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Same sex marriage seems to be a very controversial subject in today’s society. Many people do not agree with it what so ever, however others feel that same sex marriage is perfectly okay. This topic seems to be an on going argument because of the fact that it is abnormal to most, rather than normal and possibly a hard idea to get used to.
I personally don’t have an issue with same sex marriages. In the essay “I Want To Go To My Daughter’s Wedding,” I understand how Rochelle feels about her daughter getting married to another woman. Rochelle just seems to want her daughter to be happy, and if that means that she is gay and wants to marry another woman then so be it. Even though Rochelle approves of it, it doesn’t mean that it is just that easy to make a same sex marriage happen. In Rochelle’s daughters city of University Town in Oregon, the court will not approve her daughter’s application to get married to another woman. In my eyes the U.S is a free country, and just because there are same sex couples it shouldn’t be right to discriminate against them because its not something that is “normal” to most. I understand that it isn’t morally right in the churches to have a woman and a woman married, or a man and a man married. In fact some churches may or may not marry a black man with a black woman for example. Either way, denying same sex marriages is something that is what I would call discriminating just like whites discriminated against colored people years ago. Macky Alston, who was married to another man said that “On a good day, Nick and I know that, even before our ceremony, our relationship was blessed by God and we were blessed by God through it. But our lives were also cursed with the shame of being regarded by society as anathema. The amount of work it takes to overcome this self-image is enormous. I believe this work is something only love can accomplish.” Macky Alston makes a great point that society is what is...
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