Gay Marriage:Is America Pro or Con?
America is known as the land of the free, where speech and action can be done without restriction (to an extent) by the power of our constitutional amendments. Speech and action has been actively exercised and has evolved from the 60's to now on one of America's most talked about issue today: Gay marriages. It has elevated into being a large topic of debate and discussion amongst political leaders/common parties, and as much as America says its "for equal rights" and what not, it really never truly is. The generation of youths is a little luckier, in lights of being "out of the closet" for it is socially accepted (less so tolerated) compared to a few decades ago, where it would be shunned upon. A poll, created by ABC news on the internet, showed that 61% of American people don't "accept" gays in society, but tolerate them. It seems like America has fallen into another recession of whites vs. blacks, but instead its gays vs. America-ignorance being a large factor. But unlike then, we've come to be a little more civilized about it (Ironically, ABC news had another poll where Gay marriages were the number 1 debatable topic.) Take President Bush for example. Onc
"It's not so much a redefinition, because our definition did not specify marriage had to be between a man and woman in the first place," said Editor Jesse Sheidlower from OED's New York headquarters. Even beyond the responsibilities associated with marriage, a same-sex couple will meet with a mixture of respect and disrespect from private institutions and government agencies and institutions. Getting married may disqualify the couple from certain government benefit programs, or it may raise your profile or your sexual orientation to governmental authorities. This means that same-sex married couples will be denied approximately 1138 rights and protections that are attached to marriage under federal law; Funny how American is all for equal rights and land of the free. e every gay/lesbian couple flocked to San Francisco to get married (and the most recent state, Massachusetts to join the legalization of gay marriages), he started proposing constitutional amendments (is in the process of it) and if it hadn't passed congress, he would have been the first President to alter the constitution. I might have sound contradictive, but the only suggestion I have, is that they revise the word "marriage" for gay couples (but have the same benefits a marriage would have, since that "traditionally" marriage means a bond between a man and a women-that way, it can maybe satisfy both of the opposing parties. People should just get on with life and look at the bigger picture. There is a war in Iraq with our soldiers in it and I suggest that all those protesters should put their energies towards the war. ) They should let the couples get married and be happy without such ridicule because frankly, it's not their life. Despite the major obstacles Gays/lesbians face politically and socially, there is a light, per se. Given the discriminatory laws in place in many states and in the federal government, some protections will be denied to the couple and their family. Major dictionaries have already started to expand their definitions of the word "marriage," which is a start and a reflection of the impact that this issue is causing.
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