Instead, give gay and straight couples alike the same license, a certificate confirming them as a family, and call it a civil union -- anything, really, other than marriage. For people who feel the word marriage is important, the next stop after the courthouse could be the church, where they could bless their union with all the religious ceremony they wanted. Religions would lose nothing of their role in sanctioning the kinds of unions that they find in keeping with their tenets. And for nonbelievers and those who find the word marriage less important, the civil-union license issued by the state would be all they needed to unlock the benefits reserved in most states and in federal law for married couples (Lindeberger 2009).

Conclusion

In conclusion, having same sex marriage will only become more beneficial to this country because it will lead to peace of mind for gay couples, considering they live in a free land. Presenting the solutions in the paper, and putting them in use, gay couples can provide a stable home for a child and themselves. Unfortunately, there are people who believe marriage should be between a man and a woman, which makes the government and states provide strict guidelines. However, part of the solution is take...

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