Should Gay Marriage Be Legal?
By Zainabu B., Bronx, NY
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Gay
marriage is a very big issue in this country. Some people believe that same-sex
couples should have access to the same marriage benefits and public
acknowledgement enjoyed by Heterosexual couples while other people believe that
gay marriage should be illegal.
Gay
marriage can bring financial gain to state and local government. To begin,
there is information that state that same-sex marriage can bring a lot of
financial gain to the state and government. According to procon.org, “Revenue
from gay marriage comes from marriage licenses, higher income taxes and
decreases in costs for state benefit programs,” which clearly explains that gay
marriage would decrease the amount of money the government pays for the income
tax for people. So gay marriage should be legal because it brings a lot of
money to the government.
Gay
marriage would make it easier for same-sex couples to adopt, providing stable
homes for children who would otherwise be left in foster care. Since same-sex
couples can't make kids, they would adopt children who are in need of a family
instead of them staying in foster care. According to Procon.org, “In the US,
100,000 children are waiting to be adopted. A longitudinal study published in
Pediatrics on June 7, 2010 found that children of lesbian mothers were rated
higher than children of heterosexual parents in social and academic competence
and had fewer social problems,” this means that if gay marriage is legalized, a
lot of kids would be adopted and a very few of them would be in a foster care.
Secondly, children who need to be adopted do not choose the sex of their new
parents, all they need is two loving parents who would care for them no matter
of their gender. The more gay marriage legalized the more children are out of
foster care.
Gay
marriage is protected by the Constitution's commitments to liberty and
equality. As a start, we all have the right to do whatever we want and we all
have the right to love who we want. If a person wants to marry somebody who has
the same sex as them, then let I believe it should be legal because we all have
freedom and equality in this country. According to the website procon.org, “The
US Supreme Court ruled in 1974's Cleveland Board of Education v. La Fleur that
the ‘freedom of personal choice in matters of marriage and family life is one
of the liberties protected by the Due Process Clause.’” This clearly
demonstrates that we all have the freedom of doing whatever we want and nobody
should stop gay people to get married because they also have their rights. Banning
gay marriage is unfair because it is already protected by United States Laws
that everybody has the right to do their own personal things.
In
conclusion, gay marriage should be legal for several reasons. First, it can
bring financial gain to state and local government. Second, it would make it
easier for same-sex couples to adopt, providing stable homes for children who
would otherwise be left in foster care. Finally, gay marriage is protected by
the Constitution's commitments to liberty and equality. On that note, everybody
has the right to marry whoever they want. If America is really the place where
everybody has their own freedom, and rights, then why marrying who you want is
not legal? Just put yourself in their shoes. They did not choose to be
different. They are also people like everyone else. Nobody has the right to
discriminate people just because they’re different. So we should all stand up
and help gay people get their rights. They deserve it because they’re people
like everyone else.
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