Same-sex Marriage
Same-sex marriage which is also known as gay marriage is a type of marriage between people of the same sex, either as a civil ceremony or in a religious setting. It has always been a major topic of interest in the world, but as of 2016 this topic has highly been talked about and given opinions on. In this 21st century, it is shocking to see how the world is still debating on a topic like the same-sex marriage. People should be open minded on these topics and learn to let others do whatever they want to do. But it is nice to know that as of 1 March 2017, same-sex marriage is legally recognized in countries like Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Uruguay. But in America, Australia, and Europe it has seen that polls have shown rising support for the legalization of same-sex marriage. Whereas, the African countries, South Africa is the only country where same-sex marriage is recognized.
However, the recognition of same-sex marriage is a political and social issue, also a religious one in many countries. The debates on this topic have been arising day by day on whether people should be allowed marriage or some similar status. There are a few downfall of legalizing same-sex marriage. People tend to fake the same-sex relationships in order to get privileges such as getting citizenship, and other many things. Some countries are still hesitating on legalizing same-sex marriage due to people admitting to a faux relationship in order to skip the rules and regulations. Other issue is the religious issue. People are so religious about the same-sex marriage that they literally frown upon this topic. Well, other than these few topics I don’t see why people are still hesitating to legalize same-sex marriage in their country.
There are still many countries in the world that are opposing same-sex marriage. Talking about a recent issue that has been all over the news as of March 20th, 2017 is how the President of Philippines has still not legalized same-sex marriage and by the looks of it he will not be legalizing it anytime soon. According to the article posted on The New York Times on the 20th of March 2017, the President of Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has said, reversing a campaign promise in which he pledged to support legalization to allow gay unions. Mr. Duterte also stressed that the country was Asia’s bastion of Roman Catholicism, which steadfastly opposes same-sex marriage. He pointed to a recent issue, featuring a transgender woman on its cover.
(Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/world/asia/duterte-same-sex-marriage-philippines.html?_r=0)
There other many issues on same-sex marriage going around the world and people have been fighting, debating, and analyzing over this topic for a long time now. It is very important for the LGBT (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) people get the right everyone else is getting. It is so weird to see people talk about equality in the world on top of their voice, but when it comes to topic like these people still have to debate about it and make big issues. The world would be much simpler place to live in if people actually understood how these types of topics are important for some people.
In context of USA
In context of my country Nepal
Media Coverage
Source: http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2015-06-29/no-progress-on-legalising-same-sex-marriage.html
Video
Before concluding my brief, here a video on how much kids these days know about same-sex marriage and those who know about it, what do they think about it. Kids are the future of the country so it is very important that they are aware about the things going around in their country and all over the world. Kids should have some idea about it so that they don't get surprised when they see same-sex couples.
Conclusion
I personally think that even though same-sex marriage might have its downfall, it is necessary for it to be legalized around the world. I am from a country where these topics might never be legalized any time soon but if asked for my personal opinion, I would definitely say that it is normal for me and isn't a big deal. I have been here in the US for two and a half years now and here people have so much more freedom than in my country. The LGBT people all over the world should be felt as equal as any other group of people in order to make the world a peaceful place to live in. I am totally in support of the LGBT people and I think it shouldn’t be made a big issue because it is actually not.
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