Same-Sex Marriages: 'I Do or Don't?'         There are issues brewing all the time that catch somebody's eye at one time or another. Issues such as abortion, single-parent families, the homeless, AIDS, politics, euthanasia, and same- sex marriages. Same-sex marriages caught my eye as an issue of 1996 which people should be aware of. Not necessarily because of gay and lesbian rights, but because they are people too and why should they be permitted on how …showed first 75 words of 828 total…

…showed last 75 words of 828 total…legally commit themselves to each other' (582). Everyone has a right to full happiness no matter what your color, race, or sexual preference may be. Let our country try to provide 'liberty and justice for all.' Works Cited 1. Quinslen, Anna. 'Evan's Two Moms.' Conversations. Jack Selzer. Pennsylvania: Allyn and Bacon, 1997. 580-582. 2. Sullivan, Andrew. 'Let Gays Marry.' Newsweek 3 June 1996, V127, p26. 3. Trensniowski, Alex. 'Same-Sex Marriage: For Better or Worse?' Time 9 September 1996, V148, p10.