As most of you well know from the media attention that marriage has been given the past few weeks, much debate has arisen about legal gay marriages.
California has now joined Massachusetts in allowing legal gay marriage. Canada, our neighboring country, also recognizes the union between two mates of the same sex.
Same sex couples are becoming more and more common among the bonds of relationships. The push to give all unions of two persons the right to legally join is not going away for the other 48 states.
Some Minnesotans feel that protest is one way to voice their opinion about the refusal of the state to legally marry same sex couples.
It has been found that many same sex couples who live in Minnesota travel to Canada to make their union legal. This I expected. In many cases, citizens travel across state or country boarders to participate in something that is not legal in their area. For example, purchasing lottery tickets or gambling is a couple to name.
However, I was surprised to hear about a straight couple who felt it their duty not to marry in Minnesota. The couple has friends and family members who are gay. The couple wanted to marry but felt that if they took part in a Minnesota ceremony then they would be supporting the Minnesota marriage law, which they disagree with.
Therefore the couple has decided to travel to Thunder Bay to unite as husband and wife. By leaving Minnesota to make their commitment to one another, the couple feels that they are protesting the law that says their gay friends and family members cannot unite with their love ones in the same manner.
In addition to allowing rights for unions between gay relationships, the couple also feels that rights should be granted to other types of relationships.
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