Injustice in America: Gay Rights
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Jane Smith
Mrs. Doe
Honors English 1
14 February 2013
Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” (King, 1). King, not too long ago, was fighting for his equal rights as an American, the same way that millions of Americans today are fighting for their right to get married. The previous quote is relevant to the gay rights movement because the injustice of forbidding two people from getting married threatens America’s “justice” as a whole. Can we really say that America is a land of equal opportunity when citizens are denied rights and legal benefits based on their sexual orientation? Our constitution serves to establish justice that is then taken away by biased restrictions. Same-sex marriage is currently legal in only 9 out of the 50 States, and even in those states, same-sex couples do not have the same rights and benefits that are associated with marriage for a heterosexual couple. The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), passed by Congress in 1996, defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. A revision of the definition of marriage in the DOMA would allow for same sex marriage to be legal in all 50 states, along with allowing all of the rights and benefits available to heterosexual couples to be available to same-sex couples. The DOMA should be revised in order to allow same-sex marriage to be legal in the United States because preventing two people from getting married is unconstitutional and unmarried couples do not have the same rights and benefits as married couples.
The DOMA should be revised in order to legalize same-sex marriage in the United States because preventing two people from getting married is unconstitutional. The Preamble of the Constitution states its purpose, which is to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty. Our country’s forefathers came to America...
Mrs. Doe
Honors English 1
14 February 2013
Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” (King, 1). King, not too long ago, was fighting for his equal rights as an American, the same way that millions of Americans today are fighting for their right to get married. The previous quote is relevant to the gay rights movement because the injustice of forbidding two people from getting married threatens America’s “justice” as a whole. Can we really say that America is a land of equal opportunity when citizens are denied rights and legal benefits based on their sexual orientation? Our constitution serves to establish justice that is then taken away by biased restrictions. Same-sex marriage is currently legal in only 9 out of the 50 States, and even in those states, same-sex couples do not have the same rights and benefits that are associated with marriage for a heterosexual couple. The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), passed by Congress in 1996, defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. A revision of the definition of marriage in the DOMA would allow for same sex marriage to be legal in all 50 states, along with allowing all of the rights and benefits available to heterosexual couples to be available to same-sex couples. The DOMA should be revised in order to allow same-sex marriage to be legal in the United States because preventing two people from getting married is unconstitutional and unmarried couples do not have the same rights and benefits as married couples.
The DOMA should be revised in order to legalize same-sex marriage in the United States because preventing two people from getting married is unconstitutional. The Preamble of the Constitution states its purpose, which is to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty. Our country’s forefathers came to America...