Gay Marriage

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The American Family; Redefined

Currently, the United States military is engaged in a war with the country of Iraq. As stated by United Stated president George W. Bush, the primary purpose of this war is to liberate the citizens of Iraq. With this liberation according to, Bush, the U.S. hopes to provide and form this nation into a democratic one, in which individuals are privileged with the freedoms of choice and equal rights. The irony and subsequent resulting scrutiny by anti-war groups stems from the fact that such liberties do not apply to certain individuals, right here in America. Among those deprived individuals are homosexual couples who desire to start a family. Presently in America it is extremely difficult for gay and lesbian couples to marry or have children, either through surrogate mother means, arranged natural means or even adoption. Thus, their equal and civil rights are stripped and so-called equality made non-existent. The Constitution declares that we are a nation that takes pride in liberty and justice for all, not just the fortunate few. For this reason, homosexuals in all the states of the United States should be able to get married and freely become parents. They should have the same rights that are afforded to what the Constitution mandated:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
In order for this change to come about, the socially constructed definitions of the words ‘marriage’ and ‘family’ need not only be redefined but reestablished and readily understood by the masses. Currently marriage is defined as a contract between woman and man (Badian 364). Further, in most spectrums of society a family is cons...