Today in America all of us enjoy many freedoms that we take for granted . We can practice whatever religion we wish, we can speak out against the government without fear of persecution, we can do almost anything that makes us happy. Most people do not even think of what it would be like to be unable to get married. Marriage is a symbolic and legal bond that same-sex couples are denied the right to. At this time, there is an amendment proposed to put a nation wide ban on the legality of same sex marriage. Allowing this ban is a grave injustice to human rights and cannot be allowed to pass. Same sex marriage does not, in any way jeopardize the sanctity of the institution of marriage or harm American society's view on that institution.
             Most people are against same-sex marriages for religious and moral reasons. About three out of every four people are opposed.(Bidstrup). When asked to rationalize their opinions most give very shaky responses. The main reason people are against same-sex marriages is that it goes against their religion. Although a same sex marriage does go against almost all Christian denominations, Orthodox Judaism, and most of Islam beliefs, it should not be a reason for law creation (Bidstrup). This is why Separation of Church and State comes in. The United States is based on freedoms: freedoms of religion, speech, press etc, all of these possible due to one important law in the constitution: Separation of Church and State. Trying to amend the constitution of the United States to reinforce the ideas or values of a religion goes against much of what America stands for. The legal side of marriage does not have to have anything to do with a religion. Consider the Catholic Church's position on divorce. They believe that a person should only be married once and any marriage thereafter is essentially void. If someone were to marry, divorce and then marry again, that second marriage which in the Catholic Church&apos...