The United States of America is based on the idea of personal freedoms and equality. The right to pursue what makes you happy within the constraits of the law. Now, many desenters of gay marriage say that gays have common-law marriages and other marriages are religious practices that should abide by the laws of that religion. However, if you consider the actions of heterosexuals practicing that same religion, they shouldn't be allowed to marry for the same reason. Lets take Christianity, for example, because that is the main religion that has problems with this. In Christianity, it says to not judge others, to be kind and respectful to others, to turn the other cheek, and, when it comes to marriage, does "til death do us part" ring a bell?
Lets start with the judging others. The people who are against gay marriage violate this first ideal. They are judging what these people do as wrong and immoral, but if you want to go with this arguement, isn't it God's duty to judge others? Remember, judge not lest ye be judged. If you want to get away from the religious quotes "those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones". Priests say that gay marriage and the gave lifestyle is against God, but then, what is homosexual pedophila? These priests violate their purishiners' trust, they destroy young boys, then they condemn homosexuals for being immoral. Is that not hypocrytical?
Moving away from the religious aspect of this arguement, there's the equality issue. This country prides itself on being considered a defender of equal rights. While this country's rules aren't nessicarily equal, they provide for equal opprotunity. By definition of these laws, it is the government's duty to allow the equal opprotunity of gays to marry. The arguement that it "defiles the sanctity of marriage" is beyond ridiculous. The sanctity of marriage hasn't been the same since the advent of divorce. Til death do you part was supposed to be binding. You get married, you stay married until one of you died. There were no one-day marriages. Back when there was a sanctity of marriage to protect, then there's the tiniest possiblity that the arguement may have standing. But now, with marriages that last less than 32 hours and a divorce rate that is half the married population, there is no sanctity gays can destroy.
More to the point, I bring up my strongest point. What right do we have to medle in someone else's life? How would we like someone else to medle in our lives? No heterosexual couple would have to deal with the question of whether or not they can get married. How is that equal in a country where equality is a very important fundimental law?
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