Favorite Opinion Piece

During his presidency, Bill Clinton passed a bill stating that states could choose whether or not they wanted to legalize same-sex marriages. There are six states, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire, that have legalized gay marriage. Proponents of gay marriage claim that this is a civil rights issue because there are over one thousand federal rights that gay couples are excluded from because their marriages are not legally binding. Also, those in civil unions do not have the same rights as "married" couples. Opponents of this issue feel that marriage can, and should be, defined as a relationship between a man and a woman. I'm writing this in order to share my opinion on this topic.

To begin, I feel that marriage does not have to be just between a man and a woman. I myself am bisexual and I feel that if I fall in love with a woman, I should be able to show that through marriage. Marriage isn't about gender and sexuality. It's about two people who are in love. Nothing else should matter. Marriage is a symbol of love, trust, honesty, and freedom. If someone isn't able to be married because of their sexuality, they aren't truly free. To those of you with children, brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles, wouldn't you want them to be happy, no matter what? I would. Even if it meant that they were with someone of the same sex.

Secondly, as I said, gender and sexuality shouldn't matter when two people are in love. It shouldn't matter if the couple consists of two females, two males, or a male and a female. I've noticed that if you walk down the street and ask a complete stranger their opinion on a couple consisting of two females, they will say that nothing is wrong with that. However, if you ask the same person how they feel about a couple consisting of two males, they will say that it is 'unnatural'. What's the difference? Are women seen as innocent, while males are seen as corrupt? I feel that this is unfair to both genders, despite the fact that I fall into the category of 'innocent'. It is unfair because it is sexist. In my opinion, it is innocent either way, male or female. Love and marriage are sacred and should be treated as such. Love doesn't discriminate, and neither should we.