Thursday, October 16, 2014

Places With Same Sex Legal Marriage And Their Benefits To The Society

By Estelle Larsen


The benefits for marriage are not just meant for the couple but also for the government. Most of these advantages that the LGBT community can provide for the government are most likely overlooked. There are certain legalities, moralities, and religious aspects that are addressed regarding this situation.

Providing rights and recognition to same sex couples has no way of infringing the rights of others. Allowing same sex legal marriage is giving and extending the rights that are already being placed on the majority to the minority as well. In short, this is all about protecting the rights of all the people regardless of sexuality.

Massachusetts was the first state to legalize this in 2004. After that, the other states followed. These are Washington, Rhode Island, Vermont, New York, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Maine, Delaware, Maryland, California, and also with the District of Columbia.

Although some states have recognized this as domestic partnership or a civil union, in the federal state, they do not recognize this sort of marriage. Some of these are in Illinois, Colorado, New Jersey, and in Hawaii. Technically some of the benefits are the same with legal marriage although federal benefits are enjoyed like Tax and Social Security.

Before the United States started legalizing this in some states, Denmark recognized it in 1989. Although Netherlands is the first to actually grant it in 2001. This was then followed by other countries as well including Belgium, Canada, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Portugal, France, Argentina, New Zealand, Brazil, England and Wales, Uruguay, and by 2015 it is expected that Luxembourg would follow as well.

The LGBT has contributed to the whole society in a lot of ways in regards to the benefits of social, financial, cultural, political, vocational, and spiritual aspects. They are definitely a fundamental and huge part of society in order for the development and full growth of the entire nation. Having them denied basic rights and disregarding them would end up as a huge loss to their contributions to the nation.

Promoting equality may not only just benefit the LGBT but also with other minorities. It promotes non discrimination which is an important aspect in reducing homophobia. Legalizing this would help communicate towards millions of other people across and outside the country that these relationships have equal value, therefore it helps prevent prejudice between intergroup and it also supports cultural diversity.

Fostering psychological, physical, and well being is one of the priorities for development of a person and the community. The negative impact on discrimination and exclusion by the government and society defeats this purpose for growth among individuals. This causes a lot of social conflict, psychological distress, and ill health.

If these negative impacts are removed it would contribute to the better development of these individuals. Being provided with equal rights would let them focus solely on what is important which is nurturing their psychological and also their physical well being. This can give them more freedom to attain their full potential and prevents time and resources wasted from battling in attaining the basic rights. A time will come where same sex marriage would then be called as marriage.




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