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Many would say that this issue should be left up to the state. After all, leaving something to the state will allow the 'people' within the state to voice their opinion.

However, if we do this, we may have some states that allow gay marriage, and some states that do not. The laws of justification and equality wouldn't be accurate from state to state. For example, if Minnesota allowed gay marriage, and a few couples were wed, and then decided to move to Texas, where gay marriage was banned, then this couple would be afforded no equal rights of protection or benefit. That just is not right, no matter how you slice it.

'Religion' should not have a SAY in this debate. It simply is not a religious debate. Let us look at it from a very simple point of view:

->Adult Christian Male, over the age of 18, a citizen of the United States, who is homosexual, wishes to marry another Adult Pagan Male, over the age of 18, who also is a citizen of the Untied States, who also happens to be homosexual.

That is the argument we have now. Debate would spark because: Christian Male wishes to marry Pagan Male. The problem is, that we are a free nation, we allow for equal protection and religious freedom. Therefore WE CANNOT allow religion to dictate law. If we did allow religion to dictate law, then we would be no better than the country we left. So, let us take religion out of the picture.

->Adult Male, over the age of 18, a citizen of the United States, wishes to wed another Adult Male, over the age of 18, who also is a citizen of the United States.

So, now we are left with the 'Male wishes to wed Male' debate. Well, that too is religious in nature. Why is it religious in nature? Because the christian majority in this country deems homosexuality a 'sin' or 'wrong under the bible'. Because it is a religious answer, it is a religious debate. We must take it out, otherwise we affect our nations religious freedom.

So, we are left with:

->Adult, over the age of 18, a citizen of the United States, wish to we another Adult, over the age of 18, who is also a citizen of the United States.

Well, from what I can see, there is nothing wrong with that last statement.

You see, when you take RELIGION out of the picture, equal rights is possible. It matters not if the person is christian, pagan, or male or woman, the simple fact is that they are CITIZENS of the United States and are ADULTS, who according to our laws and social standing, are afforded equal rights and protection.

When you look at the debate from an equality point of view, there really is no question: Freedom should be given to those consenting adults who wish to afford their lives together. Religion has no place within this argument, simply because we cannot FORCE a religion on a subset of the population simply because what they represent is against the religion.

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