A Gallup poll presented that a slight majority of its voters were for the decision of making gay marriage legal in the United States. “52% of the voters were in favor of legalizing marriage for gay and lesbian couples, 43% opposed the idea and wanted to keep it illegal, and the rest of the 5% had no opinion” (Saad). Over the past year the number has increased over 10 % and the support from people have progressed.As of June 2013 in the United States, 12 states including Washington D.C. allow gay and lesbian couples to officially marry in matrimony while 6 other states permit civil unions between them. Even throughout the world, people from different countries are growing to accept the idea of same-sex marriage. So far, “16 other countries have legalized gay marriage in at least some of their cities after the Netherlands was the first to break the traditional assessments and set the scene in 2001” (Stark). The United States in June of 2015 legalized gay marriage nationwide according to CNN. With legalizing same sex marriage couples will have the same legal rights as married heterosexual couples and will be
A Gallup poll presented that a slight majority of its voters were for the decision of making gay marriage legal in the United States. “52% of the voters were in favor of legalizing marriage for gay and lesbian couples, 43% opposed the idea and wanted to keep it illegal, and the rest of the 5% had no opinion” (Saad). Over the past year the number has increased over 10 % and the support from people have progressed.As of June 2013 in the United States, 12 states including Washington D.C. allow gay and lesbian couples to officially marry in matrimony while 6 other states permit civil unions between them. Even throughout the world, people from different countries are growing to accept the idea of same-sex marriage. So far, “16 other countries have legalized gay marriage in at least some of their cities after the Netherlands was the first to break the traditional assessments and set the scene in 2001” (Stark). The United States in June of 2015 legalized gay marriage nationwide according to CNN. With legalizing same sex marriage couples will have the same legal rights as married heterosexual couples and will be