Christianity and Islam have negative opinions regarding same sex marriage (Pew Research Center’s Religion & Public Life Project, 2019). People who are apart of these religions say it is offensive to their beliefs to allow homosexuals to marry however the argument opposing this is that it doesn’t affect them directly like it does to people being denied marriage. Scientific views are based on science and there has not been any evidence that homosexuality is a disease or genetic disorder as claimed by those against homosexual marriage, instead they recognise it as a sexual orientation (ScienceDaily, 2019). Therefore all arguments that claim it is a disease or disorder are false as of now and hold no credibility regarding a scientific view.

The issue of same sex marriage has affected many people. There is an estimation that 23% of the worlds population is homosexual, that means there is 23% of the world population being denied the rights to marriage (Black, 2019). For Andrew Sullivan, growing up as a homosexual was difficult as his future of not being able to have a family was impacting on his mentality. “But I figured then that I had no such future. I could never have a marriage, never have a family, never be a full and equal part of the weddings and relationships and holidays that give families structure and meaning.” (TIME.com, 2019). This is how same sex marriage bans have affected homosexual people as they don’t get to grow up and experience the life that heterosexual people do. Another example of the difficulty that people go through is with a young 19 year old in India who commited suicide after being ridiculed for being homosexual. On a facebook post he said, “Everyone knows I am a boy. But the way I walk, think and talk is like a girl. People in India do not like that, please do not blame my family. Help them. We are poor. I love my mom, dad and sister. I thank them for supporting me. It is not my fault that I was born gay,” (Desk, 2019). This example shows the impact from being treated differently, that the laws around homosexuality seperate them as a minority and lead to discrimination because they aren’t the same as traditonal couples.

To conclude, my opinion on this issue is that yes, same sex marriage should be al