Great essay...but, your stats seem off to me. Only 26 percent are living with married parents? 25 percent with single moms? Half of marriages end up in divorce? References would be nice...

I find it wonderful that so many are in favor for this. Living where i do, I don't see many gay people. And i do think if i saw two same sex people making out i would be more disturbed than if it was two opposite sex. I believe and hope though that more people will excpet gay people. And that my children will grow up in a place where seeing gay people together is normal.

aite i am aware that i'm a billion years late on finding and reviewing this but i'm not an essay person. that being said, i liked this. great job

You make a very good point. But even before i read this, i supported gays. i hav a gay fwend. and he has a boyfwend. and i dont noe wat it is, but its so sweet how they both are together. so, if u were ever in a campainge, I'd support u. i hope all the other people change their minds...

yes, I agre. very much.
Lee

I agree, Love and...agree!

This is a brilliant essay, you make several very good points and I agree with you entirely.

very nice essay (:
im a very big Christian, but i have no problem with gays
but what i wanted to say was, not only the fact that its against the bible (and i know knot everything the bible says is true), but do you really need a certificate to prove who you love? I apply that for marriage in general.

Thank you so much for making such a compelling argument, far better than what I could have done. The government makes me sick, denying people their rights on account of who they love. I have an uncle, an aunt, and a best friend who are all homosexuals and it breaks my heart to know that they are denied one of the simplest rights of all. Hopefully, this will change in the future.

I love this essay! I usually don't read essay's on fictionpress, but this caught my eye immediately.

I grew up in a very liberal open minded family in all aspects. I'm a lesbian and it's no big deal with my family at all. My mother notices when a girl checks me out more than I do...haha! Well, I live in Massachusetts so most of the population is acceptant of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and trans-gender.

It kind of sucks that I'd have to stay in Massachusetts to get married to a woman, but I believe by the time I'm 25 more states will have legalized marriage of the same sex.

I'm definably faving your essay.

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I agree with you that homosexuals should be given all the privileges of others, but I still find the ides rather disturbing. Sorry, I'm just stating my views.

thank you so much for posting this. i'm lesbian and a girl i'm interested in (hasn't gone anywhere yet) we were talking about this and it means so much that you say this stuff. you're correct, it isn't fair. thank you again.

xoxo and all that jazz

Velvet

even though i disagree, i still gotta give it to ya, this is the most succesful essay on fictionpress ever

Very nicely written, and all too true! Who does it matter who we fall in love with, isn't it the love that counts? And shouldn't we be allowed to let homosexuals get married?
Very, very good. :D Hope it makes people think twice.

Very well-written! I applaud you, both for the technical aspects of your writing and your thinking.

I really like the point you're making in your second-to-last paragraph (the one about what a "normal" family is these days). However, as at least one person pointed out earlier, it would be nice to know where you grabbed your numbers from. It seems unlikely to me that 25% of children are living with single mothers, 26% are living with both (married) parents, and 49% are living in some other situation. Certainly, some of those 49% would be living with single fathers and some would be orphans, but 49% seems an AWFULLY large number to me! Where did you pull these facts from? Given the popularity of this essay, it might be beneficial if you hunted around and updated these numbers. I don't think it'd change your overall results much at all, but it would shut people up! :)

Thanks for the read!
--Ruatha