In voting on issues such as gay marriage and abortion many people who are against the legalization of the two are acting on a personal note rather than an objective legal stance. Seeing as how America was founded on the premise of being a free country and having equal rights it is in my opinion outrageous that these people are even having any sort of effect on the legal system. Even if i were for myself not fond of gay people or if I were to think that abortions were morally wrong I wouldn't take that decision away from other people who have different beliefs.
The institution of marriage may to some people be between a man and a women in terms of religion or personal belief but same sex marriages wont be in any way affecting those people other than them not being comfortable with the idea. Whether these people get the legal paper that says they are married or not will not stop them from having commitment ceremonies which in their minds ties them together for life so whether or not to give them the same rights that opposite sex couples receive shouldn't even be an issue.
On the issue of abortion I believe that it should be a choice made by the mother who is the one who would have to go through the pregancy. There should definitely be restrictions on the time frame in which the abortion is legal so that the fetus is not developed for instance the first trimester or earlier could be the only opportunity for the decision to be made. The potential mother of the child would in that case feel free to make the decision early and prevent possible real damage that could occur if they panic and try to perform the abortion themselves much later on in their pregnancy. This issue is very similar to the gay marriage issue in that whether or not it is legal many pregnant women will find a way to abort their pregnancy if it is unwanted.
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While it is true that conservative views are keeping certain rights from being "legally-given" to gays and lesbians, there are two causes to this problem that are keeping the dream from happening. First of all the conservative view of politicians and lawmakers is preventing them from making the right judgment. Moreover, the conservative views of the said politician's supporters is keeping these rights to be given to gays and lesbians.
My view is since the Constitution allows marriage between straights, or to be more specific straight citizens, then it should also pass the same laws to its gay and lesbian citizens.
Anyways the principle behind this problem is that these people's conservative view is the essential source of problem. Therefore it is logical to remove the biased view, or to at least come to a compromise. Religion states marriage is set for man and woman, and modern interpretations have set this belief in stone. For most anti-gay rights, their main problem is that allowing gay marriage is a blaspheme in the eyes of the Lord. However this group, by not allowing gay marriage is essentially putting the gays under rule of majority (although it isn't true that anti-gay is the majority among Americans, anti-gay is the majority among politicians), surely something that the Lord did not wish for. While going against what is "laid as a foundation" by god can seem incriminating, everyone deserves to choose whether they will follow said foundation or do what will really make them happy.
Ethical reasoning aside, there has already been established a separation of church and state by the first Amendment. Therefore anti-gays need to come up with a better argument than God doesn't want it or it makes me squeamish and stop hampering what is right.
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