In American History we are currently studying the concept of sectionalism. Sectionalism is a division within a country based on regional beliefs and interests. In the early to mid 1800’s, sectionalism in America grew as slavery divided the Nation. Slavery was ignored, compromised, and argued about by the states until the conflict drove our country into the Civil War. Although regional differences are not as distinct these days, many issues are currently causing division among the states and people of our country. These issues lead to what our history class describes as “modern sectionalism.” One such issue is same-sex marriage. In an article written by A. Barton Hinkle, he says that gay marriage is ultimately not affecting anyone negatively.
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I’m aware that, by definition, marriage is between and man and a woman according to the Bible. I do disagree with this definition of marriage. If a man and a man or a woman and a woman fall in love, why are we to strip them of their right? It’s unfair to them and they deserve to be able to do what everyone else is able to do. He brought up percentages in his studies of what the common public thinks about this issue and he talked about two states, Virginia and North Carolina. I’ll give him some slack as this was written in 2012 and opinions have changed since then, but currently, 55% of Americans are in support of same-sex …show more content…
That’s fine if you truly want to believe that and think that it shouldn’t be allowed, but keep that to yourself. I heavily disagree people trying to oppress the minority, it’s awful. Trying to control people and force them to do what we want is exactly why we left England and made our own country. I touched on this in a previous paragraph, but I truly want to get it across, stop trying to strip people from their right of freedom. Hating against the homosexual community is the same as hating against the Mexican, black, etc. It’s the same thing as being racist. They truly can’t control whether or not they like the same sex. People say that it is a choice, that they just wake up and decide to be gay. If that’s true, at exactly what point in your life did you decide to be heterosexual? Another thing, why would somebody willingly choose to be part of a serious minority that so many people are against? You would think they would want to be treated the same as everyone else. I certainly would not willingly have my rights stripped from me. Just the thought that homosexuality was a willing decision is ridiculous. It is pretty obvious, but I think that same-sex marriage should be allowed. It doesn’t affect anyone else negatively. The same thing happened when the controversy of interracial marriage became a problem. People thought that it would raise unseen problems no one had to deal
I’m aware that, by definition, marriage is between and man and a woman according to the Bible. I do disagree with this definition of marriage. If a man and a man or a woman and a woman fall in love, why are we to strip them of their right? It’s unfair to them and they deserve to be able to do what everyone else is able to do. He brought up percentages in his studies of what the common public thinks about this issue and he talked about two states, Virginia and North Carolina. I’ll give him some slack as this was written in 2012 and opinions have changed since then, but currently, 55% of Americans are in support of same-sex …show more content…
That’s fine if you truly want to believe that and think that it shouldn’t be allowed, but keep that to yourself. I heavily disagree people trying to oppress the minority, it’s awful. Trying to control people and force them to do what we want is exactly why we left England and made our own country. I touched on this in a previous paragraph, but I truly want to get it across, stop trying to strip people from their right of freedom. Hating against the homosexual community is the same as hating against the Mexican, black, etc. It’s the same thing as being racist. They truly can’t control whether or not they like the same sex. People say that it is a choice, that they just wake up and decide to be gay. If that’s true, at exactly what point in your life did you decide to be heterosexual? Another thing, why would somebody willingly choose to be part of a serious minority that so many people are against? You would think they would want to be treated the same as everyone else. I certainly would not willingly have my rights stripped from me. Just the thought that homosexuality was a willing decision is ridiculous. It is pretty obvious, but I think that same-sex marriage should be allowed. It doesn’t affect anyone else negatively. The same thing happened when the controversy of interracial marriage became a problem. People thought that it would raise unseen problems no one had to deal