Gay Marriage in the US

By Dan G., Arvada, CO

As you may know, gay marriage is one of the most controversial subjects today. I happen to disagree with gay marriage and here's why. I've seen gay people, on TV and in real life, and I have no problem with them but I don't like the idea of them getting married. Take for example last year at Disneyland when there was a gay activist party. Guys were kissing and performing sexual acts in public, not even caring who saw them. If I were a parent, I wouldn't want my kids exposed to things like that. This is a family theme park and to expose the public to their personal life is wrong.

Also, gay marriage is unconstitutional. America was built on the Constitution. I wonder what our founding fathers would say about gay marriage. Gay marriage is also against most religions and isn't same-sex marriage against God's plan? I also think that the towns that married gays should have the book thrown at them. Take Multnomah County, OR. They gave out something like 200 marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The law has not been changed yet so why does Multnomah marry them? It's just like saying "Well, the speed limit is 50 but I feel like going 90." It's no different, it's total anarchy and it's wrong.

I was taught by my parents to be a good person and obey the rules no matter if it was in my house or the world. Gay marriage is against the law and that is why I disagree with it.

Editor's Note: Though there has been talk of a Constitutional ban on gay marriage, it is not currently technically unconstitutional.

This piece has been published in Teen Ink’s monthly print magazine.

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xxcmcxx said...
Jul. 31, 2010 at 4:21 pm:

Well although I do not agree with public displays of affection there is a reason for those people's acts. If children are exposed to same-sex couples at an early age they will grow up believing it is normal- it is. Nowhere in the constitution is anything about people getting married stated. Do not back up your opinion with the constitution unless you can cite something from the constitution that can prove it. Also, who is allowed to get married to whom has been an on going fight f... (more »)

AHandfulOfDust replied...
Apr. 7, 2012 at 3:05 pm :

Nobody's saying anything about "always bending the rules". I point you to your quoted line, which clearly says "The law has to be bent every now and then". And really, you think equal rights leads to anarchy? Because people of color have been given equal rights, and women have been given equal rights, and I still see a standing society. I don't know where you're getting your ideas.

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Murve said...
Feb. 9, 2010 at 2:41 pm:

In regards to "Guys were kissing and performing sexual acts in public, not even caring who saw them"; would you have been alright if hetero- sexual couples were performing sexual acts in public?

Shinystarly replied...
Apr. 6, 2010 at 11:51 am :

Wow, this comment is completely ignorant of social normality. It is never, I repeat 'never', okay to perform any act pertaining to sex in public. Especially, if the content of such act is lewd in nature. The idea that it was a gay couple has no weight on whether it was okay or not. The idea that someone would stick up for people performing sexual acts in public, at a Disney Land no less, is absolutely disgusting. I don't want to see a heterosexual couple doing those things more than homo... (more »)

Murve replied...
Apr. 8, 2010 at 1:48 pm :

Jeez, I didn't think someone would reply, let alone take that comment so seriously.

I honestly just found it funny that the original poster used the Disney Land experience as a reason to keep Gay Marriage illegal. It's very irrelevent to the argument.

xxcmcxx replied...
Jul. 31, 2010 at 4:23 pm :

Ha, you have a point! If you're gonna take away the rights of homosexuals to marry because of this incident, then heterosexuals should have been kept from marrying years ago!

Taylor replied...
Feb. 14, 2012 at 7:08 pm :

What really scares me about this article is that apparently Dan's parents raised a person that isn't able to think for himself. He always refers to the law or religion rather them thinking about the issue himself. You know what, Dan? I was born in a country where 70 years ago the law said that Jews weren't allowed to work, that they weren't allowed to marry "Aryans" and that they weren't worth as much as others were. The law isn't always right. We have to think for ourselves. Is it right for... (more »)

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