Denying same-sex couples the right to marry stigmatizes them as inferior and sends a message that it is okay to discriminate against them.
Gay Marriage is banned due to the same kind of close-minded, oppressive ideas that kept interracial marriage banned for so long.
Marriage is, at it’s core, a civil union between two people, and is a right protected by our 14th amendment; gender is irrelevant.
Civil Unions are not an alternative to allowing same-sex marriage, as they are not recognized by the federal gov. or given the same rights.
Because marriage comes with many benefits for couples, denying couples the right to marry based on sexuality deprives them of those rights.
Same-sex couples are denied, among the right to marry, many other rights associated with marriage, such as medical decisions for spouses.
It was found that children raised by a same-sex couple scored above the national average when it came to family cohesion and overall health
