Homosexuality And Marriage Equality

Marriage Equality is A Pursuit of Happiness It started with a call in the office. The caller told them that their partner was in the hospital in a grave condition. Anxiety whelmed and the worried partner left their home to see the other. When he arrived at the hospital several nurses asked who he was and what relationship he had with the endangered partner. Letting the nurses know who he was and his relationship to the patient the nurses frowned, and told him that he could visit at another time, but could not help his partner since they were not legally recognized as a married couple and were not relatives. He looked desperately at the nurses asking if there was anything he could do to help his partner, but they shook their heads and suggested for him to call his partner’s family to help. The poor man started to get worried since he know that no one in his partners family would willingly help them. There are many people out there who experience a similar situation where they are not given the right to help their partner because they are not legally get married and cannot use the benefits that come with marriage- even in a civil union. A couple …show more content…
7). Sexual orientation is the pattern of emotional, sexual and/or romantic attraction to men, women, or both sexes (American Psychological Association par. 2). There is no core source for the exact reasons for someone’s sexual orientation; research has shown that possibly genetic, hormonal, developmental, social and cultural influences can determine one’s sexual orientation, and many agree that sexual orientation is not a choice but that it is complex roles of nature and nurture (American Psychological Association par.