Legalize Gay Marriage

By: Ashley Johnson, David Newton and Brandon Bone

Committed gay and lesbian couples should have the legal privileges of marriage.

To be committed is to bind or obligate, as by pledge or assurance. Privilege is the principle of granting and maintaining a special right or immunity.

Marriage in the eyes of religious buffs is a union of God between a man and a woman, and that the homosexuals are seen as sinners who are already condemned. With that said that is their argument to why they shouldn’t marry. Gay people as a community feel that they should have the right to marry. Also, many people feel that "the suggestion for homosexuals to be 'married' is absurd, because marriage is, by definition, a union between a man and a women" (Link). Homosexuals believe that they should have the same rights as heterosexuals to be legally bonded to another through the right of marriage. "Same-sex couples deserve exactly the same benefits and protections under the law as everyone else" (Link). We believe that homosexuals should be able to get married because it is their choice and human right to do what they please. If they want to get married, nobody should stop them because it is not 'traditional'.