something that we, humans, seem to be lacking. Every person deserves to be treated how other people are treated, we should be balanced. “How are we supposed to be equal, if even the marriage rights of homosexuals are not justified? What about us? Why is same sex marriage not legal from the very start?” These are questions clouding up the minds of homosexuals in a constant basis that it tends to give them problems and worries in their everyday lives. In the Philippines, homosexuals are being tolerated. Acceptance, meanwhile, is another issue. Homophobes, people who are against homosexuality, still do exist. As we can see, at least half or even more of the world 's population are actually against homosexuality hence making the concept of majorities overpowering the minorities which are the homosexuals. The Philippines is a conservative and religious country and it can be assumed that legalizing same-sex marriage may be close to impossible. According to Ching
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