No matter how many times I ask myself, and listen to words of wisdom offered by others, I cannot begin to understand the difference between marriage and “marriage”. Yet, that is what the world has reduced the LGBT community to; anything related to homosexuality is placed under ugly quotes giving readers the impression that the topic in discussion is something to be viewed under discretion.
Researches have been done in the most scientific and unscientific of manners and the result is still the same: there is no difference between gay couples or straight couples in a marriage. These individuals have the same aspirations, the same desires, the same beliefs about work, child rearing, and other aspects of married life. One can think of no logical reason why two people who wish to spend their lives with each other shouldn’t be united in matrimony but logic doesn’t enter the discussion when it comes to marriage by gay men and women.
There are only seven countries today that recognise same sex marriage and a few more that sanction civil unions between gay partners. There are many more countries, however, where homosexuality is still considered illegal and is a punishable offence (in some countries by death). At a time like this, the tiniest win in the smallest of regions sends a wave of jubilation through the rest of the world as hopeful men and women wait for their turn to start a celebratory wave.
After months and years of waiting, David Razu and fellow Mexicans celebrate the legalisation of same sex marriages in Mexico City.
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