Gay Marriage: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

            “Gay marriage is now legal in Iowa,” that is one of many things that show up on the news about gay marriage.  Gay people should be able to marry because they are people, too and they should be treated like everyone else.  Just think about what gay people may be feeling when someone uses acrimonious speech against them.  There has been history and things that have happened in the past about gay marriage and many people acclimate to hearing the words “gay marriage”.  Even laws have been made both against and in favor to the gay community.  There are so many different things that happened around the gay community.

            In the 2000 census, there were 601,209 gay couples in the U.S. The marriage rate dropped from 232,900 in 200 to 217,800 in 2004.  The time when San Francisco legalized gay marriage, 4,037 marriage licenses were issued and 3,995 gay couples were married, but it wasn’t until later that month the state of California voided all of them. 29 states in all have banned gay marriage, but many of them have not included it in their constitutions.  Some of the states have legalized gay marriage are New York, Massachusetts, Iowa, and California.  Massachusetts legalized gay marriages, but if the person was born on any of the states that have banned it then the person was not allowed to get married. Maybe one day the gay community will have a fluke and more states will approve gay marriages.

          Some people may think that gay people are just disrespectful and that they should not act like “gay” in front of children.  Being gay is not something you act, it is something you are born with or is their a rationale from someone else?  Gay “people” are people, too and just like someone would treat a straight person, they should treat a gay person the same.  Sometimes people may insult a gay person and may not think that he or she is someone’s daughter/son.  That person’s child could be gay when they grow up and be insulted the same way or even worse.  There are so many bad things that are done to gay people and that are illegal.