'Til Death Do Us Part or The Government Steps In And Forbids It

The really big headline in America right now is same sex marriage. The mayor of San Francisco feels that the California constitution doesn't say that same sex people cannot marry and people have lined up to get hitched. Governor Schwarzenegger has ordered the bureaucrats to stop immediately, but they refuse and are awaiting a judge's decision.

Many people, especially Republicans, are against the idea of same sex marriages. Currently, San Francisco and the states of Massachusetts and New Mexico are the only places in America that allow gay marriage. The president has just recently announced that he would back a gay marriage ban.

What is so wrong with gays marrying? Are heterosexuals inherently better suited to make marriage work? With divorce rates in this country currently at 60%, it certainly doesn't seem so.

When we look at the history of gay men in this country, gay marriage is a win-win situation. While I was studying for my first degree, in psychology, I was exposed to all manner of statistics. A recent international sex survey revealed that jewish men had the highest average number of sex partners over the course of a lifetime at nine. A study on the sexual habits of homosexual males revealed that a gay American male has an average of about 350 partners over the course of his lifetime. When you look at how AIDS exploded in the gay community and was originally considered a gay only disease before it spread to the heterosexual community through bisexuals, aren't these people being in monogamous relationships something that society would want?

Forward thinking countries such as France and Sweden have allowed same sex marriage for some time. There is no real justification for denying the homsexual community the right to marry and limit them to life partnerships. They should be entitled to all the benefits of marriage as they are tax paying, red blooded Americans just like everyone else. All eyes are turned to the election to see what exactly will come about in more ways than one.