The Gay Marriage Debate

March 9, 2009

By Meghan Chavalier

Marriage. Marriage is a contractual relationship recognized by law. The key word here is "contractual." Marriage is a legal contract between two people whether it be a man and a woman, a man and a man or a woman and a woman. The only difference in this scenario is that only one of these three is recognized to be legal in the United States of America even though legally any American can have a contract with another American.

This is where the Gay Marriage Debate begins. The religious right are fanatical about convincing other Americans that legally gay people shouldn't be able to marry. But, legally we should be able to marry because marriage is a legal contract between two people. I don't know how many times I need to write this before our government realizes that gay people have every legal right to marry their partners just as heterosexuals, BY LAW. Got that?

The mere idea that gay people should even have to fight for the right to marry each other is ridiculous. Legally we have the right to enter into a legal contract with any person we choose to, and marriage falls under that category. What we should do is make it illegal to divorce in this country. That would send heterosexuals into a frenzy wouldn't it? It's just down right stupid that some people are able to marry 8 or 9 times in this country, and gay people aren't legally allowed to do it even once. This makes absolutely no sense whatsoever and if you think it does, you're visiting the wrong website.

In the year 2009 it's hard to believe that gay people have to fight for equal rights. Equal rights shouldn't even come into question in these United States Of America, they are rights that we are given from birth according to the Constitution of the United States, but, for some reason the religious fanatics of our country have taken over our government and gay people aren't afforded the same rights as every other tax paying American citizen.

The Vatican is always spewing something about the gay community. I'm sorry, but The Pope lives way across the pond, so why does he have such a stronghold on our government? I think the Vatican needs to start worrying about all of their own problems, and trust me, they have many.

Religion should hold no basis in the daily goings on in our government. Religion should have nothing to do with any legal wranglings. Religion is a personal belief and nothing more.

I will end with this and reiterate it once more. Marriage is a legal contract between two people. Got that?