This article is about how the fate of Michigan's ban on gay marriage will be decided in a trial Feb. 25. This was brought to the attention of the Court when a lesbian couple filed a lawsuit challenging the state's ban on adoption by unmarried couples.
I personally feel that gay marriage and adoption should not be illegal anywhere. We have no right to tell two people who love each other that they can't get married and that they can't start a family. When it comes to gay adoption, we all need to realize that these children want a home where they will be loved unconditionally. These children don't discriminate, love is love. And being "gay" is not contagious. I think that the decision of who is or isn't allowed to be married should not fall into the hands of either the state or the federal government. Our Declaration of Independence states that "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness". To me, being able to love whoever you want is included in everyone's pursuit of happiness. If you don't agree with gay marriage, don't have one. We are all human beings, why do we need to hate each other for being exactly who we are? And even if we flat out disagree with a particular group of people, majority still must rule with respect to the minority. I like to believe that one day our nation will see that these people deserve the same rights as everyone else. Let's legalize love.
What about when the gub'ment forces us to get gay married?
ReplyDeleteI agree that anyone should be able to marry anyone, but the idea to what it may lead to does frighten me a little bit. Ethan has a valid point.
ReplyDeleteI don't know much about gay relationships, but I do know that my parents taught me vital things I needed to know as I grew up, things that two dads or two moms would not have been able to teach me. I feel like gay couples should have a right to make a family, but for the child's sake, I don't think it's best.
I don't know how to deal with the issue, and I don't support it, but I also don't want to take away other people's rights.
Jordan, why is two dads or two moms raising children more detrimental to the child than one mom and one dad? What makes any particular 'thing' unteachable by a specified sex? And, I was being sarcastic in my first comment.
ReplyDeleteI have the same question as Ethan. What can a heterosexual couple teach a child that a homosexual couple can't? Does that also mean that people shouldn't be allowed to be single parents and raise children alone?
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