The United States does not discriminate agianst homosexuals right to marry.

Thank you for accepting, but I do believe you are taking the Con, (correct me if I'm wrong, no big deal), as we are of opposing views on the topic. I wasn't sure the establishment of the 1st round for I have seen different formats, so I will expand my argument now. Thanks for the heads up! I gladly accept your definition of Discriminate. C1: State or Federal government is not discriminating against homosexuals couples right to marry because of their sexual orientation. 1. I have reviewed the website http://www.usmarriagelaws.com... and obtain my information from this website. I believe this website to be a credible source of the laws in each state regarding marriage requirements. I do believe this website to be credible because it provides official *.pdf files from each state listing the requirements, as well as address and phone number to contact the county clerks within each state. The website is dated 2012, and as we are only arguing for the states that do not acknowledge same-sex marriage, I believe the marriage requirements to be the same for those said states in 2013. 2. I can find no state that requires the couple to identify their sexual orientation on a marriage application. I can find no state that identifies the couple’s sexual orientation on the marriage license. Also, I can find no state that prohibits marriage based on sexual orientation. 3. As of the law now, (in the states that do not recognize same-sex marriages) an opposite-sex couple may marry. The state does not require an opposite-sex couple to identify themselves as a heterosexual couple. While society may imply the opposite-sex couple is heterosexual in their sexual orientation, it does not necessarily make it true. For an opposite-sex couple may marry, even if both individuals that make up the couple are homosexual. Example: A homosexual man may marry a homosexual woman. Thus, their sexual orientation is not the basis for denying a state marriage license, or recognition through the state and federal government. 4. A "couple" does not always mean that two individuals are romantically involved. There is also no requirement for a couple to be romantically involved to be married, although it may be implied by society. Therefore, a homosexual couple may have no romantically involved at all, and also not of the same-sex. C2: All homosexuals currently have the right to marry just as all heterosexual have the right to marry. 1. Any homosexual may marry a person of the opposite-sex. The right to marry is not based on sexual orientation as pointed out above. Example: A homosexual man may marry a homosexual woman; a heterosexual man may marry a homosexual woman and vise-versa respectively. Therefore, the right to marry is not being denied to homosexuals. C3: Arguments that allow same-sex marriages can be argued for all types of marriages i.e. polygamy, incestuous, bestial. 1. Generally speaking, in the states that do not recognize same-sex marriage, the state defines marriage as: the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law. To argue for a change in the definition to include:the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage, the Con must present an argument of what a marriage is and what a marriage is not. 2. In addition to arguing a change for the definition of marriage, Con must also provide an argument of why a state’s interest in recognizing only opposite-sex marriages is flawed, and provide interest of such state to recognize same-sex marriages. 3. Con must also argue both points 1 and 2, without it applying to people of all sexual orientation, and only to homosexual same-sex marriages. To summarize, homosexuals are not being discriminated against based on their sexual orientation because states do not ask individuals their sexual orientation. It is only implied by society, that it is sexual orientation discrimination because of the assumption same-sex marriage are homosexual. Certainly two heterosexual men cannot get married to each other either.