Harold Zarate Diaz
Dr. Silva
ENG 101
12-7-07
Final Exam
Dear Miguel:
I am aware of the relationship you have had with Juan for 5 years and from what
I have observed, you have a good and mature relationship with Juan. I heard that because
you have been involved with him many years, you are thinking about marrying Juan.
Every person in the United States has the right to equality and privacy. As a result, I think
it would be good that you take this step toward matrimony. The reasons for the same-sex
marriage to be allowed are the following: certainly mutual love and care are to be
encouraged whenever possible, possibility for children without parents to be adopted.
As long as love exists, same-sex shouldn’t be banned. The reasons is that certain
aspects of our lives should not be controlled and this includes who we choose to fall in
love with and marry, it is the government job to provide us with security and protection,
but not interfere in our relationship. Thus, as there is love between you and Juan, you
should continue with legalization of your relationship through marriage, government
should allow this legal union instead of putting restrictions to it.
The argument that marriage is for procreation is not valid based on the kinds of
marriages society does allow. If procreation is the priority, state should prohibit marriage
in which one or both partners are sterile or aged couples, and that is not the case. As a
result of this, your marriage may present a possibility for children without parents to be
adopted by you. According to the United States Department of Health and Human
Services there is a lack of adopting homes for children, it estimates that as many as
127,000 children need adoptive families and only 50,000 children were adopted in 2000.
In this way, you and Juan could give a home to those children without family.
Every person in the United States has the right to equality and privacy and you two
are not the exception. According to Susan Block “some left-leaning critics deplore samesex marriage as assimilation, not liberation.”(640) Gay people cannot be denied the right
to marry the person of their choice. According to the Fourteen Amendment to the United
States Constitution, “No state shall deny to any person within its prediction the equal
protection of the laws,” and the equal protection clause includes the proposition that “all
men are created equal.” Those are human rights that are absolute, not transferable to
another power.
To conclude you should marriage Juan, because you have been involved with him
many years and you have a mature relationship, you should continue with the legalization
of your relationship, your marriage many represent a possibility for children without
parents to be adopted by you, and every person in the United States has the right to
equality and privacy and you two are not the exception.
Sincerely,
Harold