Throughout the past few years there has been a great amount of controversy on same-sex marriage. Here are four brief summaries on viewpoints of four different essays about the thoughts on same-sex marriage.

In Lisa Bennett's essay, "Why Can't We Get Married?" she describes in great detail her feelings for another woman. Bennett's opinion is that love is a natural thing, no matter who it happens to be with (254). Bennett then goes into describing the way she felt the night she knew she loved her partner, "I kissed her and felt something rise in me that I have never could have predicted, a conviction, an irrepressible desire to say, I want to marry you" (255).

Bennett feels as though the people with power over same-sex marriages do not understand the feelings of the people involved (255). Bennett explains, "I know they claim that our marriage would make a mockery of theirs; they warn that our families would cause the decline of the American family and they labeled our love immoral, disgusting, even dangerous" (255). She feels that "Love is Love," no matter how it happens, where it happens, or who it happens with (256).

The viewpoints of Lisa Bennett and Andrew Sullivan are very similar. They both are for gay-marriages and have a lot of the same beliefs and feelings. Lisa Bennett and Sullivan both look at the discussion on a personal level. Sullivan's essay was very informative and Lisa Bennett's has a lot of emotion involved. Lisa Schiffren and William J. Bennett also share the same thoughts on same-sex marriage. They both agree that same-sex marriage is immoral and will ruin our society and family lifestyles. No matter what happens with this law, there will always be arguments on whether or not same-sex marriage is right or wrong, moral or immoral.

Bennett, William J. "An Honorable Estate." The Informed Argument: A Multidisciplinary Reader and Guide. 5th Ed. Robert K. Miller. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 1998. 261- 263

Schiffren, Lisa. "Gay Marriage, an Oxymoron." The Informed Argument: A Multidisciplinary Reader and Guide. 5th Ed. Robert K. Miller. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 1998. 257-258

Sullivan believes that nothing would have to be changed with our current marriage system; they would stay the same as they are today. He just wants gay marriages to be treated like any other marriage (260). With all the diversity and acceptance in our country, Sullivan thinks that same-sex marriage should be respected (260). In his essay, Sulli

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