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Same Sex Marriage Amendment

Same Sex Marriage should be legalized in the United States. There are over 1,049 federal rights and also over 300 state rights (depending on what state) that couples receive when they become offical married of many of which are denied to people in civil unions. One of the most hypocritical statements in the constitution is that it specifically written that marriage is limited only between a man and women when it dictates equality of all genders. Obviously since the goverment has set up so many barriers against gay marriage its only logical that gay americans are also being treated as low-class citizens which was similiar to the time when people of different races could not marry in the U.S. Simply put, United States is a country that has devoted itself to equality and freedom, therefore, when the illegalization of gay marriage occurs, the government itself is encroaching upon the rights and freedoms of gay people that they themselves supposedly uphold......

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