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Day 4 - Moving Forward

"30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS" 
Day 4: Just Go with It or Go Against It?
Some countries legalize same sex marriage. Which is your stand,
Just go with it or go against?

         Go with it. Why the hell not? As my father likes to point out, everyone should be equally miserable in marriage, whether gay or straight. I think he has a point. To get technical with the topic, I examined it from three perspectives - anthropology, psychology, and regular, literal old me.

         Anthropologically speaking, marriage is simply a social/economical contract first created for two families to maintain property or to help warring factions to try and come together to solve their differences peacefully. This is more of a merge than the romantic notion of marriage. Actually picking ones partner for life is a relatively new concept. Usually, the head of the family would choose a spouse for the child/grandchild/niece/nephew.

         Psychologically speaking, marriage carries with it a certain societal status. Marriage equals acceptance. Acceptance as a whole can go a long way into improving a person's mental capacity, especially in times of distress. Unfortunately, homosexual individuals have a higher chance of dying from disease. Not because of risky behavior; because family and friends ostracize them once they come. Having a legal stance in their favor to be a step forward to having more community acceptance.

         Literally, why would you do it even if you could? There's such a high failure rate to marriage. Divorce is almost inevitable, and has little to do with the relationship between two people. Love is love. Registering with the state to signify that love has a high percentage rate of killing it. Will same sex marriage become legal in the United States? Yes, and soon. It should - there's not two-ways about it. But is it the best thing that can happen for GLBT rights? Probably not. I think the bigger question is why people, as a whole, can't be more accepting.

         We should be able to move forward - as a community, as a country, and as fellow human beings. Acceptance. Love. Peace. Sounds like crunchy granola, but really, it's a good thing.