Gay Marriage at the Court!

I am not a constitutional scholar. Most of us aren't. I'm not a legal eagle, most of us aren't, but these arguments against Same Sex Marriage seem to be very weak tea. Simple common sense seems like a useful tool to knock them down.

If society decides that marriage is good for society and individuals, then what rationale can you use to deny any group of individuals the right to marry? We have all agreed as per our constitution that people should be treated equally by the laws of the land.

So every individual should have the right to marry, no matter what persuasion, economic station, etc. Any argument against equal treatment seems to just be discrimination and prejudice, plain and simple.

It has been astonishing and gratifying to watch how quickly Gay Rights and Marriage Equality has been accepted by the majority of the population. It wasn't that long ago when Gay men and woman had to hide "in the closet." They were persecuted, criminalized, treated with electro-shock, ostracized, beaten, discriminated against.

I think of Allen Ginsburg, Tennessee Williams, James Baldwin and can't really understand what prejudice and oppression they must have felt in their lives. Those early Gay Rights Advocates who came out of the closet and declared themselves "loud and proud" really did us all a great service.

I think most of us realized that being Gay was not some kind of choice, or moral failure, some people are different, and that's a beautiful thing. And we should all celebrate and embrace each other. And marriage, sure why not?