Imagine you have fallen in love with the person of your dreams, and the two of you have discussed it and have decided to get married. Now imagine that the person you wish to marry is of a different race. It wouldn't be a big deal, right? Well, if this situation had occurred about 50 years ago, it would have been a huge deal. Just a generation ago, many states banned mixed marriages. It seems absurd, doesn't it? Discriminating against an individual like that because of the color of their skin?
             This is a situation in America that we are familiar with, and most all of us agree that just because a person has different colored skin does not make them any different on the inside. We don't discriminate against minorities because of their color of their skin, so why is it that we now discriminate against gays and lesbians because of what is in their hearts? It is the same type of discrimination, and it needs to be stopped.
             The Supreme Court has long recognized that the institution of marriage is one of the rights guaranteed to all Americans by our Constitution. In the case of Loving vs. Virginia, the Supreme Court said, "The freedom to marry has long been recognized as one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men". In the case of Cleveland Bard of Education vs. LaFleur, the Supreme Court said, "This court has long recognized that freedom of personal choice in matters of marriage and family life is one of liberties protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment". Despite all this, heterosexuals are the only ones allowed to be married at this time.
             In a speech read to the United States House of Representatives on February 20,
             1996, Iowa Representative Ed Fallon discussed why he is in support of the legalization ofsame sex marriage. He began his speech, by stating of this debate and h
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