10/13/2014

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 one to legalize marriage for the same sex in 2004. The other states then followed after this. This includes California, Delaware, Maryland, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Maine, Rhode Island, Washington, Vermont, New York, and with also 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.

A lot of countries have already started legalizing and recognizing this before the United States took this step. In Denmark, they have it recognized in 1989, but Netherlands was the first to grant it in 2001. A few countries followed as well which includes, Uruguay, England and Wales, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Norway, South Africa, Canada, Iceland, Brazil, France, and Argentina. By 2015, Luxembourg is expected to do the same.

In terms of the benefits towards the community as a whole, the LGBT people has contributed to this in ways regarding social, cultural, financial, vocational, political, and spiritual aspects. The LGBT is a fundamental part of the society for the development and growth of the nation. Taking them away would be a huge loss in the contributions of these people.

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.

Removing these negative impacts can result into a better development of each individual. Having their potential being met where they can focus more on the important aspects for their growth instead of having to battle and fight for basic rights for themselves and enduring the discrimination by the society as well as the exclusion. This can remove the time and resources that are wasted. Sooner or later same sex marriage would be simply named as marriage.




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