Same sex marriage should be allowed

Also myself, my argument, and general view point are not "ignorant" like Cons opinion of a previous debater, and examples of discrimination in law are perfectly sound arguments when we are debating something that a large group of people feel is discriminatory within the law. Always A Man And WomanFirstly, Con asserts that "marriage meant to be between a man and a woman". Con has stated this, however, not backed this up with any source. I put it forward that Con is blatantly wrong, for the following reasons. Same-sex marriage dates as far back as ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, recognition of it in western culture dates back to the early middle ages and polygamist marriages date back to before recorded history. Modern religions may put forward that marriage has always been between ONE MAN, and ONE WOMAN, but this is just simply not true, they are lying as shown. It has been between a man and man, a woman and woman, or even a man and many women. So, having same-sex marriages now is no change, at all. The Law and DiscriminationWe strive to live in a relatively free and peaceful society, with the maximum amount of freedom and happiness. We accept that this can only be possible if we give up a small percentage of our liberty and freedom and obey laws so that we may be safer. We are allowed to do tasks until they are shown and proven to do harm, not the other way about. If it was the other way about we would be allowed to do nothing apart from what was specifically stated in law. That isn't the way it works. We are given the freedom to do anything except which we have come to learn creates harm, and those things get legislated on and become illegal. The law as it is, needs to follow a burden of proof scenario. Things need to have a reason to be illegal, or they should not be illegal. I feel that any laws legislating against same-sex marriage fail to ever meet that burden of proof. It is for these reasons we have laws on marriage surrounding for example, age. It would be wrong to marry someone who isn't of an age where they could fully understand and agree to the contract of marriage with an appropriate level of understanding. Comparison to other discriminationsCon also states that "And NO! IT is NOT the same thing as racial profiling! " and "Bringing race into this or other ethnic groups is twisting the topic. I will clarify the analogy further. We used to live in a world where slavery was common practice the world over. Over time we came to realise that this was wrong, and slavery has widely been abolished in many modern countries and the slave trade has fallen dramatically. We have changed this because we realise that owning slaves causes harm to people, and harm should be illegal where ever possible. We also used to live in a world where we discriminated against skin colours within law, they did not share the same marriage laws etc. We now realise this was because of nothing other than prejudice, and thus it has been changed. The same is true of same sex marriage, there is no reason to disallow it and therefore it should be allowed. Reasons To AllowI would also like to point out that, to ban same-sex marriage actually creates harm. This helps incite anti-gay hatred, because it makes people think that its ok to treat them differently. It also gives an unjust legal system as it stops any gay couple from having the same legal backing that a married couple is entitled to. In the UK for example, there are 3000 laws with the word marriage or married in it, and none of these laws are covered for any types of civil partnership. Allowing marriage to be between same-gender couples helps legally protect them if anything happens. By taking this legal protection away purely from discrimination, causes harm, and therefore should not be allowed to happen. The God ArguementI will also argue that marriage is a legal contract, it predates the religion that Con refers to and is not guverned by this religion. It is a seperate thing, and religious grounds should not define marriage laws. Con states "GOD made EVE for Adam, not STEVE! So yes, I find Homosexual marriage a straight insult to GOD"If you want to state this, please backup with proof that God exists, with proof that God does not want same-sex marriage, and that God is infact insulted by this, otherwise this is an invalid arguement.