Marcus+Perez

**A Narrow-Minded Nation ** ====//[|Marcus Perez] is a senior at [|Eldorado High School] //==== February 14, 2013

 Years ago, before my time, it was against, not only the law, but against people’s views for people of different races to date and even get married. People thought that dating and marrying a person of a different race was an abomination and were completely against it. That caused some major disputes, both physical and verbal, between those for and against interracial marriages. In 1967, the Supreme Court made a decision that deemed anti-miscegenation laws (laws that enforced racial segregation of the marriage and relationship level of interracial couples) unconstitutional. Today America faces the same thing with same sex-marriage.  I strongly believe that same sex marriage should be legal, not only because I am gay, but because I believe that everyone is entitled to their own equality and happiness. A very big reason why people would be against same-sex marriage would be religion. The Bible states that “If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them. - Leviticus 20:13”; awkward to say, but I've never seen anyone put to death for being a homosexual in the last, well ever. This and other verses stated in the Bible talk about homosexuality and people perceiving it as an abomination where the homosexual in question should be denied any peace or life, but it’s how these statements are taken in by narrowed-minded people that it gets the way it's translated today. It’s those part-time Catholics that bring these verses out of a book that was written hundreds of years ago that was revised and rewritten over time and time again when the topic of same sex marriage is brought up because they have a narrow way of thinking and only want to deny the rights to gays because they are prejudice of their kind. It isn't the matter of religion for most, but that they just dislike gays in general.  This brings me to what I believe is the main reason of why same-sex marriage has not been made equal as heterosexual marriage, narrow-minded people. Ask a guy what he thinks about two men being together and he would probably have some rude remarks about it, but ask him what he thinks about two women being together and he would probably enjoy talking about that subject of same-sex interactions. It’s the way that people feel about the subject and the way they feel about those involved. Do I think that same-sex marriage will be equal all over the US? Yes, I do, but only if people get passed their narrow-mindedness and actually start to think with their heads.


 * The Pursuit of Happiness:Gay and Lesbian Marriage //Should there be a constitutional amendment that //

//allows gays and lesbians to legally marry? //
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 * **DEBATERS: ** ||  ||
 * Moving Forward to Gay Marriage //Gabby Dominguez, ////senior student at [|Eldorado High School.] // || [[image:ehseaglesenglish/gaby.jpg width="192" height="144" link="ehseaglesenglish/Gabriela Dominguez"]] ||
 * Its A Traditon, Why Change It? //Diego Sanchez, senior ////<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"> at [|Eldorado High school]. // || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">[[image:ehseaglesenglish/Diego photo.jpg link="ehseaglesenglish/Diego Sanchez"]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Marriage: Love is Love //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Alex McMayon, active dual credit senior at [|Eldorado High School]. // || [[image:ehseaglesenglish/mee.jpg]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Gay Marriage is An Abomination //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blaine Mitchell, dual credit and honors student at [|Eldorado High School]. // || [[image:ehseaglesenglish/Blaine.jpg width="167" height="216"]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Broken Pursuit of Happiness //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chasity Willis, senior at [|Eldorado High School]. // || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">[[image:ehseaglesenglish/my pic.jpg width="175" height="217"]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wheres The Emotion In Marriage? //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Robin Hibbs, student at [|Eldorado High School.] // || [[image:ehseaglesenglish/meee.jpg width="195" height="195"]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Forgotten Commandment <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: left;">//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jessica Pasillas is a dual credit senior at [|Eldorado High School]. //