Legalizing gay marriage is the long-overdue correction; failure to do so dehumanizes and excludes a significant portion of the human race ("Separate"). When someone says the word marriage most people imagine a man and a woman being joined together not two of the same sex. James Wilson, gay activist, states that the social stigmata attached to homosexuality is different from that attached to any other race or ethnicit

enhances protection against discrimination based on "sexual orientation" in housing and employment (Colbert 19). This allows gays to be open with their sexual preference but still at the same time be protected with a law. But no matter what law the states publish it isn't going to stop society from picking apart homosexuals.

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