All Men Are Created Equal?

New York State is awaiting the decision on Gay Marriages from the Senate, a decision that if not passed will be a huge embarrassment for New York State. Many people still tend to vote based on their own religious beliefs instead of what is good for the nation as a whole. But we seperated church and state for a reason. No one should be allowed to judge how other people live. In fact, catholics are supposed to believe that only god judges and people do not. However, catholics continue to judge others in this city and go against their own beliefs.

Let's forget the idea that all people should be allowed to choose how to live, of course omitting any life choices that break laws (by inflicting harm on others). Let's not think about the fact that this country was founded by people who wanted the freedom to pursue their own religions and cultures and now want to deny others those same freedoms!

So, with all that forgotten we can focus on the more important issue that involves gay marriages, which is the issue of civil rights. Because there are many groups of people in this country who know what it is like to be inferior to others, who have had to fight for basic freedoms, then these groups of people should be all the more involved in the basic rights of others as well. What Americans don't seem to understand is that civil rights for one group of people means a step in the right direction for the civil rights of ALL groups of people.
As a woman who knows what it is like to be considered inferior, who has read about the history of women who have had to struggle and then be punished and tortured just for desiring to be considered an individual, and who still has to deal with these ignorant prejudices against the female sex, I would not support laws that continue to limit the rights of human beings based on their sex, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation. So many groups of people have suffered already, we should not to be part of the patriarchal elite who think that they can make laws that dictate the lives of other Americans. It is time that old fashioned ideas die and a newer, better America is born.