Gay Marriages: Why Do You Care?

Gay marriage is a very controversial topic. Most people have a very strong opinion on whether or not gay people should be allowed to get married. I, along with my other people, think that they should be granted the same right as everyone else and be allowed to get married. I understand that the people who disagree with my position do so because of religious beliefs. What I don't understand, though, is why gay people are not allowed to do everything that straight people are allowed to do simply because they are gay.

No matter if they are allowed to marry or not, gay people are going to continue to be gay. Denying them the right to be married is not going to going to magically make them straight. Gay people do not make a conscious decision to be gay. They were born that way, and they do not choose to love the people they love, love simply happens. People who are against this because of their religious have every right to have their own opinion, but it it just that, an opinion. Their beliefs should not get to dictate the lives of people who do not hold those same beliefs. It is not fair to deny them a simple right granted to every other person because of their sexual orientation.

Years ago marriages between African Americans and Caucasians were forbidden. Obviously, this law is not still in place because people have realized that it was wrong to deny marriage to two people because of the color of their skin. The law stating that a same sex couple cannot marry is wrong just as the law which stated that people who loved each other could not get married because of their ethnicity was wrong.

Just because people are gay does not give other people the right to judge what is right for them and what is not. Straight people should not be able to decide on a law which does not affect them. Gay marriage does not have any impact on the lives of straight people. What difference does it make if two gay people are living together not married or if they living together and married?