Vermont legalizes gay marriage

Vermont legalized gay marriage on Tuesday. It is refreshing to see that our country is, however slowly, deterring away from the black and white image that marriage should be between a man and a woman.

Honestly, who is it hurting if two men or two women get married? No one. In our "free country," I do not understand why a homosexual couple cannot partake in the same happiness as a heterosexual couple. A marriage is about love and faithfulness and banning two people from legally sharing their life together is completely contradictory to what our society is supposed to be.

Hopefully, Vermont's coming out with same-sex marriage will set into a motion a much needed change for other states. Perhaps New York will be next in line. The "Big Apple" recognizes same-sex marriage preformed elsewhere but bans the actual ceremony to take place within its borders. I suppose it makes sense to allow a gay or lesbian couple to display their legal union publicly in a state that bans a wedding. Well, it does not.

We are living in a new era where social norms are expanding and, actually, social norms rarely exist.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-04-07-vermont-gay-marriage_N.htm