The author in this
commentary named, Watch out for your
girlfriends.. , is commenting about gay marriage and specifically about an
article opposing gay marriage from the religious right. The author is in favor
of legalizing gay marriage in Texas and I agree that Texas should. There were a
few good points made. For example the revenue these gay marriages would bring
and what developed countries have legalized it.
While the U.S. Supreme
court is going to make a decision in the near future about gay marriage.
Regardless of the outcome it will still be debated for years to come, look at Roe
v Wade. This is one of the main things that separates a Liberal from a
Democratic.
While I don’t necessary belief in the
lifestyle, but I have no problem socializing with gay people, gay marriage
should be legalized. First and foremost
we most protect against infringement of personal liberties. We might not
believe in certain lifestyles such as being gay, doing drugs and gambling or
even more extreme cases such as demonstrations by extremism groups like the KKK.
These rights must be protected. A point made by the author is that gay couples
can’t have children, so they would adopt kids that don’t have a home. This
would help youth without a home. I see this as something good, but as something
bad. The good part would be the obvious. The child would have a home, but the
bad part is that the U.S. isn’t that liberal yet. A Gay couple with a child is almost like an interracial
couple with a child in a pre civil rights movement in the south. This is just a
lot of hardship for a child, but I believe in a few decades this won’t be a
factor.
