I think this is a good bit of reading material:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/20...riage.html
Your declaration of independence clearly supports the idea of equality, so I think an argument on these grounds is the simplest and most poignant one you can go for.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
^ Yet gays are denied this right.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/20...riage.html
Your declaration of independence clearly supports the idea of equality, so I think an argument on these grounds is the simplest and most poignant one you can go for.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Quote:The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly held that marriage is one of the most fundamental rights that we have as Americans under our Constitution.
^ Yet gays are denied this right.