Gay Marriage Should Be Accepted And Respected

Macklemore’s song, “Same Love,” with Ryan Lewis, featuring Mary Lambert, tells the younger generation about discrimination against gays, homophobia, and inequality. The song calls out people who want freedom, where our country came from, and what are religion says to show how if we don’t accept gays, there is a lot we can never have. Macklemore is disappointed with the way hip hop and rap talk about gay people without realizing how difficult they are making gay’s lives. It is also great when Macklemore practically asks religious people how exactly they do not support gay rights, and why they believe it is wrong because God is supposed to love everyone. Macklemore gives his honest opinion on how he feels everyone should be equal, and there are no “buts” or “ifs.” I stand by his opinion about love being love no matter what. Macklemore’s song, “Same Love,” he talks about societies false ideas of gays, the way the term “gay” is used in hip hop music, and that we are not equal until we allow gay rights with a huge change at heart.

A common question in today’s popular culture is “what is your jam?” Most of the time the response will be a song that the person most enjoys listening to or singing along to. However, what this question should mean is, “what is the song that most relates to you, the one that perfectly explains your thoughts.” We often get so caught up in asking, “what’s the story here?” in articles, movies, and television shows, but it’s about time that we ask the same question with the music that we call our “jam”. The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s single “Same Love”, a song with one of the best stories about same-sex marriage. Influential hip-hop artist Macklemore, who has gained a strong base through his hit

A crowd of sweaty sixth-graders eager to get to recess, pushed one another in their haste to get down to the park. My best friend hung back. When I ran back to join him, he looked scared, tears welled in his eyes. He took a deep breath, ready to get something off his chest, and said to me and my friend, “You know I like boys right?” I shrugged and said, “Really? That’s okay, lets just go play soccer.” Sweet innocence of children somehow gets lost in some when transitioning to adulthood. They turn to hate filled comments, demeaning gay people into think-ing that their sexual orientation is something sinful or awful. The music video, “Same Love” by Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, and Mary Lambert attempts to change the part of society that believes being gay is a choice. Macklemore is known best for his hip-hop and rapping style music, and while he keeps the rapping aspect in this music video, this is the first time he delves into deeper social issues. “Same Love” seeks to portrays one man’s life journey dealing with his homosexuali-ty, while at the same time challenging viewers to understand that sexual orientation doesn’t define a person.

Macklemore’s song Same Love was nominated for Song of the Year at the 56th Grammy Awards and is no doubt one of the most popular and influential songs of 2012. Their song is meant as a protest of the gay and lesbian rights as well as his way of expressing his feelings towards the hip hop culture and their views on homosexuality. During Macklemore’s life, he grew up with a gay uncle, however it was not just the problem with equality that powered the song. The obvious and outrageous use of the term “gay” in the hip hop world was utilized as a disparaging term also fueled the creation of Same Love.

A gay couple from Indianapolis who have waited to marry for years have been quoted as saying: “We 're positive because the mindset in this nation seems to be that it is unconstitutional to say that our marriages are different from any other marriage.” (pro-con,1) This means that gay people are staying optimistic. Prohibiting gay marriage is considered discrimination to gays because the government is not giving homosexual couples the same rights as gay heterosexuals, which is also unconstitutional. Therefore, same-sex couples should have access to the same marriage benefits and public acknowledgment enjoyed by heterosexual couples. (pro-con,1)

Gay marriage has slowly become a significant factor amongst individuals of today’s society. On June 26, 2015, it was ruled out by the U.S. Supreme Court that gay marriage was now legal. The first thing that I thought was that “Wasn’t it already legal in the United States?” Well, apparently no it has not been legalized in the United States! (Dumb me.) The U.S. is known to be a nation of equality and gives everyone the freedom of the speech, but it is actually a nation full of racism, sexism, and homophobias. Our country gives us the freedom to do many things, but to gay couples they don’t have much freedom as others do. We are violating their freedom because we aren’t letting them marry the one they love, so to say that everyone in the U.S. has the freedom to do anything is wrong. Our civil rights and the Constitution give us many liberties. One of our civil liberties is the pursuit of happiness, which many homosexual people are not allowed to chase, but thanks to the new ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court homosexual people are allowed to chase it. They are being looked down at and are feeling ashamed of themselves because of all the cruelty that they are receiving. Homosexual people haven’t been able to fully express themselves until it was legalized for them to fully do so. They have been fighting for the right to be married to their same sex for about a decade now, and they have finally met their goal. #Lovewins.

Major forms of inequality such as race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, etc., have been known to make a presence in the music industry. Whether an artist chooses to address the situation in a positive or negative way, it is very clear as to which issue of inequality is being addressed. To get a better picture of how inequality in music takes place, “Born This Way by Lady Gaga, “Just a Girl by No Doubt, and Macklemore’s “Same Love” will be examined and evaluated pertaining to which form of inequality is present in each song. Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” focuses on the subordinate races/ethnicities along with the concept of nonheterosexuality, No Doubt’s “Just a Girl” focuses on how females tend to be looked down upon and negatively stereotyped,

Most people believe that they deserve the rights they are granted by the government. An upstanding citizen who pays their taxes, serves their community and abides by the law should be afforded the rights of an American. However, not all citizens are afforded equal rights. Gay and lesbians are consistently denied rights that are typically taken for granted by the average American. Specifically, gay and lesbians couples are denied the right to marry even if they are upstanding citizens. They are held at an unfair disadvantage solely because of their sexual orientation. This discrimination must stop because gay and lesbian couples are law-abiding citizens too, who should be afforded the same rights as heterosexual couples.

One argument for gay marriage and the support of gay lifestyles is that homosexuals cannot help who they are since they were born that way. We should not judge their sex choices any more than someone's skin color. The Bible does not agree. It says that we are all born with the propensity to sin and we need to fight against it. Some face a desire to steal, some to lie, some to kill, and others to sin sexually.

“We’re here, we’re queer, get over it.” In 1990, these words, shouted and displayed proudly on signs waved by the activist group, Queer Nation, were revolutionary. Never, not since the Stonewall Riots, had non-straight, non-cis people been so vocal about their existence and demanded acceptance – something that straight people take for granted on a daily basis. However, in the years since the Riots, LGBT activism has become much more mainstream, no longer whispered about behind closet doors or something to be wholly ashamed of. Gay marriage is legal in all 50 United States, something that has been fought for since the conception of the LGBT movement. In fact, gay couples are routinely being featured on popular television and other forms of media. Some might say that in 2016, the dreams of the rioters in Stonewall have been realized. Marriage rights and the spotlight on nighttime television; equality seems to truly be right on the horizon.

Imagine a homosexual man or woman soldier in our military being gun downed in combat. Now imagine having a traditional funeral procession with his husband or her wife front-and-center waiting to get the folded flag from their coffin. How would the image of the man in uniform with respected power turning his nose up to the spouse and ignoring their very existence look? How would this symbolize our “free” country? Do we as a nation not comfort or encourage the spouse to continue living through the transition because of the tolerated support of homosexuals (“Lawrence v Texas 3)? Despite the controversial issue within the American society, same-sex marriage should be respected at the same level as traditional opposite-sex marriage.

“Why I am ashamed today to call myself an Iowan.” caught my eye as I searched for an opinionated article to write a rhetorical analysis over.The purpose of this article was for the author, Emily Heyer, to express her thoughts and opinions for gay marriage, and to share her views on why Iowa should have been pro gay marriage in 2011. This article is a straight woman’s view on gay marriage and why Iowa should have voted in favor for gay marriage in 2011. The author gives examples of times when Iowa voted towards equality. She argues that if gays are not allowed to be married because they can’t procreate that women who are unable to have children and all couples that can’t reproduce without a medical intervention should also be banned from marriage. The author, Emily Heyner, builds her credibility with facts, quotes, and logical reasoning. However, toward the end of this article, Heyner begins comparing Gay Rights to some of the United States most dark historical events, including slavery and Native America Genocide.

Right now our country is still dealing with one of the bigger social issues that plagues our society. People will argue for and against it in many different ways, whether it be right or wrong. The issue at hand is whether gay marriage should be legal or illegal. There are arguments on both sides of the spectrum, but at the end of the day gay marriage should be legal in all 50 states. Marriage is a right and freedom that should not be denied to any one person because of sexual orientation.

Gay marriage is one of the most debated and controversial issues in today’s society. Everyone has his or her opinions on gay marriage, whether it is acceptable or should not be allowed. According to The Washington post, “59 percent say they support same-sex marriage while 34 percent are opposed”(Craighil, P., & Clement). While 59% of the supporting gay is a high number, however that number is skewed. There is a difference between tolerance and acceptance, but the 59% is the total of the both. People have different perspectives on gay marriage. The ones that will be in this essay are, social science against same-sex marriage, most religions against same-sex marriage, and people for it.

The Supreme Court is the Judicial Branch of Government and is the branch that gets to interpret the Constitution. The Constitution is interpreted differently by every individual, so when a controversial subject such as gay marriage is brought to court, is the only thing that matters the justices own opinion? Gay marriage has been up for debate for centuries and gay couples are still working their way to equality. The monumental case which changed history is United States v Windsor and later in 2013, Hollingsworth v Perry. Why were the Supreme Court’s decisions on United States v Windsor so monumental? Did Proposition 8 violate the Constitution in Hollingsworth v. Perry (Santoro & Kent Wirth)? Did the Supreme Court Justices have standing