Gay Marriage
By Valenas
@Valenas (1507)
United States
October 9, 2008 8:08pm CST
I was looking for articles about gay marriage to use to support an essay that I was writing about gay marriage for my social problems class. Our assignment is to research a topic that is or could be considered a controversial social problem.
One of the common reasons that I have come across as to why homosexuals should not get married is that it is tradition for a man to marry a woman, and changing that would be breaking the tradition.
I don't quite understand how that is tradition. If this is tradtion, then it was tradition that men and women were unequal. It was tradition that if you weren't white and male, you were a lesser being. It was a tradition that women would stay home and cook while the men worked to provide for the family.
Women and minorities are now, by the constitution, equal, even though it had been otherwise prior to that.
Gay marriage is not any different, it is a group that is treated as a minority that wants to be treated equal.
What do you think?
2 responses
@lizard211 (240)
• United States
10 Oct 08
Right on! Another point is that to marry out of love, which is considered the right thing to do (at least in the US), really isn't what traditionally marriage was about. People got married purely for political, financial, etc .. reasons. Traditions can be good but sometimes, I think we should take a look at why or what makes them traditional.
I don't even know why gay marriage is an issue. If two people love each other, who am I to tell them they can't express their love by getting married. Who am I to go "snooping around" in people's personal lives?
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@wpark2419 (265)
• United States
10 Oct 08
I couldn't agree with you more. I really don't see how gay marriage is such a problem simply because if you're not gay it doesn't effect you. For some reason people choose to make things like this their business. I am not gay, but I support gay marriage 100%. There's no reason (in my mind) why two people who love each other shouldn't be able to marry and "make it official". To a point, I understand this, because for the last 4 years I have been in a relationship with someone who is 21 years older than me. It's amazing the glares we get from people. We live in a very small town, so we know pretty much everyone, and we are hated. I just think "are you kidding me?" (I do understand that gay people have MUCH harder lives, and I'm not trying to say that it's as hard for me as it is them, just trying to relate). It's nobody's business what people do with their lives as long as they're not hurting anyone. And they're not. Why can't people understand that we are all human beings on this planet with real thoughts and feelings?
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