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Socrates once said that “Only

the extremely ignorant … can resist change.”  The fact that

homosexuals cannot marry is one of the darkest spots in American

culture. According to New World Dictionary: discrimination is

“unfair treatment of certain people based on circumstances out of

their control.”  

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And, contrary to what Rick

Warren and Glenn Beck tell you, being gay is not something a person

controls.  When people think of discrimination, they think of the

race riots in the 1960’s, or women’s suffrage in 1920’s.  Well I’m

here to tell you that not giving homosexuals the right to marry is

no different than the ignorant bigots putting dogs and fire hoses

on blacks during the race riots of the 60’s.     

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The fact a person can

actually think that a gay couple getting married will destroy the

idea of the “family” is simply preposterous.  A child has never

“turned” gay because two men live together down the road.   This

concept of “if homosexuals are allowed to marry the country will be

destroyed” is, once again, just a ploy by the ultra-right-wing

conservatives to put fear into American minds in order to achieve

what they want.  

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The complete social

philosophy of conservatives baffles me.  They claim they want less

government interaction in our life. The scream and yell that they

want to live without the government telling us what we can and

can’t do.  But, why doesn’t this philosophy apply to social issues

such as gay marriage?  There is no greater government impediment

than the government telling Americans who they can and can’t love.

 

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I have yet to hear an

argument that tells me why gay marriage is illegal.  The ONLY

reason I have heard is “It says it in the Bible.” I disagree, but

my point  is that we have a first amendment right of freedom of

religion and the only thing telling us gay marriage is wrong is

simply religion.  If we go by that philosophy, adultery and cursing

should be illegal.  So how can we have true freedom of religion and

still use the “laws” of religion to form our laws in this

country? 

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This country was founded by

people with differences, the idea that no matter how different you

are, you have the same opportunity as everyone else and can do

anything within the law that you wish.  However, when that law

blatantly discriminates against people, something has to be done,

the law must change.  Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Be the change you

want to see in the world.”

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  I believe this is what

Americans must to, we must stop discriminating, change this

horrible, unjust law. That will truly make this the greatest

country in the world.