Marrying Under the Rainbow

So I'm in a Government class for my college and we were given the task of creating a blog. Considering I own four already (and this one in particular is severely lacking in posts) congratulations! You readers have the delight of reading a short essay.

So today I'm going to talk about something everyone knows about: Marriage!

Ok, well, not just marriage, but the debate that is currently going on about whether two people of the same gender should be able to legally marrying in the states. According to gaymarriage.procon.org, "As of Jan. 6, 2014, gay marriage has been legalized in the following 17 states: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Washington, Maine, Maryland, California, Delaware, Rhode Island, Minnesota, New Jersey, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Illinois. 33 states have gay marriage bans through either laws or constitutional amendments or both." 

But what exactly are the arguments for and against gay marriage equalization? On the same site, they have both sides of the argument in one big convenient diagram:

For Pro Marriage, most of what they say is that banning legal marriage between same-gender couples is unconstitutional and that, because it is illegal, they have been misrepresented with negative remarks. They even talk about how the "traditional man and woman" is "historically inaccurate" since there have been several past civilizations that promoted homosexual relationships (one such example is the Romans).

For those against Gay Marriage, they put a lot of emphasis on how it would weaken the economy in several factors: that it would increase the rate of divorce, unmarried mothers, and anger the public. They believe legalizing gay marriage will also bring on potential legalization of bestiality, polygamy, and other "taboos".

As for my opinions: not allowing them to marry is unconstitutional. If they are consenting adults and love someone, they should have the right to marry that person. It would raise divorce rates, yes, because they divorce just like any other person. The only reason it would raise is because the government would actually have records of the couple being hitched. Crazy, right? What's more, gay couples have to fight to marry and constantly face criticism and negative commentary. I doubt they would suffer through all of that if they could "switch it off" or not be completely committed to the relationship. And in terms of religion, over half of the world in not affiliated with a faith, and there are just as many other religions that are okay with same-sex partnerships that go against it. If you don't like it, don't do it, but don't harm anyone who does.

Another, final point I will leave behind takes the form of this wonderful and humorous youtube video:

There we go readers, a big honking controversial post! I hope you enjoyed.