Disadvantages Of Same Sex Marriage

According to the National Archives, In order for an amendment to be placed into the Constitution it must be either proposed by Congress with two-thirds majority vote in both The House of Representatives and The Senate. Another way for an amendment to be placed into the U.S. Constitution is if it is voted for that the constitutional convention called for by two thirds of the State legislatures. The reason this is able to happen is because the authority to put an amendment into the Constitution is found in Article 5 of the Constitution. June 26,2015 was a day that will be in history for years to come. For some it was a day that was long awaited, for others it was a day that went against their beliefs. This was the day that same sex marriage …show more content…
Having access to equal benefits would include but not be limited to access to spousal health insurance, this is a advantage on lifting the amendment ban because health care is so expensive and some employers do provide spousal health insurance which would ensure that people who are in same sex marriages would be insured for health purposes. This would inevitably help decrease the debt we are in as a country, and help decrease the amount of people who can’t afford basic treatment that they have the right too. Also, another disadvantage of an amendment that would ban same sex marriage is that it would go against the very thing America is stands for, equality. America is known as the land of the free, and that land should mean freedom to marry who you love whether that be a male or female. For an amendment to ban same sex marriage it would mean that the amendment at hand is discriminating against a specific group of people, which is something that we as citizens have done so much to prevent. Also, like heterosexual couples the right to marry should be between the couple not the government. Furthermore, by allowing an amendment to ban same sex marriage it would go the very principle that we pride ourselves, on having