ge is much more than merely a commitment to love one another. Aside from societial and religious conventions, marriage shows legally imposed financial responsibility and legally authorized financial benefits. Marriage provides automatic legal protections for the spouse, including medical visitation,succession of a deceased spouse's property, as well as pension and other rights. When two adults desire to "contract" in the eyes of the law, as well a perhaps promise in the eyes of a God and their friends and family, to be responsible for the obligations of marriage as well as to enjoy its benefits, should the law prohibit their request merely because they are of the same gender? My opinion of thissubject is like it sounds only my opinion but I intend to prove that because of Article IV of the United States Constitution and The Emancipation Proclamation there is no reason why the federal government nor any state government should restrict marriage to a predefined heterosexual relationship or not admitting them in the United States Military, but all this is not new. Ever since the beginning Homosexuals have been excluded from our society, giving them no equal protection underneath the large branch of the law. The Emancipation Proclamation gave freedom to blacks from slavery in the 1800's and women were given the freedoms reserved for males in the early 1900's with the women's suffrage movement. But everyone still knows the underlying feeling of nation in dealing with minorities and women, one of contempt and utter disgust. Hate crimes are still perpetrated to this day in this country, and most are unpublicized and "swept underneath the rug." The general public is just now dealing with the struggle of Homosexuals to gain rights in America, although this persecution is subtle, quiet and rarely ever seen to the naked eye or the general public.In a survey taken in 1990, the United States population on a whole is believed to consist of 13-15% Ho...
