What is Marriage - Same Sex Marriages Be Allowed!

There is so much controversy over same-sex marriages. Many people feel it is very wrong, a mortal sin, to allow a man or woman to marry someone of their own sex. I had to ask myself what I felt about a union between same sex couples.

When I first asked myself how I felt about allowing gays to get married, I would have said "No. Marriage is a union between a male and female."

However, that is not true. Marriage is about joining with the one you love, making the commitment to each other. To love, honor and cherish them for the rest of your lives, that is marriage. It is not a man marring a woman, but two people madly in love, that want to stand in front of their friends and family and say "Yes, I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

So, I asked myself again. Is same-sex marriage a sin? In all honesty, I had to admit it is not a sin. I have many friends that are gay, and I think of them as I write this article, and I also think about my own marriage.

Unlike me, they can not share that experience. I been married twice, both to the same man, and each time was in front of my family and friends.

We are depriving gays of that opportunity. They sacrifice so much for each other already. I have the privilege of baring my husband children. They can not do that, nor will they ever have the ability to bare the others child.

When I get sick, or my husband gets sick, we can make medical decisions for each other because we are married, but they can not do that for each other. Decisions like that fall back onto the parents to make.

Yet, the one thing they want is to say "I Do". Are we such a biased nation that we would deny someone the right to commit a life together? Do we deny them the right to love, honor, and cherish each other all because marriage is seen as a union between a man and woman, instead of two people in love?

In all honesty, it is just a peace of paper. If getting married was such a bid deal, than why do we allow people to get divorced.