In the world today, there are many controversial topics up for debate. However, one very popular discussion is whether or not gay marriage should be legal. There are a ton of emotional and moral beliefs when it comes to a topic like this, but there are also a ton of statistics and facts. Same-sex marriage is right because the divorce rates are lower than the ones of heterosexual relationships, gays have a great effect on adoption rates and their children, and for these relationships to be illegal is against human rights. Gay marriage should be legal everywhere in the United States.
One reason homosexuals should be allowed to get legally married is because these divorce rates are lower than divorce rates of heterosexuals. It is a proven fact …show more content…
Due to the fact that homosexuals can not have children of their own, they have no choice but to adopt. There are about 400,000 children in the United States alone today without a family, and there is no better couple to adopt them than ones who can not have children. “Out of the households with adopted children in the U.S., 4.4 percent are adopted by married opposite-sex couples, 5.2 percent by unmarried opposite-sex couples, and 21.2 percent by same-sex couples.” (LGBT). This clearly shows that homosexual couples adopt more children than heterosexual couples. Putting the adoption rates to the side, gay couples also have been proven to raise their children to be happier than opposite-sex couples. “On average, children raised by same-sex couples scored 6 percent higher than the general population when it came to general health and family cohesion.” (Wong). There is no arguing that gay couples are great parents, and every child wants to grow up with parents that are …show more content…
Nobody would appriciate being told they couldnt get married, no matter sexual preference. “Indeed, in the words of Martin Luther King Jr., “When any society says that I cannot marry a certain person, that society has cut off a segment of my freedom.”” (Listed). It is just rotten to strip somebody of their natural rights. It is also discrimination! “Anti-same sex marriage laws and bans don’t just disadvantage couples who wish to marry, but they discriminate against members of the LGBT community as well.” (Listed). No one has the right to tell one they can not marry
One reason homosexuals should be allowed to get legally married is because these divorce rates are lower than divorce rates of heterosexuals. It is a proven fact …show more content…
Due to the fact that homosexuals can not have children of their own, they have no choice but to adopt. There are about 400,000 children in the United States alone today without a family, and there is no better couple to adopt them than ones who can not have children. “Out of the households with adopted children in the U.S., 4.4 percent are adopted by married opposite-sex couples, 5.2 percent by unmarried opposite-sex couples, and 21.2 percent by same-sex couples.” (LGBT). This clearly shows that homosexual couples adopt more children than heterosexual couples. Putting the adoption rates to the side, gay couples also have been proven to raise their children to be happier than opposite-sex couples. “On average, children raised by same-sex couples scored 6 percent higher than the general population when it came to general health and family cohesion.” (Wong). There is no arguing that gay couples are great parents, and every child wants to grow up with parents that are …show more content…
Nobody would appriciate being told they couldnt get married, no matter sexual preference. “Indeed, in the words of Martin Luther King Jr., “When any society says that I cannot marry a certain person, that society has cut off a segment of my freedom.”” (Listed). It is just rotten to strip somebody of their natural rights. It is also discrimination! “Anti-same sex marriage laws and bans don’t just disadvantage couples who wish to marry, but they discriminate against members of the LGBT community as well.” (Listed). No one has the right to tell one they can not marry