They way the issue on gay marriage is treated is sometimes jokingly, but this is a serious issue. Not allowing gay marriage can cause traumatic differences in the lives of many people in our country. American lawmakers should include gay marriage as an equal to heterosexual marriage.

Same sex marriage has divided our country in half. There are states that refuse to pass laws allowing same sex couples to marry and there are some states that were eager to make a change and difference in America. Massachusetts was the pioneer in this decision to allow gay marriage. They discovered that once the law was made, the fight ended. No anti-gay discriminates tried to have the law overturned or to keep fighting; they knew they had lost the war and now accepted gays as America now accepts African Americans (Lambda Legal). On the one year anniversary of establishing tolerance for same sex marriage many newspaper columnists were amazed at how no harm was done by the law.

Much of America still discriminates against gays. They do not allow them to marry their “soul mates” and to continue their homosexual ways. America, mostly being Christian, believes it is a sin to be homosexual. But, not everyone believes in and worships the same god so how can we discriminate against someone that doesn’t have the same beliefs as we do.

As a nation, will we support or damage the lifelong promise to take care of and be responsible for one another? When we support every type of lifelong commitment, everybody wins.