Vandalias Ban On Same Sex Marriage

In the small country town of Vandalia a same sex couple were about to be married when they find out that they cannot be married because the town outlawed same sex marriage. They then decided to take matters into their own hands, they then decided to challenge the town of Vandalias’ ban on same-sex marriage. Three months later the town ends its ban on same sex marriage and the couple was finally able to be married, but their victory was short lived because a radical christian group then says that same sex marriage should be outlawed as has been for the past ninety-nine years and they intend on keeping it that way because of Proposition forty-eight. Then three years later Proposition forty-eight gets repealed and that couple rejoices finally …show more content…
The CDC in an article on Stigma and Discrimination said that if a gay or bisexual man is a victim of stigma and or discrimination they are eight times more likely to commit suicide, six times more likely to report high levels of depression, and three times more likely to use illegal drugs and have risky sex (“Stigma...”). One law banning same sex marriage was Proposition 8 in California that was overturned in 2010 because of a pro gay marriage group saying that it was technically invalid because it was a substantive revision rather than an amendment to the California constitution (“Should...”). When the 2004 elections were happening multiple states enacted constitutional amendments against same sex marriage which saw an increase of thirty-seven percent increase in mood disorders, a forty-two percent increase in alcohol disorders, and a 248 percent increase in generalized anxiety disorder in lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults living in states that had the constitutional amendments banning same sex marriage (Mollmann 46). So if homosexuals raising the children of America is bad then why do the children raised by homosexual parents do just as well if not better than kids who were raised by …show more content…
The second reason why same sex marriage should be legal is because of individuals being able to become good parents. The third reason why same sex marriage should be legal is because of it being a civil right. The final reason why same sex marriage should be legal is because of if there is a ban placed on same sex marriage it can harm the mental health of gay people. So that is why same sex marriage should be