Marriage. Again.

So North Carolina's Amendment 1 passed. If you don't know what it is, it's supposed to say that "real marriage" is between a man and a woman, but it's so loosely worded that it takes legal status away from other types of domestic partnerships, including unmarried heterosexual couples. That means that they can't file for domestic violence, they don't have hospital visitation rights, they don't have a say in financial matters if their partner is unconscious, and they don't have a say in what happens if their partner dies.

I know it's an issue that's talked about a LOT, and I've already talked about this, but I wanted to put my side of things into it, because I have some thoughts that I haven't heard anyone else say. And as a disclaimer, "gay" includes everything under the LGBTQ spectrum, just because it uses less letters.

Let's begin.

First of all, the number one reason why I think that gay marriage should be legal everywhere is because people are people. That's it. Being sexually attracted to people of the same sex is not their fault, and it is a common misconception that it's a life choice. People are born gay. It's not a gene, it's not a disease, and it's not a choice. You can't catch homosexuality the same way you can't catch perfect eyesight. It's just something you're born with.

Another reason why I fully support gay marriage is because a person is still a person. Marriage is defined in the dictionary as "the legal or religious ceremony that formalizes the decision of two people to live as a married couple, including the accompanying social festivities." Two people is very general. That means everyone, because everyone is a person. That's just how it is.

One reason why I can't understand why people want to make it illegal is that even if it goes against the bible, why is it your business whether or not they go to hell? Besides, if you did "save" them, you'd have a "disgusting pervert" in your heaven. Why would you want that?

Also, why do you want to prevent them from getting married? Marriage should be a right, not a privilege, especially because letting them get married isn't going to prevent straight couples from getting married. It just means that everyone can get married.

Remember when black people couldn't marry white people? It's kinda like that; in 20 years, people will think that it's just a normal thing that's a basic right. I don't understand why people are blowing this up so much. It's not doing any harm to anyone.

It doesn't matter if it's because they can't physically give birth to their own child. The world is overpopulated already (which is also my argument for abortion rights), especially the U.S., and there are plenty of children in orphanages that need a good home. Again, they can't catch sexuality, so they can be straight with gay parents. It happens all the time.

Also, the divorce rate of homosexual couples in the UK was less than one percent within 30 months of legalization. It'll probably rise as more gay marriages happen, but compare what has been done so far with the 50 percent divorce rate of heterosexual couples. And that's just first marriages. 67 percent of second marriages and 74 percent of third marriages end in divorce.

I personally think it's better to live a long, happy relationship with the one you love than to lie to yourself and marry someone you don't love just to prove your sexuality. It's not a crime to be gay. Unfortunately, it's trying to be made a crime to get married if you're gay, which is the issue at hand here.

Obama said last week that he supports gay marriage, which makes me love him even more. He's such a beautiful man, in all respects. I have a picture of him pinned up on my wall that I look at every morning to inspire me.

So that's about it.