Why Should You Support Gay Marriage?

If you're reading this, there's approximately a 97% chance that you are not gay. And congratulations, you are socially accepted by society today. Feels good, doesn't it?

But you're reading this because you want to know why you should support gay marriage anyway. And, well, why shouldn't you?

The gay marriage debate is a rare bird in that it centers on a very small percentage of the population. A VERY small percentage. So, why should we care so much about the 3% of gay Americans and their right to marry?

I'll tell you why. YOU are in the minority, too! Confused? Ask yourself these questions...

• Are you a hard-core gamer? You're in the minority. How do you feel about growing legislation that determines what games you can and can not play?
  
  
• Are you suffering an illness that can only be soothed by medical marijuana? You're in the minority. How do you feel about rulings that using medical marijuana can land the elderly in prison?
  
  
• Are you working as an Engineer to support your family? You're in the minority. How do you feel about your salary being cut significantly due to increased cheap H-1B labor coming in from overseas while more of our jobs also get sent out? Time for mom to go to work -- the kids are getting shipped to Day Care!
  
  
• Are you suffering from Alzheimer's or some other terminal disease? You're in the minority. Extreme right-wing Conservatives want to kill your chances of finding a cure by cutting funding for stem cell research -- because they "believe" different than you.
  
  
• Are you a woman who's been raped or abused, and now pregnant? You're in the minority. If Anti-Choice legislations have their way, you will have that baby and you will like it. Just think of that rapist's eyes looking back at you for the rest of your life.
  

There are many more examples. Are you an Arab living in America, a woman desperately in need of emergency contraception, a Wal-Mart employee being denied health care services, a victim of racism, sexism, or both?

We are all, in some way, minorities -- and we all at some point have a small voice when the whole world can't seem to sympathize with us. I, myself, am a white male -- do you think I will personally ever need Plan B for myself, or be a victim of sexism?

No.

But others will, and I fight for them. I'll always fight for them, because one day I'll need them to fight for me when my voice is also small. It's why we should all fight for each other..

Stop looking at the gay marriage issue as one of you versus "them." It is us. Us. We are all in this together. Are you a single woman opposed to gay marriage because you yourself are not gay? What if you were gay? Would it change your opinion?

One day, you might find yourself in a predicament and find that your reproductive rights have been taken away by the very same people you sided with against gay marriage. Maybe not now -- but maybe soon. And now you need others to fight for you, because your voice is also small.

And who do you think will need to fight for you? We all fight for each other, because we hope that the others will fight for us.

Peace.