Gay Marriage

Homosexuals should be allowed to marry because the disallowance of it violates their constitutional rights. Marriage is an institution long recognized by our government under the right to pursue happiness, and denying that right to any couple, regardless of gender, is unconstitutional. This argument, though, is not disputed. In fact, none of the arguments raised in opposition to the allowance of homosexual marriages takes into account the constitutional rights afforded to all humans. The arguments …

…the delinquent, the divorced, the imprisoned, the sterile, and the insane to marry, it seems revealing that it draws the line at homosexuals (Sullivan “State” 18). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Mohr, Richard D. "The Stakes in the Gay Marriage Wars." The Gay and Lesbian Review 2000: 22. "Should Gay Marriage be Legal?" U.S. News & World Report 3 June 1996: 31. Sullivan, Andrew. "Let Gays Marry." Newsweek 3 June 1996: 26. ---. "State of the Union - Why "Civil Union" Isn't Marriage." The New Republic 8 May 2000: 18.