Today the United States is not questioning if African Americans should have rights, but whether same-sex couples should have the same rights as heterosexual married couples. There are two sides to this debate, people who are pro gay, including gays and people who are against gay marriage or gay in general.
There are many reasons why people are against someone's chose of being gay. Whether it be for religion or for personal reasons, people are against being gay. In the Bible, it says that marriage shall be between a man and a woman, not a man and a man or a woman and a woman. Because some churches preach the message that gay marriage is wrong. they will take that message with them into their lives. People also fear that with same-sex marriage legal, their society will change.
People who favor same-sex marriage believe it is everybody's right to the pursuit of happiness. If some one loves some one else who is the same sex, what should stop them from being happy? Also, same-sex couples make a more diverse community.
In most of America, gay marriage is not recognized legally. A Civil Union is a union of a same-sex couple. While it is not a marriage, it does have many of the rights that a marriage has. Same-sex marriage is recognized in Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire.
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