A gay marriage is one of the important issues for 2012 Presidential election. Maryland’s
the
House of Representatives passed a law that make sex-marriage legal.
Maryland became 8th state where same-sex marriage is legalized after New
York, Washington, Iowa, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Hampshire, and
Vermont. In additions, Supreme Court judged
that ban of California on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional on last
February. California did not see importantly whether gay couples are
“getting married” or not. Because gay couples get benefits from marriage
and owe a duty to it like heterosexual couples
in California. Therefore, gay couples already have got a right to raise
children.
However, same-sex
marriage can be problem through federal government. The problem
conceding same-sex marriage in law is not whether gay couples can get
married or not but whether they can get same rights like
heterosexual couples in the Federal Law or not. According to the Federal
Law, partners do not double pay property tax and can submit income tax
returns at once. Also the Federal Law give couples rights above 1000. As
a result, the problem of same-sex marriage
is connected to money. Additionally, according to Defense of Marriage
Act made in 1996, gay couples who a state make legal cannot get any
benefits from federal government. So, if Defense of Marriage is not
changed, gay couples cannot get rights of marriage.
For now, same-sex
marriage is illegal at 40 states of 50 states in the United States.
Barack Obama, U.S president now, has been equivocal position on same-sex
marriage because both of them try to read mind of
people who oppose same-sex marriage. On the other hand, Mitt Romney, the
strongest one of Republican presidential candidates, has opposed
same-sex marriage. So, many people focus on how same-sex marriage will
have an influence on a result of 2012 presidential
election.
Support for same-sex
marriage has increased in all states, even in relatively conservative
places like Wyoming and Kentucky. This trend will continue. Nationally, a
majority of people under age 30 support same-
sex marriage. Awareness about same-sex marriage has been changed. As new
voters coming, the support will increase more and more.
-Minyoung Lee
I actually responded to a post about this subject a while back, but that post centered around the Church problems with "gay marriage" and not the State ones you touch upon here.
ReplyDeleteThe Reverend Al Sharpton made a point last month when he put the fight being waged now for equal marriage rights right alongside those of the pre-civil rights era—namely interracial marriage. Denying civil liberties to a select few—in this case now homosexual men and women, but historically minorities, immigrants, women, and people of little wealth—is unconstitutional. I know there are people out there who still have problems with interracial marriage. There are some who can't abide remarriage or the idea of divorce. Yet, those are common and generally accepted practices today. How is so-called gay marriage any different? These are American men and women, grown, consenting adults, who want to bind themselves together. To unduly restrict or outright refuse their rights as citizens in doing so is—wrong.
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DeleteGay marriage can be a tricky subject. There are many different views, beliefs, questions, and problems concerning gay marriage legally. Anyone who runs for an office, or even has an opinion on the matter, will at some point be asked what their view is on the matter. They will also be criticized no matter what their stance is on the issue. People either agree or disagree on same sex marriage. I do believe more people will be open to it in the future. I also think marriage is a liberty. The fact that the Federal government is restricting its citizens to get married I find incorrect.
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