Rhetorical Analysis On Same Love Macklemore

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In today’s society, the LGBT community is being accepted by some people and other countries. Everybody has their own opinion along with their different views about equality of human rights and in Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender widely known as LGBT. An American hip hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis released a song called "SAME LOVE". In the song “Same Love,” Macklemore gives his opinion through a song against the issues of discrimination, gay rights, and marriage equality that we see in today's society. According to Macklemore, Same love is a song that deals with equal human rights. (Hisey, 2012) "You can only watch injustice gone for so long until you get involved, until you say something” these are the words that Macklemore said in one of his interviews (Hisey, 2012). In that case, Macklemore raised
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I can prove that the song can change the views of teenagers as well as older people in the diversity of same sex relationships. In order to support and prove my stand, a survey is conducted as well as the interviews and articles that I’ve researched. As people can see, many same sex relationships are being accepted and known in the world.
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Marriage Equality
In terms of marriage equality, some of the countries accept same sex marriage. The privilege to get married is the one significant contrast between the lawful treatment of same-sex and heterosexual relationships in Australia. Although same-sex marriage stays disputable, there has been a move in group and political opinion and the issue is probably going to be on the new Government's plan. (Mary Anne Neilsen, n.d.) Marriage equality is one of the issues that the song wants people to understand. Marriage inequality faces a big consequence. That’s why marriage equality is more convenient and people can respect each other feelings. According to my research a marriage inequality can affect a person’s health and wellbeing. “Same sex

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