Same-sex marriage is one of the arising moral issue that concerns a lot of people. I know that some people agree and some disagree since we all have different stand or opinion about the issue. I also knew Philippines is one of the countries that do not allow the same-sex marriage because of the influence of religion that basically affects the moral choice of people. But in my own personal opinion my position about the issue is yes, I am in favor of same-sex marriage. Even I am a Christian and my religion is against same-sex marriage I see nothing wrong about it.

I believe that all of us deserves to be happy and all of us have the right to love and be loved, to have our own family and to experience a what we call home. And if someone found that happiness, love, family and home with the same gender there is nothing wrong with it. Marriage is not just a ceremony it is a special celebration of a two-loving couple. And for me there is nothing wrong if two individuals with the same gender enter in the sacrament of marriage. We are all human and we are all the same, we all need the love, respect, understanding and support. Yes, God created only man and woman but who we are to judge and question the identity nor the relationship two individual with the same gender. We are not God that has a right to punish someone by not allowing them to be together because we see it wrong. In fact, I heard that there are some religious leaders and churches that supports the same-sex marriage. And as long as we do not hurt someone, I don’t see any reason not legalizes the same-sex marriage.

I agree with the same-sex marriage not because I’m a part of the LGBTQ community because I’m not. I am in favor because it’s also their right and I see nothing wrong about it. If that makes them happy then I go for it. I think it’s time for us to fully accept the LGBTQ community because they suffered enough due to discrimination. The way we can show that we fully accept and respect their community is by allowing them to be happy. For me it is more important to love the person we choose to love than to love the person that other choose us to love. And I believe that God will be happy to see us happy with someone we truly love than to see us in pain because we choose to follow what the society tells us the right thing to do.