The issue of same-sex marriage seems to be a very touchy and controversial one in America. Many believe that gays and lesbians should not have the same right to wed as a man and woman have. Though it is legal in some states, same-sex marriages are widely looked at as immoral and unconstitutional. President Bush has said he does not believe two people in a same sex relationship should be allowed the same rights as two people in a heterosexual relationship. This prejudice has no merit and does not seem just to me. I believe that same-sex couples, who wish to spend their lives together, legally bound to one another, should have the right to do that, the same as a straight couple. The right to marry is a human right that should be shared by all, not a right that only some can have.
             Congress passed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. This act states that marriage is a legal union between one man and one woman, for purposes of federal law. Accordingly, marriage at this time was defined as a union resulting in a husband and wife. Today, many activists and organizations are questioning this act. Marriage should not be solely for a man and a woman, but for two people who love and care about each other, two people who wish to spend their lives together without traveling to another state or country for that right. I don't understand the opposition to gay marriage that so many Americans have, President Bush included. It is not only natural for two people of the same gender to fall in love, but natural for those same people to want to make that bond to each other legal.
             Bush argues that redefining the meaning of marriage in this manner "could have serious consequences throughout the country." He does consider that these "serious consequences" may be a greater awareness of gays and the rights they deserve, or an overall better understanding of equal rights. I feel that he is trying to get the government to...