One Step Closer to Happiness

While same-sex marriage is becoming a more popular topic, I think more and more people are beginning to think in favor of it. Recently, there have been a lot of changed in the policies of same-sex marriage and the government is beginning to show their approval of it as well. Personally, I have never had a moment of doubt that this would be a good idea. While we are all humans trying to make it in this world in our own ways, I can’t find a reason why because of sexual preference, someone deserves to be less happy than the rest of us that were genetically designed to appreciate the opposite gender and prefer a “traditional marriage.”

I have a handful of friends that label themselves as gay or bisexual and because of this I am tuned into a lot of things that I was ultimately blind to before. Around the state and at many public schools and universities, there are clubs, pride walks, and protests trying to get people, not necessarily to believe in what they do, but to simply respect them for their beliefs and preferences. In 2014, which is supposed to be a more advanced, and an age of equality, these people still have to fight for the right to do something that will make them happy, meanwhile being hated by people who do not even know them because of something they naturally feel. “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”, comes to mind when thinking about why gay marriage has ever been illegal. Why something as irrelevant as somebody’s sexual preference should affect the way they’re treated as a human beings or their personal pursuit for happiness is something that I just cannot fathom.

I think we are in a day and age where more people are trying to educate themselves and be open-minded and optimistic, and it is truly so important to do so. There is no difference between what is considered a “traditional marriage” and what would happen between gay couples, it is simply just two people with love in their hearts that want to share it forever. In the article titled “Anti-Gay Preachers Message of Hate Drowned out by Students Hymns about Love” found in the Huffington Post, the author Dominique Mosbergen tells a story about a Preacher showing up on a college campus to spread hate towards various sinful acts. In the article, you learn about a college campus that had to put up with the narrow-mindedness of an individual that let his religion take over and bashed individuals simply for their life choices. He goes as far as to say that the individuals that commit these “sins” are going to hell! I find confusion where religion begins for this reason, because I do not believe that someone on this earth has the right to tell anyone that they will be “damned to hell” for something they have read in a book and believe to be true. Overall, I have a belief that we are all equals on this earth, our genetic makeup should not be responsible for our treatment and we all should be able to live in peace if that is what we strive for.