A significant amount of people have
been with their partner for several years; however, as gaylawreport.com states,
same sex marriages are only allowed in 6 states. The six states are
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York. Therefore,
I ask, "Why isn't same sex marriage allowed in all 50 states?" Marriage
should consist of love and how much a person cares about the other person; it
shouldn’t just consist of the gender of the two people getting married. My
hypothesis is that most people will agree with allowing same sex marriage
regardless of their sexual preference and those who do not will say that
religion is the cause of that.
I conducted my research on everyone that was
willing to answer my survey. I chose everyone because same sex marriage laws do
not involve just one age, gender, or race group. I think that not having a
demographic harmed my data a little because I should’ve used an older audience
for the reason that they can vote and decide whether the states should allow
same sex marriage or not. Even though I do believe that the majority of people
that will say yes, because they are more open minded, are under the age of 18, they
cannot vote on controversial topics and future laws. However, they are the next
generation and will soon be able to vote on topics like this. 
I found that the majority of people
do believe that the states need to allow same sex marriage. I also found that
the people who are more open minded with same sex marriage and did not necessarily
say "no" or "not sure" had a more in depth definition of
what love is. For example, the people who said yes defined marriage as a
commitment between two people who love each other more than anything else in
the world and want to be together forever regardless of their flaws. However,
the people who said “no” or “not sure” defined marriage as a commitment you
make when you love someone and want to form a family with them.
I also noticed that the one person
who said no was also the only person who said that religion was the reason they
had said no.
I was correct with my hypothesis
because out of 28 people, 24 said gay marriage should be legalized. I was
in fact surprised with the results because I thought more people would have
said no but to my surprise only one person did and the other three put "not
sure." I conclude that if the
majority of people responded that gay marriage should be allowed then it
definitely should be.
I would like to explore an older audience
and ask them what they think of the subject since they can vote and most of the
people that answered my survey cannot. The question I would like to research
next is how much religion affects people's perspective on gay marriage.
Work Cited
Alper, Gideon. “Gay
Marriage Rights.” Thegaylawreport.com. 2012. 15 March 2012 <http://www.gaylawreport.com/gay-marriage-rights/>.
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