What do most people think of when they think of marriage? Most people think of rings, white dresses, love and forever. Most people want to get married at some point in time, not all of course but most do. A lot of people don’t have to worry about weather they will be able to just because of their gender. In this day and age marriage is about marrying someone that you love, someone that you want to spend you life with. In some states it’s not legal to marry someone that you love just because they happen to be of the opposite gender. In thirteen states it’s illegal for homosexuals to get married. If you are a person that is fully capable of making their own choice should they be allowed to get married? In Maine the requirements to get
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In emergency situation not being married can make it harder to find a loved one if they are hurt. What if something more serious happened like a car crash, will someone no be able to stay with their loved one because they aren’t allowed to stay through the night? If a person was in intensive care, only close, immediate family can visit someone in there if two people aren’t married then how hard would it be to be able to see them, even if they had been together for many years. If something happened to your significant other wouldn’t you want to know that without a shadow of a doubt that you would be able to go visit them if they were in the hospital. If a person is in the hospital and can’t make medical choices then wouldn’t they want someone that know what they would want and have their best interest at heart. In Vermont the Supreme Court already said that homosexuals should be treated equally and have the same rights. Isn’t the ability to get married part of having the same rights as heterosexuals? Vermont did this “On December 20, 1999, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled in Baker v. Vermont that homosexual couples were entitled to the same legal rights and benefits of marriage as heterosexual couples” (D. Goodman) yet some states still say no to gay marriage. Why over ten years later are some states still so against gay marriage? Yes, thirty seven states gay marriage is legal but America has fifty states why are so many states still so far behind in
In emergency situation not being married can make it harder to find a loved one if they are hurt. What if something more serious happened like a car crash, will someone no be able to stay with their loved one because they aren’t allowed to stay through the night? If a person was in intensive care, only close, immediate family can visit someone in there if two people aren’t married then how hard would it be to be able to see them, even if they had been together for many years. If something happened to your significant other wouldn’t you want to know that without a shadow of a doubt that you would be able to go visit them if they were in the hospital. If a person is in the hospital and can’t make medical choices then wouldn’t they want someone that know what they would want and have their best interest at heart. In Vermont the Supreme Court already said that homosexuals should be treated equally and have the same rights. Isn’t the ability to get married part of having the same rights as heterosexuals? Vermont did this “On December 20, 1999, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled in Baker v. Vermont that homosexual couples were entitled to the same legal rights and benefits of marriage as heterosexual couples” (D. Goodman) yet some states still say no to gay marriage. Why over ten years later are some states still so against gay marriage? Yes, thirty seven states gay marriage is legal but America has fifty states why are so many states still so far behind in