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Should Gay Marriage Be Treated Equal?

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Have you ever wonder how it felt to have a partner for 30 years, but according to the law, you are not a family member? Has your partner been sick and you could not make any decisions regarding their health, because you are not family? Also, this person for whom you have shared your life with cannot and will not qualify for health insurance as a spouse? Hospitals cannot legally allow gay partners to receive medical information about their condition without it being a blood relative. These are all just some of the difficulties that gay people have encountered for many years. We as heterosexual people do not encounter these problems and take it for granted that everybody is and should be treated equal. It is an issue about equal rights. Gay marriage is a reality, it is just that society needs to be accepting and force laws to change. Just think about this, there are approximately eight million adults that are either gay, lesbian or bisexual and compromise about three and half percent of the adult population (Gates, 2011)

Gay married should be legalized for many reasons. It would help the gay couples out economically, because they would be able to have insurance for their spouse. The couple would also be able to file taxes as a legal couple, married couples have better tax incentives (Marriage Bonus) and deductibles than do single couples. Not to mention that these couples could make decision for each other in time of a health crisis. These couples would also be able

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