Gay Marriage: Pros and Cons

As of July 17, 2013, gay marriage has been legalized in the following 13 states: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Washington, Maine, Maryland, California, Delaware, Rhode Island, and Minnesota. 35 states have gay marriage bans through either laws or constitutional amendments or both. The District of Columbia legalized same-sex marriage on Mar. 3, 2010. The issue however still remains highly controversial. Many people still disagree with the idea of same-sex marriage, but progressively more and more people are beginning to accept the idea. Opponents if same-sex marriage argue that altering the traditional definition of marriage as between a man and a woman will eventually lead to new ideas of marriage such as polygamous and interspecies marriages. Another argument is that it is religiously and morally wrong, however many people disagree. 

I believe that when people are born they don't choose their sexuality, if you are gay you were born that way. I don't believe that you just choose to like the same gender later on in your life, you were born the way you were born and that's who you are. With that being said, the belief that this is an abnormal condition and they can just change who they love doesn't make sense to me. Secondly, I don't believe it's fair to not allow two people who love each other legal recognition of their relationship. Many people argue that in religion, especially Christianity the bible states that it should be a mother and father; believing what I believe would be going against what the bible says. In reality however the bible also states that slavery is a natural condition. St. Paul said in the New Testament that "slaves be obedient to your masters" which is technically going against what we fought for in the civil war. Do we really want our future generations to believe that it is wrong to love who you love? It's unfair to deny something that can't be helped, we are America home of the brave and land of the free. So why can't we live up to our name?