Same Sex Marriage

In my opinion, there is really no reason to deny people of the same gender to be married. The arguments against it center around religion, unnatural, and parenting. Religious Some argue that it goes against God to let same sex couples get married. This argument is a farce because whether or not there is a god, no one on earth can know what he/she believes. The bible only talks about homosexuality once in the OLD testament and Jesus never touched the subject. Even so, the church does not run our country nor should it. The founding fathers of USA did not like how all of Europe had the government and church intertwined. Many have stated that it would destroy the sanctity of marriage. In what way would someone's marriage be put in jeopardy by two people of the same gender being married? there is not one single right or privileged that would be lost (except for bragging rights). Those people should me more worried about divorce, "till death do you part, or until you two get bored with each other" Another important note to make is that marriage is not strictly a religious pact. When two people are married there are several thousand legal things that happen from name changes to tax benefits. Denying same sex couples from receiving these benefits to me is like saying African Americans should not be allowed to marry Caucasians. Unnatural? Many have said that homosexuality is unnatural and they apparently do not know the definition of unnatural (Not existing in nature; artificial.) There are at least 12 different species that occasionally involve themselves in homosexual activity. So this argument against homosexuality is disprove. Others also have argued that no society has ever accepted homosexuality or same sex marriage. Well not entirely. Homosexuality was very common in ancient Rome, and was seldom looked down upon. It is unclear if they had same sex marriages, but several cultures throuought history have had a sacred life long bond not unlike marriage between members of the same gender. Parenting The last argument that I will touch on is the belief that same sex couples can not effectively raise children. This is not true at all. Several recent studies have shown that there is no evidence that same sex couples make bad parents. These studies have also shown that there is no correlation between the sexual orientation of the children, meaning that children raised by same sex couples do NOT have a higher chance of being gay in the future. Interestingly, some of the studies show that children raised by same sex couples on average perform better in school then those raised by heterosexual parents. You need to also keep in mind that this is in spite of the high risk of bullying toward children of same sex parents that occur in our schools. For all those who believe that same sex couples should not be allowed to adopt because they can not give the benefits that heterosexual couples can give, I ask you should single parents be denied the ability to adopt? or widows/widowers? In Conclusion I have yet to hear a single argument against allowing same sex couples from being married. Religious reasons should not matter because we are not a Christian only society. It is something that is found in nature and as a result is not unnatural by definition. Same sex couples make just as good parents as heterosexual couples so denying this to people makes no sense. If someone can give me a logical, non-bias argument against same sex marriage, perhaps I could be persuaded, but unlikely.