Marriages for All

By: Alex Caraulia

(Authors Note: This is an original argument that is based off of the standing question of Pro or Con movements and laws of the right to wed the same sex as oneself. I stand on the side of the Pro-gay community.)

          We all have the right to marry whom we choose, but many citizens of America are unmarried because the state that they continue to live in has not considered(or refused to allow) gay and lesbian marriages to occur in their state. This is a standing issue that needs to be at the very least considered in our country. Many things stand in the way of these beautiful arrangements. Including, religions/beliefs, the way we were raised, and laws.

          Most people in the Christian community have a strong belief that God is the one to punish those who act upon loving someone the same gender and send them to Hell. Others say that, “We were taught that God created all of us. If God wanted us all to be straight, why would he create gays in the first place?” The people who say such, are as you can tell, Christian; but they have the belief that people who act on their gay characteristics is okay and normal. There is also a counter argument. “If God wanted us to be gay, then he would have only put men on Earth.” This conversation would go back and forth but we do nothing to act upon our reasons. Many churches do not support these options not because the state they are located in, do not allow pro-gay marriages to occur in the state.

          Many states such as Texas are not pro-gay and are illegal to conduct. Though you may support these relationships, the state you live in may not want pro-gay marriages to occur. There are some states however that support these happy lovers; Washington, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, Washington D.C., and Iowa are the ones most recognized. People will change their residence, and even change their entire lives to live in these states, just to get married to the same sex. So, 8/50 states allow gay marriages; that isn’t a lot, that is 16% of the United States of America. How do we expect to let people believe that we are a free country, if we do not even allow the same sex become wed to each other?

Most are tired of the separation of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals everywhere. How are we expected to accomplish such great heights if we can’t even fix one little difference in this world? We can’t. These people deserve to be able to have a spouse, we all do; but the church and our entire country in general are injuring the very fact that we all have that ‘special someone’ in our lives weather we found it or not. We need to stand up for these people and let them have their well needed freedom. We need to allow same sex marriages because we can’t be the United States of America, if we cannot marry whom we choose.