| I like Bacon said: I want to be able to marry. How come I'm not allowed to? I'm sick of being treated like a 2nd class citizen. I hope things will be better in the near future. |
I take it from this statement that you're gay yes? Feel free not to answer that question if it is too personal, but I have some general comments to make here.
The first question you need to ask yourself, is at the age of 18 why on earth do you want to get married 
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But now lets look at some more pertinant questions.
You're not treated like a second class citizen in this respect. There is a great misconception amongst some people in this thread that homosexuals have less rights than heterosexuals. This is false. I as a heterosexual man have the right to marry any heterosexual woman that will have me and is not already married. A homosexual man has exactly the same right.
Equally, neither of us have the right to marry another man, even if we were so inclined. Our rights are exactly equal.
What supporters of the homosexual marriage movement are advocating are in fact more rights. But there are a few important things to note here. Marriage has always been between a man and a woman, and was always intended to be so. This is a massive simplification, but think of attempting to gain access to a women's club. For whatever reason, you really wish to join the club. They have nice facilities, a pool, and a buffet. But the club wont let you in without an enormous fight. Even if you get in, it will probably not be due to them changing their minds, but due to the modern powers of the day (the courts for example) overriding the old institutions that set up that womans club.
Regardless of whether you eventually get in or not, why haven't you asked yourself, do you really want to be part of a club that doesn't want you as a member? To fall under the dominion of an institution that doesn't want nor ever intended for you to fall within it's boundaries in this instance? (that being marriage)
But perhaps most obviously, why have you not realised that across the street is a different club featuring identical facilities, under a different name and a different institution? (that being civil unions) One set up to protect your rights, in such a way as too not spit in the face of the traditions the members of the women's club have spent so long building?
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