Same sex marriage

Same Sex Marriage

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”(The Making of the West). This begins the document declaring the independence of the United States of America. Powerful words that state, without question, that theability to live, be free, and pursue happiness in that freedom is not handed down by a government or collection of people but by the Creator alone. Staying true to this belief has not been an easy process, even for the lofty ambitions of the United States.
It is hard to face an argument when you believe this subject should not be a reason to argue anymore. Centuries and centuries of fights, wars,revolutions to defend personal and group differences, ideas and beliefs to theoretically accept the fact we are all human beings, equals; we all have the same rights and we all have the rights to be free, to think free and act free as long as we respect the freedom of others. Contradictorily, when it comes to homosexuals that want to formalize their sentimental relationship, they cannot. Why?Because, homosexuals have no rights to be married; because the definition of marriage by federal law is: a legal union between a man and a woman; and not between two men nor between two women. So, should slavery still be legal just because there was a law that permitted it? Women should never speak out nor have the right to vote, receive education or work outside the house because that is how it was along time ago? Just to name some examples of what the enlightenment awoke in the eighteenth century and brought what we call “progress” and with that progress came the American Revolution, the freedom of the country and the freedom of all Americans.
The argument over same-sex marriage is being had on two fronts. There is the moral argument, whether based on personal beliefs or those interpretedthrough religion, that homosexuality is wrong. As these moral ideas begin to fill the politics of the country, that moral argument is laid down in legal form to create laws restricting the ability of homosexuals to marry and receive benefits as any other married couple might.
Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont are the only five states in the United States that legallypermit marriage between same sex couples and the District of Columbia; better known as Washington D.C. (New York Times). Why could there not just be one law that applies to the whole country? If a homosexual lives in Illinois then, is that person less than a homosexual who lives in Vermont? It might be, because one does not have the same human rights the rest of homosexuals living in states thataccept same sex marriage do. But should we say all homosexuals are less human than heterosexuals because they are not allowed to receive the same benefits by federal government?
Despite these developments in favor of gay men and women in the six states I mentioned above, marriage of same sex couples in these states are still denied essential rights and benefits because the federal Defense ofMarriage Act (DOMA) interferes with the definition and regulation of marriage in each of these states, which the federal government and the Constitution, before this Federal law called DOMA was created and signed in 1996 under President Bill Clinton government creating a big impact in a lot of us, clearly said that the definition of marriage was exclusive of each state and the Federal Government willnot interfere in each individual state laws; but it does.
I know religion plays a large role in this issue as I said earlier. I do not think gay couples are asking to be blessed in a Church, Temple or some other place by a Priest or a Pastor in the name of any God in particular. I think all they ask is to be “legally” married. To have the same rights and benefits as any other heterosexual...