Should Homosexuals Marry
... America bases its existence on the idea that one person should have the same exact rights as the next. Over the years, people have forgotten this precedent, and they have created excuses to justify why equal rights should apply to some civil liberties but not to others. ... Opinions on same-sex marriages differ throughout the globe and throughout religions, and there is a continuing debate on whether these marriages should exist. The question relies on who should make this decision, and on what foundation this judgment is based on. ... People are predominately in favor of homosexuals and heterosexuals getting offered the same opportunities in housing, jobs, public accommodations, equal access to government benefits, equal protection of the law, etcetera, yet ask someone if homosexuals should be able to wed and the predominant answer is no. ... This should apply to all aspects of freedom, and the government should not and cannot restrict free will. ... A male child who chose female clothes, for instance, would be raised as a female, and would marry man” (Paul Halsall, “People with a History: An Online Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans History”, http://www. ... Research has also shown that children raised by homosexuals were more dissatisfied with their own gender, suffer a greater rate of molestation within the family, and have homosexual experiences more often” (Robert Benne and Gerald McDermott, “Speaking Out: Why Gay Marriage Would Be Harmful, Christianity Today, http://www. ... As an American, and as a human being, everyone should be able to fulfill the dream of falling in love and getting married. ... Marriage is the unity of two people in love, and one person does not have the authority to decide if those two people should be a man and a woman, a man and a man, or a woman and a woman.