Do homosexuals really want to get married or is it just because they want equal rights? Thus, beginning the years of debate over gay marriage. In order to get the best overall concept of this debate it is important to discuss both sides of the argument, regardless if you are for or against gay marriage. Over fifty years ago, almost every state found it to be a criminal offense to be homosexual and American Civil Liberties Union did not object. Openly gay men and women were not allowed to serve in the US Military, they could not hold a job in any Federal Agency.
Early in the 70’s the court system would not allow homosexual to enter the courtroom unless they were dressed according. In Kentucky a female was not allowed to enter the court room unless she
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A trial judge then ruled that same sex couples were entitled to marry, thus leading to years of court battles and controversy. Gay marriage has slowly become a factor in today’s culture, and leads the discussion of homosexuals having the right to marry. The conflict from the opposing gay marriage may say that gay marriage can destroy the concept of marriage. Some say that everyone has the right to marry regardless of gender or sexual orientation, thus it should be socially acceptable. During the 1996 Presidential elections gay-marriage was an important topic for the Republican Party. At that time the Republican Party introduced bills in most state legislatures to deny recognition to gay marriages lawfully performed elsewhere (http://harvardmagazine.com/2013/03/how-same-sex-marriage-came-to-be). Days before the Republican Party’s Iowa caucuses, antigay activist, conducted a marriage protection rally at when presidential candidates denounced the “ homosexual agenda” which was said to be “ destroying the integrity of the marriage-based family” (http://harvardmagazine.com/2013/03/how-same-sex-marriage-came-to-be).Then a few months later