Equality for all
Over the summer the state of New York legalized same sex marriage, becoming the sixth and largest state to pass legislation to make same sex marriage completely legal. This was a huge step in the right direction for gay rights, but in no way does it mean that the fight for equality is even close to being over.
I mean, the Civil War ended in 1865, but the Voting Rights Act of 1965 wasn’t passed until just over a hundred years later, which prohibited states from imposing any “voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure…. to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color.”
Obviously they have the right to vote, but for rights like the opportunity to marry whomever they want, it will still take years for the entire country to give them equal rights across the board. Especially in the Bible Belt states, who seem to have the biggest problem with it. The most popular argument against it comes from, for lack of a better word, “Bible thumpers.” Their biggest problem with same sex marriage is that it ‘violates, ruins, etc., the sanctity of marriage.’
So, by that logic they are saying that gay people are ruining the sanctity of marriage by wanting to get married? That literally makes absolutely no sense.
In the end, everyone deserves the right to be happy. If gay individuals believe that getting married to their life partner would make them truly happy, then they should have the same opportunities as straight people. This country was born on the idea that everyone should have equal rights, and hopefully in the future this will actually grow to include everyone.
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