Nancy Cassano
English 1301- 3C2
November 25, 2014
Gay Marriage
Gay marriage should be legal in every state and not half of the United States because everyone should be entitled to their own right to be happy. Our unalienable rights are life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, which means to be happy. The unalienable rights are rights are rights that we are given and cannot be taken away from us. It is up to the individual to give up their rights. It was a never ending fight for slavery to be over, blacks and whites to finally get along, women’s rights and now for gay marriage to be legal in all 50 states.
Couples of the same sex marriage should be entitled to the same benefits that heterosexual couples are entitled to …show more content…
Gays do not choose to be gay; they don’t wake up one morning and decide that they just want to love the same sex. I am sure that I can speak for everyone when I say that no one would just choose a life of bullying, humiliation and being taunted forever. No human would want to be bullied to the point of where they want to commit suicide. Homosexuals cannot help being attracted to the same sex it is in their nature. Sometimes it can even be hereditary. “Jane Doe left her marriage of 25 years and her two children because of an intense love relationship that developed between her and another woman” (Robert M. Baird & Stuart E. Rosenbaum). Becoming gay can happen over a period of time. People often ask why any homosexual individual would want to marry. Heterosexuals didn’t choose to be straight so why would homosexuals choose to be …show more content…
The United States is supposedly a “free country” but honestly it is not free or equal because we are limited to what we can do to a certain extent. We have a never ending war for equality. We have been fighting for blacks and whites to get along, for women to have certain rights, for slaves to be free and even though racism still exists in some states all of those rights that we were fighting to have we pretty much have now and now we are fighting for gay marriage to be legal. As of now 35 states has already been legalized; 24 by court, 8 by state legislature and 3 by popular vote. Gay marriage is banned in 15 states; 14 by constitutional amendment state law and 1 by constitutional amendment only. “6 states where gay marriage bans have been overturned, but where appeals are in progress” (2014 pro