samedi 18 octobre 2014

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

By Estelle Larsen


The couples in same sex marriage is not the only one benefiting from the legalization but the government can also benefit from this as well. The advantages that the LGBT community will be able to provide is usually overlooked by the government. Certain legalities, religious aspects, and morality are being addressed in the situation.

Giving equal rights and recognition for same sex couples have in no way harmed and infringed the rights of other people. For it to be called equal rights, what the majority is experiencing and enjoying should also hold true for the minority in terms of same sex legal marriage. This is all about protecting the rights of people as a whole.

The first state in the US to legalize this is Massachusetts in 2004. Since then a few other states followed as well. The other places are Washington, Vermont, Rhode Island, New York, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Maryland, Maine, Iowa, Delaware, California, and then also the District of Columbia.

Some states have usually recognized this as a domestic partnership or also known as civil union, but in the federal state, they are not entirely recognized. These are true for the states Hawaii, New Jersey, Illinois, and Colorado. Basically the benefits have a few similarities but they do not offer benefits in the federal state like Social Security and Tax benefits.

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.

A lot of contributions to society are being taken part by the LGBT. These are in regards to social, political, cultural, vocational, financial, and also spiritual aspects. They are a fundamental part to the growth and development of the entire nation and society as well and removing them from the whole picture would end up becoming a big loss to the nation for their contributions.

Other minorities would be able to take advantage and get the benefit from promoting equality with the LGBT. It takes out discrimination in general, and especially with reducing homophobia. Legalizing this would let millions of people communicate better without any prejudice across the country and promote that these relationships are of equal value. This creates harmony between intergroup and supports cultural diversity.

The negative and harsh impacts from discrimination, conflict, and exclusion done by the government would greatly affect the LGBT and even other minorities as well. It defeats the purpose for the growth of these individuals in order for them to foster physical, psychological, and general well being which is the priority for the development of each person to supposedly benefit the community. These impacts can cause social conflict, ill health, and psychological distress.

Being able to remove these negative impacts and providing equal rights would eliminate relationship discriminations which lets them focus more on psychosocial and overall well being. This allows people to have freedom in achieving the full potential of each individual. And this prevents the waste of time and resources just to engage in standing for basic equality. There will come a time where it is no longer called same sex marriage but as marriage.




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