We have talked a lot about our liberties, and one liberty that has been debated a lot lately is whether gay marriage should be allowed. In Illinois, a gay marriage law may pass in the very near future. While the vote may not happen in the next few days, hopefully in the next legislation there will be a vote. The Washington Post quotes Sen. Heather Steans saying its a matter of "when, not if" the bill will pass. It may be a few weeks before the bill will pass, but everyone seems to be pretty on bored.
ABC7 news says, "A letter was given out to parishioners at Holy Name Cathedral Sunday morning said the church is not against gay relationships, but against gay marriage." If even the church has that opinion, and that is the strongest opposition to the bill, it seems pretty certain that the bill will pass. I think this will be a great step for Illinois to take. Gay marriage bills are slowly working their way through the states, and soon, hopefully the entire country will allow same-sex marriage. It seems crazy that not too long ago interracial marriages were not allowed. That too became a right by working its way through the states. I predict that sometime in the future gay marriage will be as unopposed as interracial marriage. Eventually, most people will come around.
Do you agree that in the near future same-sex marriage will be allowed nationwide?
I would love to think that gay marriages would be allowed all over the country. However, Mississippi banned abortion in their state. The fact that a heavily disputed issue like abortion was banned in a state makes me think that other states will be able to ban gay marriage if they really want to. Based on what you have above about how the church doesn't mind gay relationships but does mind gay marriage, I think more conservative states, like Mississippi, will be less likely to allow gay marriage.
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