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Love Knows No Gender
Homosexual relations shouldn't even be an issue. There were amendments against different races, cultures, and religions in the past but now all of those rights are protected by the constitution. Why should sexual preference be treated any differently? Love knows no gender. Between religion and the civil rights issue, homosexuals deserve more than just nuptial agreements.
A lot of people with strong ties to religion tend to be homophobic and against same sex marriages, because they insist that it is against their bible, and God's will. Those people are hypocrites because God gave us all the have free will to choose, live, and even sin. If gay marriage were a sin, He would love the sinner. These religious figures are constantly ranting about how we should forgive; forgive the sinners: murderers, drug dealers, prostitutes. If by their commandments two people of the same gender being joined in holy matrimony is a sin, then they would have to forgive them. As a whole, society equates love with acceptance far too often. It's a common religious teaching to "love the sinner, hate the sin", but loving them does not automatically mean they love or condone their sins, or accept their lifestyle. God gave man free will to do as they wish. That also means he lets man sin as they wish. We don't have the right to judge, that is God's prerogative. Believing that homosexuality is wrong does not make someone close-minded or ignorant, but treating someone who is homosexual like they're less of a human because of it is wrong, and that is what a lot of religious people that are against homosexuality do not understand.
Nuptial agreements aren't enough anymore; homosexuals deserve the same rights as everyone else and the ability to wed isn't a privilege, it's a right. What many people have a problem with is that gays are trying to include themselves in decidedly heterosexual traditions. They don't like the fact that the gay lobby is trying to get the government to basically allow them to scrutinize the sanctity of marriage. Gay couples just want what many heterosexuals have taken for granted: marriage. There are many disadvantages to nuptial agreements in comparison to legal marriages. These agreements offer very few benefits, and are often not recognized between different provinces, states, or countries. Upon death, even wills sometimes do not uphold in court and families can gain possession of things that in any heterosexual marriage would be given to the spouse. A homosexual can also be compelled to testify in court or provide evidence against their life partner; this wouldn't happen to heterosexual married couples. If we just allowed gay couples to sign nuptial agreements, less people would have a serious objection. That is what a lot of people believe should be done, but doing that would still give homosexuals a disadvantage, which wouldn't be giving them equal rights at all.
Above all other things, this is really an issue of equal rights. Homosexuals should be allowed to marry, because they shouldn't be separated from anyone else because of their sexual orientation. In the past, groups of people were discriminated against because of race, religion, and skin colour. Interracial relationships that seemed almost impossible before are now socially accepted. Much like that situation, same sex relationships have become more socially accepted, but there are still a large majority of people who feel uncomfortable about the issue, or just oppose homosexuals. Interracial marriages were illegal, but now because of a huge improvement in the law, this was made possible, and is hardly uncommon. Huge leaps in society like this are what make the legalization of same sex marriages seem possible. Society has filled gaps through the modernization of the law before, and now it's time to see these improvements again.
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