Federal Marriage Amendment
Today, many gay couples are denied the right to have same sex marriage. As a result gay people are faced with civil rights issues that have nothing whatever to do with the ecclesiastical origins of marriage; they are excluded from the state constitutional rights that only legal married couples can enjoy. ... Since then, many gay activists are working towards legalizing gay marriage in several states. Many politicians along with the older generations of American who were taught that homosexuality is a sin, feel that same-sex marriage would threaten the institution of marriage. They came up with the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) to banned same sex marriage. The FMA clearly states, “Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution or the constitution of any state, nor state or federal law, shall be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups” (Bork 1). There shouldnt be a constitutional definition of marriage. ... Yet when people are asked how they feel about gay marriage? The result showed that 55 percent of Americans opposed to gay marriage, while 37 percent support it. However, those who are opposed to the same sex marriage idea don’t think that we should ban it. Unfortunately, in the MSNBC our own president deliberately said that the definition of marriage is a union between a man and a women and he feels that gay marriage is a sin and it is morally wrong. ... Pham who practice Buddhism said that her religion celebrate gay relationships freely and would like to legalize same sex marriage. ... The Federal Marriage Amendment is clearly discrimination towards homosexuality. To argued that marriage should only be a union of a man and a woman is more like an expression of prejudice than any kind of a real argument. ... With this in mind, the Republicans are exploiting that homosexual marriages would threaten the institution of marriage, which is why they are using the FMA as an excuse for their private agendas. ... I think that there shouldn’t necessarily be a federal policy in this area”, said president Cheney.