Rant (Gay Marriage)

(If anyone is interested. This is my gay marriage rant from my journal.)

Okay you want a rant? Here's a rant. I support gay marriage 100% and am willing to fight for it to be passed. The issue at hand is that the older generation believe marriage is a union between a man and a woman, and any change in that is wrong. They have lived in a society that has told them that their entire lives, and it is difficult for their opinions to be changed. This is completely understandable. It is difficult to accept change towards something that has been custom your entire life. But the way I see it is this: It is fine to have those feelings and opinions, but once your feelings and opinions begin to take away the happiness of another human being, it is wrong. Everyone born on this Earth is entitled to happiness, and to take that away from someone simply because you are uncomfortable with change, or don't view something as "right", is immoral and extremely cruel. To say homosexuals should not be allowed to marry is to say their happiness is of lesser value than that of a heterosexual person. If "all men are created equal" than this should not be the case. Allowing homosexuals to marry would not effect anyone but them. No one's life would be changed in any way. There is no reason that gay marriage should not be legalized.