Persuasive Essay On Civil Rights
Imagine that you are not allowed to marry the love of your life because it’s illegal. Well that is how it is for many citizens of the United States wanting to marry someone of the same sex. I believe that it is a person’s right to choose who they marry even if it is of the same sex. I think it is essential to the growth of the community to have same sex marriage made legal. Same sex marriage is a civil right. The NAACP, on May, 2012, named same sex marriage as “one of the key civil rights struggles of our time.” Without this civil right we will be taking a large step backwards in the race to equality. If the group that was there for the largest civil rights movement in history is saying same sex marriage is a civil right than I would believe
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Adoption agencies make it very difficult for same sex couples to adopt children. If same sex marriage is made legal these agencies will be required by law to provide equal adoption process for every couple wanting to adopt. There are thousands of children in foster homes that just want a family that will love them and care for them. They don’t care if their parents are of the same sex. Also on a side note legalizing same sex marriage will help reduce the bullying some of these kids, with same sex parents, face because if it is accepted by law more kids will start to accept that this is reality and let it go. There are 397,122 children that are living in foster care. 101,666 of these children are eligible for adoption. There are over 390,000 legal same sex marriages in the United States. Even if only a quarter of these couples decide to adopt a child it could nearly put all of the eligible children into a permanent home. By legalizing same sex marriage in the United States it could dramatically reduce the number of children in foster care. Some might argue that marriage is for procreation and since same sex couples can not physically create a child they should not be allowed to marry. However in most cases the same sex couple will want to adopt a child that the different sex couples did not want. Some different sex couples cannot or do not want children therefore they are not
Adoption agencies make it very difficult for same sex couples to adopt children. If same sex marriage is made legal these agencies will be required by law to provide equal adoption process for every couple wanting to adopt. There are thousands of children in foster homes that just want a family that will love them and care for them. They don’t care if their parents are of the same sex. Also on a side note legalizing same sex marriage will help reduce the bullying some of these kids, with same sex parents, face because if it is accepted by law more kids will start to accept that this is reality and let it go. There are 397,122 children that are living in foster care. 101,666 of these children are eligible for adoption. There are over 390,000 legal same sex marriages in the United States. Even if only a quarter of these couples decide to adopt a child it could nearly put all of the eligible children into a permanent home. By legalizing same sex marriage in the United States it could dramatically reduce the number of children in foster care. Some might argue that marriage is for procreation and since same sex couples can not physically create a child they should not be allowed to marry. However in most cases the same sex couple will want to adopt a child that the different sex couples did not want. Some different sex couples cannot or do not want children therefore they are not