Robin+Hibbs

**Where's the Emotion in marriage? **
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//[|Robin Hibbs] is a student at Eldorado High School. Robin Hibbs is a supporter of The National Association of the deaf, Locks of Love and is a member of The National Honors Society as well as appreciation president of the Texas association of Future Educators (Schleicher County chapter). // February 14, 2013

= = Nine states in America have legalized gay marriage. There is obviously reasoning behind this, and I believe the reason is that men (and woman alike) have finally seen the meaning behind the "immortal declaration". The "immortal declaration" (in the declaration of independence) has been called immortal because at one point in time it has been used by all Americans after the declaration of independence was created. "All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." If you do not agree with this then you do not agree with Thomas Jefferson, one of our forefathers and the very man that wrote the declaration of independence! A man is innocent until proven guilty and is given the rights of a free man until his crime has been proven. Now allow me to ask the question of what any homosexual man or woman has done? Many have done the same crimes that any normal heterosexual person have: This is because there is only one difference between a heterosexual and homosexual human, and that is their preference of who they fall asleep beside at night. If an innocent homosexual person is indeed truly innocent then why are others fighting to take away one of the many rights given to all men and women? Yes, the right to marry. Americans do have to go through a legal process to get married, and this process does involve the government. The pursuit of happiness does not always mean that you will be a happy person with the decisions that you have made, or that there will not be ramifications but you are allowed the pursuit or in other words you have the right to search for happiness. Happiness can widely be described as a paid off home with a spouse and children. Obviously two members of the same gender cannot physically bore their own children with both sets of DNA but they CAN physically marry. Why take away something that they can actually physically do? On the religious aspect it is said that a man and woman shall lay together not two men or women, but what has to be taken into consideration is that not only has America been built on diversity (this does include religious diversity) but when going into Christianity if homosexuality is considered a sin then it would just be yet another sin. God created us in his image but he did not make us perfect. He gave us free will and he knew that we would sin. That is why we pray for forgiveness because we were made with the ability to sin. It just depends on what people still consider a sin. More often than not Christians see homosexuality as a sin, and the main reason behind this is that sodomy is widely considered a sin. The thing about this is that marriage does not always have the aspect of sexual desires it is an emotional bond. Don't make marriage only a sexual thing. I believe that if someone is innocent then others should not worry about what they do in the privacy (that they are legally allowed) of their own home. It was said that God made man and woman to populate the earth."As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it." Genesis 9:7. This I do agree with. It is impossible with current technology for two people of the same gender to repopulate, but perhaps in our time it is appropriate to allow a decrease in numbers. Is the world not over populated by now? There is so much overcrowding and orphaned children that do not get adopted. If we allow gay people to marry then soon they will want children and may try to go through the adoption process. Both of my biological parents were adopted so I do know the struggle they had to go through to be in a foster home. My mother says that she was happy to have gotten out of that situation at a fairly young age because it simply was not a home it was more or less a hotel. You get to stay, you get food, and you get taken care of but you do not feel the love of a mother or father. I personally have grown up without a true father by my side. My mother re-married after my fathers death so I did have a step-father and in many ways he does feel like my biological father, but I never have called him dad. Growing up a child does not need someone to call mom AND someone to call dad. In my case I grew up with mom and Rick, not mom and dad. Who is to say that a child will have it any harder (or easier for that matter) if they have two dads, or two mothers? Traditionally there is a figure that is more masculine and a more feminine guardian. In almost every relationship that I have seen (yes, even homosexual relationships) there has been a feminine and masculine role. Even in homosexual relationships there is a figure that takes on the more masculine role and someone that fits into the more feminine. Every person is different when they are around different people. For some this change is miniscule and is not even noticed by the person making the change, but when you find someone you love enough to marry you tend to change for the better around them. A marriage will either strengthen a relationship or kill it completely. Either option would get someone happy. If it passes then both people in the marriage will be happy, along with all those supporting them, and if it fails then it will be a relationship that those against homosexual marriage will no-longer have to see. There is no big health risk in homosexuality unless you hold yourself back. Holding in your emotions is thoroughly unhealthy and many homosexual individuals do not want to admit that they are gay because of these extremists that go so far out of their way to exclude homosexuals from everyday life. I thoroughly respect the decisions of the states that have legalized homosexual marriage. I respect them because they do not show any bias towards any race, gender, religion, or sexuality. This world was created as an equal place so why not treat every man and woman as they truly are: Equal! A bias is a terrible thing, but while everyone does have a bias and a favored direction to follow no one should be judged for the choices that they make. Sexuality should have nothing to do with ability to marry. This only creates further turmoil between states that have and have not legalized gay marriage. One of the many reasons for the civil war was a disagreement over slavery. Some people believed that slaves deserved rights like voting and owning their own land while others believed that their rights were to be taken away because they seemed different. This sounds eerily familiar does it not? There is an argument between states that have legalized gay marriage and those that oppose it. Those that oppose it believe that homosexuals should not marry for the simple fact that they think it is different. This is the same story as slavery but put into less rash conditions. There is no physical differences usually from a gay person and a heterosexual person. One cannot tell the difference until told or until they get to know the gay man or woman. The difference you ask? There is no major difference.

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

//allows gays and lesbians to legally marry? //
||  || //Gabby Dominguez, ////senior student at [|Eldorado High School.] // ||  || //Diego Sanchez, senior at [|Eldorado High school].// || || //Alex McMayon, active dual credit senior at [|Eldorado High School].// || || //Blaine Mitchell, dual credit and honors student at [|Eldorado High School].// || || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">//[|Jessica Pasillas] is a dual credit senior at [|Eldorado High School].// || || <span style="display: block; font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">//Marcus Perez, senior at [|Eldorado High School].// || ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">DEBATERS: ** ||  ||
 * ==<span style="display: block; font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Moving Forward to Gay Marriage ==
 * ==<span style="display: block; font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Its A Tradition, Why Change It? ==
 * ==<span style="display: block; font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Marriage: Love is Love ==
 * ==<span style="display: block; font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Gay Marriage is An Abomination ==
 * ==<span style="display: block; font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Broken Pursuit of Happiness //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5;">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="182" height="238"]] ||
 * ==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">The Forgotten Commandment ==
 * ==<span style="display: block; font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Narrow Minded Nation ==