On Wednesday November 12th the Connecticut superior judge ruled that same sex marriage was legal. Gay and lesbian couples may now pick up a marriage license in the great state of Connecticut.
The biggest issue here isnt whether you think gay marriage should be allowed or not, its who gets to decided whether gay marriage should be allowed or not. So far, only TWO states out of the entire 50 states have legalized gay marriage. Those two states are Connecticut and Massachuets. So the question that I have is if we leave the decision up to state governments, will it ever be legalized in every state? I beleive the answer is no! A prime example of this is just recently California not passing the law to legalize gay marriage. California is just one state out of many to not allow gay marriage. But even with saying all that, I still believe that each state must decide and not the federal government.
If the federal government intervens, then we will have a huge national debate on this, thus taking away the much needed focus on issues that pertain to everyone like the economy and the war. So whether you beleive that gay marriage is wrong or right, I believe it must be decided on a state by state basis in order for the country to run to its best ability.
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