Same-sex Marriage For decades, humanity has been working towards the same goal, but during all these years, people have been unable to achieve it, selfishness is the reason why people are unable to do it. This goal is “Equality” this term is defined as “The state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability” (Dictionary.com). This is unachievable due to the lack tolerance between human beings; this is well known in the human species as racial, sexual, religious discrimination, etc. In the modern era most types of discrimination are rejected in the common society, but most forget that discrimination is not only rejecting a person for their beliefs or personality but it’s also denying them the ability to access the same rights as the others. Gay marriage is a controversial topic in the world, 94 out o 196 countries have signed a General Assembly declaration of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender rights or sponsored the Humans Rights Council 2011 resolution on LGBT rights however, only 18 countries have approved the same-sex marriages, this is extremely preoccupying because this shows how terribly unequal we are. People fight for everyone’s right to vote, to study, to have a religious belief or to not have it, etc. However if people have been able to gain this rights, then why is it so different to fight for the right to marry whoever you like? Thomas Paine once said “Whatever is my right as a man is also the