Gay marriage

So I started writing my post on religion last night and we had a mouse incident and I got about a page in and realized I wanted to write a lot more so I'm saving religion and starting off with a topic that I still care a lot about. Gay Marriage.

America is a great country because the constitution gives citizens the right to do whatever they please as long as it doesn't interfere with someone else's freedom. In practice, this is far from what actually happens, there are many instances where people are not given a freedom they deserve.

Two people who want to marry, whatever their sex, can be married and not interfere with anyone else's rights. And by the Constitution, they should be able to do so.

The arguments against gay marriage do not stand up.

1. Homosexuality will diminish the sanctity of marriage.
Answer: Most of the time, people answer this by citing divorce rates among straight couples but that is really just icing on the cake. The real answer is that it doesn't matter, the right to decide who marries is not the job of the government or even the majority of citizens. The freedom to to anything which does not interfere with another's rights is how the law was mean to be interpreted.

2. Homosexuality is an abomination against god( it says so in the Bible)
This will be a similar argument. Just because many people are uncomfortable because of their religious beliefs, they can't deny them the right to marry in the eyes of the law.

But there are two sides to being free to recognize homosexuality. Individuals and institutions have the right to not recognize gay marriages. Non-governmental institutions have the right to condemn gay marriages until their blue in the face.

The idea of freedom is a pretty cool thing to think about. Two people can disagree about the exact same thing and both be right.