CNN reported that
Congress in Alabama approved same-sex marriage and joins the 37 out of 50
states that have legalized same-sex marriage. Since Massachusetts legalized
same-sex marriage in 2004, multiple states including North Carolina, South
Carolina and Florida have all accepted same-sex marriage within the past year. This
shocking revelation that ultimately would not have been possible 50 years ago because
same-sex marriage was unheard of in society for it’s nature of being seen as a vulgar
poison that effects people which is against God’s vison of happiness. I still
believe we live in this society as some individuals still feel this way. To
enlighten this theory, a quote from the same CNN article states that “UCLA
think tank, in only seven states do a third of residents or fewer approve of
same-sex marriage”. One state from the
south that is currently fighting the rights of same-sex marriage is Texas as
Supreme Court Attorney General Ken Paxton states that he will make it his life
goal to void out same-sex marriage across the country.
Same-sex marriage is no
different than interracial marriage in society during the Civil Rights
Movement. The infamous case of Ruth Williams and Seretse Khama of 1956 brought
attention to the media because they were the first public interracial couple
and as a result of their love for one another, they were exiled from society. But
now almost 60 years later, we live in a world where is commonly heard of for
another race to marry outside their own because we are all people and the color
of our skin should not restrain us from happiness. So why should our choice for
who we want as our spouse matter if it’s our God given right?
One advantage that we
have in this day and age is the power of social media to view that there are
others who are proactive toward same-sex marriage along with activist groups to
expand and share our views. During the Civil Rights Movement, the human voice
could only go but so far because we were restrain to television and radio as
our only news source and it was almost always an biased view of the given
situation. We also can now see the struggle that those go through to fight for
their voice to be heard which is why the United States is more lenient on
Same-Sex Marriage. Here’s hoping the other 13 soon join the party.
good stuff
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