Same-Sex Marriage

 "Every single American-- gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual, transgender-- every single American deserves to be treated equally in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of our society."- President Barack Obama.

This quote is just a it's just a modern day expansion on the what the 14th amendment means.  What constitutes being treated equal? In the eyes of our society, it's treating all of the minorities mentioned above with the same respect that heterosexuals would expect to be treated with. In the eyes of the law, it means letting them have the exact same rights as heterosexuals. That means same-sex marriage. Not civil unions. Marriage.

There are quite a few reasons people have for being against same-sex marriage. However, every single one of them are disputable. First, any  reasons that are based on religion can be automatically invalidated. The separation of church and state guarantees that laws can't be passed based on any one religion. Every other argument is based on the idea that homosexuality is immoral, which some people try to approach from a non-religious point of view.

Some say that the purpose of man and woman is to procreate.  That's something that each person can take into consideration and determine if they agree or disagree. Still, that has nothing to do with marriage. A marriage is a union between two people... not a contract to conceive children. If we made it illegal for the infertile or people that can't afford children to get married, it would be a violation of their rights. If we made it illegal for incompatible couples or couples with large age gaps to get married, it wouldn't be fair. You can't just think something is wrong and then make it illegal.

Many people claim they shouldn't have to pay tax money for something that they believe is wrong.  These people are gigantic babies. There are people that think it's wrong for us to bomb other countries or supply financial aid to other countries.  There are millions of things that the government does that people find moral fault with. It's okay for you to think something is wrong but it isn't fair to prevent people from doing it. People need to stop being selfish and get over the assumption that the world should be their perfect dreamland fantasy cloud.

Of any argument against gay marriage, the famous "Slippery Slope" argument is the most ridiculous. "If we allow x, how long until y..." is the last and weakest resort that anyone can resort to because it can be hastily applied to any argument. "If we allow marijuana legalization, how long until the government allows meth to be purchased with food stamps?" Of course, that's completely ridiculous. Just because one thing is legalized, it doesn't mean a horde of semi-related things are automatically going to be considered okay. So when conservatives say, "Where does it end, soon we'll be allowing polygamy or a man to marry his swimming pool," they're only showing such a deep lack of understanding of the issue that they have to resort to scare-tactics to make sure people are still agreeing with them.

According to countless polls and statistics, public approval for legalizing gay marriage has gone way up in recent years.  Same-sex marriage in Indiana has been legal since October 7, 2014.In the last ten years, 35 states have legalized same-sex marriage, and it's expected that in the near future it will become legal nationwide.  Conservatives are running out of reasons to prevent this. In Hollingsworth v. Perry, a Justice asked, "Can you think of any rational basis, reason, for a state using sexual orientation as a factor in denying homosexual benefits or imposing burdens on them? Is there any other rational; decision-making that the government could make? Denying them a job, not granting them benefits of some sort, any other decision?" The attorney said no.