same - sex marriage

The main reason people get married is because they love each other and want to spend the rest of their lives together. The website gaymarriageprocon.org firmly states that, "Gay marriage would make it easier for same-sex couples to adopt, providing stable homes for children who would otherwise be left in foster care." Same - sex couples getting married would indeed benefit these children who are in foster care because they would have a family and a place to call home. Although some people would argue that allowing these couples to adopt would be detrimental to the child then why deny them the right to be placed in a caring and loving household. Just because a same - sex couple adopts a child it does not lead the child to "depression, criminality, or drug abuse" as you have stated above. It can lead them to be caring and open minded instead of closed minded. Their is a video of a young man named Zach Wahls who speaks out on behalf of his lesbian parents and the strength of his family. This video shows how just because he was raised two parents of the same he turned into a very caring young man who is a successful college student. in a recent study published in Pediatrics it says, "A longitudinal study on June 7, 2010 found that children of lesbian mothers were rated higher than children of heterosexual parents in social and academic competence and had fewer social problems. A July 2010 study found that children of gay fathers were "as well-adjusted as those adopted by heterosexual parents." As Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein argues, "We should be begging gay couples to adopt children. We should see this as a great boom that gay marriage could bring to kids who need nothing more than two loving parents." If the two adults are loving and want to adopt then who are we as a society to stop them. That should be the only criteria for adoption and looking at if the couple is same - sex should be the farthest thing from their minds. Marriage between a man and a woman is institutional, but only because it has been that way for a long period of time. Who is not to say that in the future same - sex marriage (should it be universally accepted) be considered institutional? According to the same website, "Gay marriages can bring financial gain to state and local governments." This would not be a burden on businesses because if state and local governments saw a financial gain would not the businesses see that too? The site also shows, "The Comptroller for New York City found that legalizing gay marriage would bring $142 million to the city"s economy and $184 million to the state"s economy over three years." This would mean that for those places they would see a spike in their economy and over time the state would see an increase too. And to think all the states would have to do is allow same - sex couples to marry. Another thing is that It would not be a burden for them [businesses] for the fact that if they are already giving benefits to heterosexuals and their spouses then how hard is it to extend those to everyone. All in all same - sex marriage should be considered in the same way heterosexual marriage is and not defined by the gender of the people, but by how strong their love is. "Gay Marriage ProCon.org." ProConorg Headlines. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Oct. 2013. http://www.youtube.com...