Gay marriage

Gay Marriage is when two people of the same sex want to get married. (See Gay). Gay people, like their straight counterparts, should have every right to get married. This option should be available to all.

The USA
It's legal in the US states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Iowa, Vermont, New York, and later California, despite conservatives passing Proposition 8, that was later overturned being called unconstitutional. . The Governor of New Hampshire also signed a gay marriage bill into law in 2009. These states are the only ones with humane policies. Gay marriage has also been legalized in Canada since 2005, and is legalized in several other countries. Maine previously legalized gay marriage in 2009, but the law went down due to votes against it. The law came back in 2012 when Maine got smarter voters. In the 2012 Presidential Election, Maryland, Washington , and Maine all voted to legalize gay marriage. Illinois, Rhode Island, and New Jersey are currently trying to legalize gay marriage.

The banning of gay marriage is a violation of the US Constitution under the 1st amendment. This is because seemingly the only argument against gay marriage is on religious grounds, and the Constitution prohibits the establishment of religion in the law. Social conservatives who are homophobic are trying to make this illegal, mainly because this is a wedge issue that they can use to get ignorant social conservatives to go vote Republican. At least it was a wedge issue but American voters overall are becoming more accepting of gay marriage so it's not clear how much longer this will be a wedge issue.

The United Kingdom
Same-sex marriage is currently illegal in the United Kingdom. However, bills in Scotland, England and Wales are currently aiming to legalize same-sex marriage (fingers crossed). However, that's unlikely now that David Cameron is in power and Nick Clegg is his tool - an 'equal' coalition.

Civil unions
The US states of Hawaii  and Rhode Island recognise same-sex Civil unions as do many other jurisdictions including the United Kingdom.

Economic Solution
What Conservapedia (who claim to pride themselves in teaching economics) fails to understand is that gay marriage could be a massive economic solution. Millions of gay couples spending thousands of dollars on their weddings would pump BILLIONS into the economy, as well as attract tallented gay people to places where their human rights are recognised.

Videos

 * Gay Marriage
 * "Defenders of Marriage" Video ridiculing conservatives who oppose same sex marriage by Roy Zimmerman