I'm not having gay lunch.

I wanted to find something controversial yet interesting enough that I do not bore myself.  So I found this on one of friend’s statuses on Face book.  I am not against gay marriage and it does not bother me at all.  I am not indifferent to the matter, but I would not be one to go to a gay rights protest or something of the sort.  In my life I pretty much stay to myself, if I agree or if I disagree, I still just keep it to myself because it is my opinion.  But what I cannot understand is why some individuals are so against it?  Why does it matter what others decide in their life?  Why does it bother these individuals so much?  How some individuals would go out of their way to make it known that they do not care for same sex couples and marriage.  Essentially, I will be discussing gay marriage, why it should be allowed in the American society, analyzing why others disagree with it and how I care about the topic but at the same time, I do not care.  I hope that makes sense.  :D

In the United States there are only a handful of states that allow for same sex marriages.  Those states are Connecticut, Iowa Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont and Washington.  These states are located along the east coast of the United States and on are in the mid-west.  Why do these states allow it and the rest of the country does not?  I understand that this has to do with what the voters want and whether or not same sex would be banned.  The states that do allow this are bunched together with the exception of Iowa out in the middle by itself.  So the region that these states are in has to be taken into account.  This only brings about more questions.

When it comes to this issue, do men and women think alike?  Are men just more homophobic than women or vice versa?  I think that the choices and thought process that these individuals have or go through have to do with the region of the United States that they are from.  Down south, in the areas like Texas and Georgia, I think that they would be most against the thought of gay marriage.  This is in correlation with another controversial issue, religion.  Many people that I have been in contact with, (Face book friend poll) that I have posed this question to all say nearly the same thing.  Many of them argue that it is a religious rite, not a civil right.  A marriage is sacred and is a sacrament.  While the other halves, who seem to believe in the power of love, say that marriage is a civil right for all individuals to enjoy.

In retrospect, I would be one of those people who think that marriage should be allowed for anyone who wants it.  The rhetoric around this topic argues against same sex marriage.  It is noted by the other 45 states that ban gay marriage.  I also understand that people are scared of what they do not understand.  A psychological matter.  So I guess we are going to afraid all of existence because people are so close minded. They do not want to understand.  Maybe it is like in class as professor Robin said with people having separate magesterioums.  But regardless of what others may state, I want to say that I am indifferent to the whole issue.  I am a heterosexual being and I am not against homosexuality.