Same-Sex marriage is one of those topics; you hear about it fleetingly in the news, there are a couple of protests, advocates speak out, and then all the hoopla dies down for awhile. Then, suddenly, when one least expects it, the controversy flares up again. Opponents to the legalization of same-sex marriage would debate under a religious view, arguing with the Catholic view that upholds the institution of marriage as between one man and one woman. Opponents would also argue that, if same-sex marriage were to be legalized, what is to keep the government from then "snowballing" into legalizing polygamy, incest, or bestiality? Where would the line be drawn?
Advocates of same-sex marriage would be appalled at this notion, and rightly so. The government knows where to draw the line, as it is a government for the people after all. The people are for advocating same-sex marriage, and nothing further. The benefits of marriage, emotionally and economically, are astronomical and so denying gay couples the right to marriage denies them an easier and better life. The religious argument against same-sex marriage, of course, has no merit as there is a separation of church and state in the government of the United States, where here we are called upon as Americans to be tolerant and understanding of one another. Efforts to control marriage, such as President Bill Clinton's Defense of Marriage Act also have no merit, as the right to define and control marriage laws is reserved to the states and so by signing this Act into law an act of unconstitutionality was committed. Finally, as Americans, it is our duty to defend our most fundamental right; that of the pursuit of happiness. And so, with this, how would anyone upholding this be able to deny two people in love the right to be joined in happiness for life, even if those people were gay?
