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Politics on same sex marriage http://www.balancedpolitics.org/same_sex_marriages.htm

Pros and cons to same sex marriage http://gaymarriage.procon.org/

Social science to same sex marriage http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/researchguides/socialsciences/samesexmarriage.html

Pros and cons to same sex marriage http://www.liberty.edu/champion/2013/04/procon-same-sex-marriage/comment-page-1/

Marriage equality economy http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/06/26/2219571/marriage-equality-economy/

11 facts on gay marriage https://www.dosomething.org/blog/11-facts-about-gay-marriage

Pros and cons to same sex marriage http://apecsec.org/gay-marriage-pros-and-cons/

Pros and cons to same sex marriage http://www.allaboutlove.org/cons-of-same-sex-marriage.htm

Legalization of same sex marriage http://njgayrights.blogspot.com/2010/09/pros-and-cons-of-legalizing-same-sex.html

Pros and cons to same sex marriage http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/familysummer2011/2011/08/19/pros-vs-cons-of-gay-marriage/

Same Sex Marriage By: Nathan Johnson Same-sex marriage is legal in 17 U.S states and the District of Columbia: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. Same-sex marriage is banned by constitutional amendment or state law in: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. The laws banning same-sex marriage in Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, Texas and Michigan have been ruled unconstitutional. Those decisions have been stayed and are awaiting appeals. Worldwide, 16 other countries (and parts of Mexico) also have laws allowing same-sex marriage and domestic partnerships. Most of these are in Europe and South America. I believe that same sex marriage should be legal because marriage is a civil right. That rgiht should not be denied to someone based off of their sexuality. In the civil rights movment it was stated that all men are created equal. Well denying same sex couples the right to marry doesn’t seem to equal to me. In 1970 Marjorie Jones & Tracy Knight were denied a marriage license by the county clerk who refused upon seeking advice from the district attorney. On November 9, 1973, the Kentucky Court of Appeals (at the time the state's highest court of appeals) unanimously ruled that members of the same sex do not have a right to marry, even though the law of Kentucky at the time did not specifically define it as between a man and a woman. Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear filed an appeal in federal court defending his state's ban on same-sex marriage, after a federal judge invalidated a portion of the law earlier this year. In the appeal, the state argues that legalizing interracial marriage in 1967 made sense because those unions made babies, but gay couples should not be allowed those same rights. Why? Because that would harm Kentucky's birth rate. "Kentucky's marriage laws are rationally related to the state's interest of preserving the traditional man-woman marriage model," the appeal reads. According to the state, the case for legalizing same-sex marriage in Kentucky is different from //Loving v. Virginia //—the landmark 1967 Supreme Court case that invalidated state laws banning interracial marriage—because "man-man and woman-woman couples cannot procreate" and Kentucky has an interest in encouraging procreation in the name of promoting "long-term economic stability through stable birth rates." When most people oppse same sex marriage they use their religion as a defense. You can not use religion as a defense on the topic because in the Untied States we have religious freedom. That allows every citizen has the right to practice their own religion or have no religion at all. Most believe that a marriage should be between a man and a women. Most use a quoate from the bible as an argument to oppose the same sex marriage topic. The quote says “If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. ” People say that just because the bible says this it shouldn’t be legal for same sex couples to marry. Well this goes back to the religious freedom. Not evryone practices the same religion. There is also a seperation of church and state. Laws can not be created based on religious views. In most states including Kentucky if one partner of an unmarried same sex couple is in the hospitle on their death bed. The other partner is not allowed to be in the room with their significant other. If the partner dies, the other partner is not entilted to berearement leave from work, to file wronful death claims, to draw social security of the deceaced partner or to automatically inherit a shared home. Partnerships are also denied joint medical rights. I believe that same sex marriage should be legal because, marriage is a civil right, the topic of religion can not be used as an opposing argument on same sex marriages, and partnerships are denied unified medical rights. Marriage is not about religion. Athiest marry. Marriage is not about procreation. The infertile marry. Marriage is not about finance. It can weave poverty. Marriage is about love. That’s it, and that’s beautiful.