Not 100% sure if this is the right place to post but here it is. I wrote this for my english class. Please dont get mad at gender set up. My teacher made me change "them" to "him". I was trying to be good about not discriminating females. I realize now ow short my project is... Seems like I could have made it longer. Well here it is.


   â€œBeing gay, it’s not something that a person chooses, it’s something that we’re born with.â€�

Chris Shell <--- me!!!
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Kristi Lewis<--- English Teacher...
12/12/08



“Being gay, it’s not something that a person chooses, it’s something that we’re born with.�

   â€œBeing gay, it’s not something that a person chooses,â€� said Derek Whitefeild. “It’s something that we’re born with.â€�(Mike O’Sullivan) Exactly, being gay is no crime nor is it changeable. If he is gay, he is gay no helping it now. Honestly if he finds someone he loves then he should be with them forever and show them that he does love them. Marriage is a very powerful bond that should be enjoyed by all sides. Why make gay marriage illegal?
   
   Issues on same-sex marriage have been going on in America since the first issue came up in the 1970’s. Ever since then people have been battling back and forth on either side. Only recently has proponents of same-sex marriage made any major advances and yet they are still being set-back. Only two states as of now are legalizing same-sex marriages, and a few are still in progress.
Some people say it violates Christianity to be gay. The Bible has been misinterpreted over the past hundreds of years. The Bible was written by men and not god himself. Also the Bible has been re-written quite a few times. So who is to say that being gay is against the Bible? Jesus never talks of homosexuality but he is absolutely set in stone that divorce is against God’s will.
(question) “You mentioned religious people. They will say things like, look, both the Old and New Testaments in the Bible are very clear about this: God intended marriage to be between a man and a woman� says David Masci an interviewer from “The Pew Forum, on religious and public life�. (An Argument For Same-Sex Marriage…)
(answer) “If you do biblical marriage, then you’re talking about polygamy. It’s there in black-and-white. Or, you’re talking about, for heaven’s sake, no divorce. Jesus himself had nothing to say about homosexuality, but he’s very clear on divorce. You can’t do it. And what I don’t understand is why gay people are the only people in America who have to follow biblical law. I don’t think that’s fair. We could also have other debates about what the Bible does and doesn’t mean, but I think what it boils down to is that gay people should deal with the same standards as straight people. And when straight people start upholding biblical law in civic culture, then maybe gay people should consider it, but not until then.� Jonathan Rauch says his piece about biblical marriage. (An Argument For Same-Sex Marriage…)
   
   The fact that if someone told you you can’t be with the one you love, that would be against your civil rights. If you were told that you couldn’t be with the one you loved then you would feel trapped and would be more likely to commit crimes or strike out. Seen in all sorts of cases and even written about. Two adult lovers should be able to do as they wish without consequence of people hating them for it. “If California can rewrite it’s constitution to specifically target gays and lesbians, then whose civil rights are next?â€� asks Ed Reggi a gay rights leader. (Zahn) Organizations are popping up in all 50 states in a rally to get supporters together to fight the courts decisions. Rallies have been held in Arizona, Florida, and California at simultaneous times on one Saturday to get the point across. Some protesters hold signs reading different thing but they all are fighting for the same cause. “Love and Unity not hateâ€� is an example of one and some others say “Love is unconditionalâ€�. A chant used in Florida was "Gay, straight, black, white; marriage is a civil right." (CNN)

   Homosexuality is not changeable. It is not a disease and it is not a lifestyle. It is simply how a person is. They can’t change, alter, or give up being a homosexual. It is embedded into their brains. If they are forced to choose straight or not at all it can harm their mental health and drive them mad essentially. It could cause them to be promiscuous and can further spread diseases such as HIV, AIDS, and a lot of other STDs. Allowing gays to marry could really slow down the spread of STDs. Also it could help lower the Suicide rate and would over all better our nation. Married couples are proven to bring in more revenue and are proven to spend more, because they have a spouse to get money from.
Allowing gays to marry and marry peacefully would over all end this struggle. Why would someone have a problem with someone else being happy? To finally end this argument on my part letting gays marry would be just as refining to our nation as letting slaves free. They would make a live for themselves and do it happily as you do on a normal basis. “I’m absolutely convinced that the arc of history bends towards inclusion, and that we have taken maybe a step backward, and we’re gearing up for another couple of steps forward,� says Reverend Russel about pro-gay marriage. (Mike O’Sullivan)
   


Works Cited

CNN “Same-Sex marriage rallies stretch across Nation�
    CNN.com 16 November 2008, 16 December 2008
    <http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/15/same.sex.marriage/>

Drew Zahn “Queerly Beloved�
          WorldNet Daily 15 November 2008, 2 December 2008
          <http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=80220>

Mike O’Sullivan “Gay Marriage Debate continues in California�
          VOAnews.com 18 November 2008, 19 November 2008
          <www.voanews.com/english/2008-11-18-voa1.cfm >