The United States Supreme Court stated in 1967 that marriage is “one of the basic civil rights of man” and presumably woman. The U.S. Supreme Court also stated that the freedom to marry is “essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness”.

Married couples tend to be happier, healthier, and wealthier then unmarried couples, documented in A Case for Marriage (Waite & Gallagher).

Marriage allows a couple to cement their relationship in the eyes of their friends, family, communities, God, the government, and most importantly themselves. It is viewed as the first step to the rest of their lives. The first step towards being a family.

Marriage also comes with legal benefits from the government both on a state and federal level. There are more then one thousand legal benefits given strictly to married couples on a federal level. This does not include benefits offered by the state. Some of th

• The few “same-sex unions” allowed today are a good first step for marriage equality but these are only recognized by the particular states and the same-sex couples only receive the state’s benefits and none of the thousand plus federal benefits offered to other married couples.

Americans believe in fairness, freedom, and equality for all.

▸ Same-sex marriage is “anti-family”.

During all of these struggles, the opposing side claimed that these were “against the definition of marriage” and “against God’s will”. The same arguments are used against same-sex marriages today. If we were able to outlaw this discrimination before, why not again? Homosexuals are the most discriminated group in the United States. Homosexuals are the only group denied marriage.

Regardless of the relevance of the arguments against same-sex marriages, they are still flawed.

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