Gay marriage: fundamental right or sin?

 I understand that a lot of you won't share the same opinion I have of this issue because of your religious beliefs. I profoundly understand and respect that, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I just ask that you try and be as open-minded is possible, I personally support gay marriage.

Earlier this year, president Obama announced that, after a lot of deliberation with family members and close friends, he had come to the conclusion that he personally believes that same-sex couples should be able to get married. Making him the first president to have ever endorse gay marriage . The controversy over gay marriage has become highly publicized. However, this issue is not a new debate. Society has voiced it's opinion on the subject for many years but just like the president many people are evolving from the idea. Even, though we are gradually learning to except gay couples; there's a lot that needs to be done in order for us to discharge the issue. Gay couples should be entitled to the same marriage rights as straight couples. A lot of people indicate that a marriage should "only" be between a man and woman, but wait? I thought marriage was about "two" people that love each other and want to create a future together. What do I know??I'm only a naive teenager! What I do know is that LGTBQ will not give up without a fight, so banning gay marriage isn't going to make the issue disappear. President Obama always felt that gays and lesbians should be treated equally and fairly, but now that he became public on the issue I really hope that people would think on the issue with more compassion. Many argue that the announcement may affect people decision when their placing their votes on November." A democratic senator who supports Obama's re-election as well as gay marriage told yahoo news that the president could face "significant electoral risk". But, later on the article states that the president as well the people are more interested in the economy, increasing the job rate, and ending the war in Afghanistan. Matter of fact, a narrow majority of 50 percent favored making it legal, with only 48 percent against it,( Yahoo news). One thing for sure republican candidate Mitt Romney will be using this as a way to target the president especially since he doesn't approve of same-sex marriage.

Now,my question to you guys is -Do you think same-sex marriage should be legal? Why or why not?


http://www.npr.org/2012/05/10/152431577/romneys-views-on-gay-marriage-also-evolving

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-supports-gay-marriage-affect-election-campaign-185836746.html