Banning Same-Sex Marriage is Discrimination

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been impacted tremendously. "In 1967, sixteen states still had anti-miscegenation laws against interracial marriage. Until the 1970's, most married couples assumed roles that were narrow and limiting: women raised children and performed household chores in lieu of an otherwise rewarding career, while the men brought home the only paycheck and often missed out on the joys of parenting" (Pearson 4). Times have obviously changed; women don't have to rely on men for everything. Women are capable of earning that rewarding career, while the men can take over the family responsibilities. It is commonplace now to see heterosexual couples go through this design of role reversal. But because times have changed most people have moved away from these traditional family values and are much more understanding and less conservative. These so called traditional values are what radical "Christians" and ignorant individuals; who would rather be disgusting to others than educate themselves, have ...

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"According to a Pew Center Research study conducted in 2006, 51 percent of college educated Americans now believe homosexuality is innate" (Driscoll 1); this is in big contrast to the view, prevalent throughout the twentieth century, that homosexuality is caused by society and can be prevented. Many Americans have come to accept that sexual orientation is just another difference, like red hair or left-handedness, and that homosexuals should not be discriminated against for something over which they have little control. The shift in values is also being extended to the issue of gay marriage. In the same study by the Pew Center Research, "it determined that over half (53 percent) of ...

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