The legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States carries the same stigma as previous civil rights issues and, as such, should be proposed as of the utmost importance and carefully studied. If our government, as it claims, is secular in nature, it would be wrong to base its treatment of individuals outside the bounds of what is naturally understood as the right of every man, woman and child to lead a lifestyle c It's fulfilling. Likewise, whites, blacks, homosexuals, etc. should not infringe on the same rights as those who may describe their differences as depraved, justified or dishonorable, based on a distinct set of religious or cultural criteria. standards. If we therefore legitimately recognize same-sex marriage as a secular belief of our political culture, we might begin to realize the negative effect that such pompous ignorance has on a group of people based primarily on their sexual preferences. Acceptable ideologies that become laws, and, or freedoms are sometimes based on a less popular opinion that receives wide publicity in an attempt to show how a certain injustice affects a particular subculture. Often, such ideals have been oppressed by those who boldly uphold the American value of equality, while promoting laws that trample the inalienable rights of other humans. It cannot be hidden that, in the past, the American government has deemed the participation of a large minority in certain common freedoms illicit, while the favored minority enjoyed the freedom to practice the same activity. As hindsight becomes foresight, we can develop understanding and acceptance where we once walked with malice, restrained by fear of the unknown. These fears in the case of the gay mar...... middle of paper ......ou precept. Even Jesus may have warned about the natural deficiency of immorality, but did he stone the sinner or tell him that what he was doing was wrong? No, he said, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more” (Quoted in John 8:11, NKJV). Gays of righteous motives and proven character within our afflicted society are being deprived of their equal rights and relative abilities to legally marry and raise children, based on unconstitutional principles. grounds of discrimination, and this has a devastating effect. We openly incite bigotry and self-righteous propaganda while stifling the right of others to embody their own self-esteem. We engage in a false and dangerous assertion of infallibility, labeling homosexuals as less than human, standing proudly, if only for a moment, on shaky ground that we have seen crumble in the course of our history..