Gay Marriage Should Be Made Legal

There has been a heated argument over allowing gay marriage since the 1970’s. There have been propositions, bans and legalizations from state to state on same-sex marriage. Some states allow gay marriage but some do not. The individuals in each of these states are also conflicted. Some people believe in the traditional definition that marriage is solely between one man and one woman. However there are other people who feel that love does not have a gender and everyone has the right to marry whomever the want. Even if all of the states decided to officially legalize gay marriage, or ban it, there will always be individuals with logical and moral conflicting thoughts on same-sex marriage. The main argument is what the actual definition of marriage should be. A good portion of the population believes that marriage is a union strictly between one man and one woman. These people believe that a family needs both a mother and a father in order to be complete. The union between one man and one woman is also necessary for procreation which, in some people’s mind, is the sole purpose of marriage and a family. There is also the reason of marriage solely between a man and a woman due to the gender-typical roles. People claim that marriages succeed more if the woman is more of a nurturing figure and the father is more of a working figure. Despite all of these reasons why marriage should be defined as solely one man and one woman, the main argument is related to religion. Many people are brought up to believe, as the Bible says, that sodomy is wrong. There are a good number of reasons as to why same-sex marriage should be banned completely. There are a few that I can somewhat comply with. I do agree that it would be nice for children to have a mother figure and a father figure. I do not think that this is a necessity but it is probably somewhat easier to deal with different problems that girls and boys have. Tradition is also a very important part for many people which is