Same Sex Marriage

Same sex marriage has always been a problem in our country. Many people against same sex marriage say that equating it with opposite-sex marriage changes the meaning of marriage and its traditions, but exactly what does marriage mean today. With people choosing to just cohabitate rather than get married it’s really doesn’t seem like that much of a tradition anymore. Marriage was once thought of as a binding commitment to another person in sickness and in health, and until death do you part. Although those are still the vows taken when you are married it’s really not as big a deal as before. I mean people get divorces all the time, and divorcing someone isn’t until death does you part. But in today’s society not many people care about the meaning and traditions of marriage. So why is it such a problem for two people of the same sex who love each other and want to take those same vows of in sickness and in health, until death do them part, to get married? James Dobson, in Marriage Under Fire and elsewhere says that same-sex marriage would redefine the family, damage traditional family unions, and lead to an increase in the number of homosexual couples, but a study done by the American Anthropological Association supports the conclusion that a vast array of family types, including families built upon same-sex partnerships, can contribute to stable and humane societies. I know that what I think really doesn’t matter but the traditions of marriage have changed a lot over time from woman being ruled by their husbands to interracial marriages being accepted, and if people can accept those changes to the tradition of marriage then why can’t two people who love each other and want to be married get married no matter what gender they are?