Gay marriage should be legalized in the United States.

Rebuttals1) This argument is assuming marriage will hurt the socio-economic status of these gay couples. The reason here is the goverment should legalize this because it helps people. This premise is flawed on so many levels. Government making me pay no taxes would actually help me, but the state has no interest or reason to legalize SSM. The stats interests are in making procreative couples that can further the states interests. Homosexuals will never be able to create these procreative type unions therefore do not fulfill a reason to help people. If there is no reason too why do it?2) This premise will be refuted the same as above. The states interests are in procreative type unions, homosexuals cannot do this, therefore there is no reason to help them. A different analogy is the state would help everyone if they gave out free computers, but its not in their interests to do this. Why help people if there is no reason too?3) This is first assuming marriage is a right, and that marriage is fundamentally defined as anything. Before we can say this one must say what is marriage? If marriage is a right, but it is defined as a man and a woman, then no right is being debarred as the definition only applies to men and women. If Same Sex "Marriage" Doesn't exist then there is no discrimination. If marriage is not a right there is no breach of equal rights. In either scenario no discrimination is occurring. Even on Dictionary.com, marriage is defined as between a husband and a wife, and if you look those up, it always says FEMALE under wife and MALE under husband.4) You cannot compare race with homosexuality, that is absurd. No matter the race people can still procreate and fulfill states interests, gays cannot. This comparison fails on multiple logical levels. Then you cite that more people are in favor of SSM, this is not a reason to allow it. This is called the band wagon fallacy where the majority says more people agree with us therefore our views must be correct and must prevail. Majority opinion is not a reason to ban/allow something. If more people want to legalize murder, would you do it?The Gay movement want's equal rights when they aren't being discriminated against. 5) This argument pushes the fact marriage is abut love, which it is not. If marriage was about love the state would regulate any relationship that had love, your relationship with parents, girlfriends/boyfriends, etc. marriage is not about love. If anything no rule is being broken as homosexuals cannot procreate and therefore cannot fulfill states interests Is is breaking the golden rule if they are not allowed ot marry by the very nature of marriage and homosexual couples?What's the State's interest in marriage? Why is the state interested in marriage? Procreation and child rearing. The goal of marriages is to create an climate for procreation. So if you were wondering why the state gives benefits to heterosexual couples over homosexual ones, this is why. Only can a man and a woman create children, and or have a procreative type relationship. A common misconception is that marriage is about love. If marriage was about love the state would regulate any relationship that had love, your relationship with parents, girlfriends/boyfriends, etc. marriage is not about love. ConclusionThe state's intrest in marriage is procreation, in which homosexuals cannot do, thus there is no reason for the state to legalize it. [1] William C. Duncan, "The State Interests in Marriage" Ave Maria Law Review (2004)[2] Sherif Girgis, Robert P. George, and Ryan T. Anderson, "What is Marriage?" Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy[3] "One Man, One Woman: Defending Traditional Marriage" By Tim Hsiao, Florida State University.[4] "Same Sex marriage: Should it be legalized?" By Alexander Adams, Sandia Preparatory school [5] http://dictionary.reference.com...;[6]http://dictionary.reference.com...[7] http://marriagelawfoundation.org...