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

My Final Refutations and ArgumentsReligious AspectsCon states my argument about religion is invalid. I strongly disagree. The point I was trying to make was that the majority of people in society that discriminate agaisnt homosexuals were due to religious reasons. In fact, the reason why laws are established to ban gay marriage are because of people who vote against gay marriage on referendums. The reason why gay marriage is banned in some states is becuase of some Christians (78.4 % of Americans) disagree with gay marriage just because of their sexual orientation as that is what their church teaches them.[1] Washington state actually passed a law that allowed businesses to discriminate gays for religious reasons. Read this: "Republicans in Washington state have proposed a bill that would allow businesses to openly discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation if they want to do so because of their religious beliefs. SB 5927 carves out a specific exception to the state’s nondiscrimination law that says only federal protections — which don’t include sexual orientation — apply when a person’s religious belief is “burdened”: Nothing in this section may burden a person or religious organization’s freedom of religion including, but not limited to, the right of an individual or entity to deny services if providing those goods or services would be contrary to the individual’s or entity owner’s sincerely held religious beliefs, philosophical beliefs, or matters of conscience."[2]These same people are against gay marriage because of their sexual orientation due to their religious beliefs.The Majority of States deem Gay Marriage IllegalNot only do some states discriminate gay's rights to marry, but some cities like Cincinnati actually allow discrimination. Read this: "the U.S. Supreme Court also let stand a lower court ruling which upheld the Constitutionality of an amendment to the Cincinnati city charter which prohibited legal bans on discrimination by sexual orientation.So, in Cincinnati, it became quite legal to discriminate against gays and lesbians. If you have gay man working for you, you can fire him at will. If you have a lesbian as customer, you can refuse to serve her if you wish. None of it would be illegal.[1]We can see that people are extremely discriminatory to gays just because of their sexual orientation. This is the kind of mentality people have on voting against gay marriage. It's sad that gays can't get married in some states, but it's tragic to make it actually legal to discriminate against gays. As I mentioned in my previous contention, states like Washington pass laws to actually discriminate against gay's sexual orientation, and is the same rational for denying them marriage.The Federal Government doesn't officially recognize gay marriageThe federal government is still discriminating against gay marriage by deeming marriage legal under a man and a woman. If the DOMA defines marriage between a man and a woman, they're discriminating against homosexuals right to marry by differentiating homosexual marriage fom legal marriage: between two heterosexuals, a man an a woman.ConclusionFrom states and cities specifically passing laws to allow discrimination against gay's sexual orientation, we can see that the United States is discriminating against homosexuals right to marry. . The definition of discriminate for this debate was to recognize a distinction; differentiate negatively. Under the DOMA, laws that allow discrimination, and states that declare homosexual marriage illegal, we can see that the United States is discriminating against homosexuals rights to marry. I thank Pro for an excellent debate, and may the best debater win. Sources:http://atheism.about.com...[1]http://purpleunions.com...[2]