Boston, Massachusetts

In Boston, Massachusetts there are debates going on about a ban for gay marriages. Massachusetts is currently the only state that legalizes gay marriage, but the people are protesting to have it banned. The amendment, if approved, will be going out on the ballets in 2008. "If the amendment makes it onto the ballot and voters approve it, it would leave Massachusetts' 8,000 existing gay marriages intact but ban any new ones." (Legislation to ban gay marriage kept alive; Massachusetts; Amendment gets first OK needed to be on '08 ballot.(News)." The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) (Jan 3, 2007): A4. Student Resource Center - Gold. Thomson Gale. Centennial High School (MD). 6 Jan. 2007). There have also been arguments on whether the already existing gay marriages, should have the same rights as other marriages such as health insurance or inheritance rights. The people, who disapprove of gay marriages, collected 120,000 signatures to put the bill on the ballet. "To advance to the next round, the amendment needed the approval of 50 of the 200 members of the Legislature. On Tuesday, 61 lawmakers voted in favor, while 132 were opposed. A few hours later, the lawmakers agreed to reconsider. But then they largely affirmed the original result, with 62 voting in favor of the amendment."(The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) (Jan 3, 2007): A4. Student Resource Center - Gold. Thomson Gale. Centennial High School (MD). 6 Jan. 2007).

This article makes me very sad. That people would be so discriminating that they would not want gays to have the same amount of happiness as everyone else. And that the vote only needs to be 25 percent. You would think that such an issue should deserve an equal likelihood of winning as loosing. But if the first vote went 11 votes over the required votes, its only going to gain in votes the next time. And for the people to want this amendment so much, it breaks the heart. Massachusetts must be a sanctuary for same sex marriages everywhere. How would all the straight people feel if gay people rebelled and collected signatures to ban regular marriage? They wouldn’t like that at all would they? So why do we insist on doing that to them. Why do we insist on splitting up the human race? Why must we make minority groups? And yes I know that most of the people in the world are straight, but that’s no reason for treating gays any different. Doesn’t the constitution talk about equality for ALL? And isn’t it kind of unconstitutional for us to be splitting up the U.S. in this way. And we don’t just determine our minorities by race and sexual preference. Dress, religion, backgrounds, records, attitude, these are all ways that we separate each other. So I don’t think any of us can call ourselves Americans if we can’t even act upon the laws that we, ourselves are making.



Szaniszlo, Marie. "1 step remains to put amendment on 2008 ballot.(News)." The Boston Herald (Jan 3, 2007): 004. Student Resource Center - Gold. Thomson Gale. Centennial High School (MD). 6 Jan. 2007 http://find.galenet.com/ips/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T004&prodId=IPS&docId=CJ156663807&source=gale&srcprod=SRCG&userGroupName=elli29753&version=1.0.

"Legislation to ban gay marriage kept alive; Massachusetts; Amendment gets first OK needed to be on '08 ballot.(News)." The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) (Jan 3, 2007): A4. Student Resource Center - Gold. Thomson Gale. Centennial High School (MD). 6 Jan. 2007 .