Same-Sex Marriage

Every battle has a victor or loser. However, regarding same-sex marriage, that battle is still being fought in the halls of Congress. The battle has been a long one, a battle that still has no firm conclusion. The fight is for basic rights, and same-sex marriage, or civil unions. Recently, on June 7th, 2006, the Senate defeated the amendment to ban same-sex marriage for the second time. The vote was very close, 49-48. It was defeated by a single vote! All Democratic Senators but two voted against it. All Republican Senators voted for the approval of the amendment. The vote is expected to go to the House in July. The House is expected to defeat the bill as well. 

The first vote on the amendment was on July 14, 2004.  The Senate defeated the measure to amend the United States Constitution to prohibit gay marriage. The vote was twelve short of the number needed for closure, and nineteen away from the two thirds majority needed to advance a constitutional amendment (Perine 1724).

In the following pages, you will be introduced to views on gay marriage. The topics include religion, politics, American and European same-sex marriage law, child adoption, and/or parenting rights, and the argument for same-sex marriage laws to protect all of our citizens that have a different sexual orientation. The right to love the person of our choice, and to marry whom we want, should be a universal right.