Same Sex Marriage Should Be Legalized - 2363 Words

I was taught that marriage was between a man and a woman; I held that belief for many years until I came to the United States of America. Many people believe that same sex marriage is wrong because of personal beliefs, religions or their sexual orientations. Others might ask why gay marriage should be legalized, but my question is: why should other people be able to choose who marries who? If a man and a woman get married, no one seems to care. They are two people who feel affection for one another and those two people want to start a family and have a happy life. If we change the scenario a little bit and a man and a man, or a woman and a woman, try to get married it causes uproar, they are not allowed to be married or raise a family†¦show more content†¦With the cost of one the greatest civil right leader’s life, Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. â€Å"On the evening of April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, whe re he was to lead a protest march in sympathy with striking garbage workers of that city, he was assassinated†(Martin Luther King Jr.). Both freedom and equality are the rights granted to us by the United States; same sex marriage is part of the freedom that everyone should have and the right that people are born with. Same sex marriage is not a crime; a lot of the older generations think the marriage is a moral problem. Many parents never have the thoughts of their children being born gay or lesbian, they cannot accept the fact that the children are gay or lesbians, the idea disgusts them. What they don’t know is that gays or lesbians have existed for many years in our human history because not every human are born 100% straight, many are afraid to come out and admitting their sexual orientations because they know the idea is unacceptable. Many people who openly letting people know that they gay or lesbian often get hated on or become victims of violent attack. It is as if their sexual orientations are crimes. There is a case about a Michigan woman getting attacked by three men nine days after her partner and she have their marriage appears on local news (â€Å"Attack After Same-Sex Marriage