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Ever since the legalization of Gay Marriage in New York we have mostly heard in the city much talks about its approval and who and where they got married.  I’ve decided to look for some news related to the other side that is against same sex marriage.  Most of it has been obscured largely due to the large proportion of same sex marriages advocates in New York City.  Searching through Google I found a myriad of organizations whose main objective is to “protect the institution of marriage”.  I knew there were already groups as such but I felt like I actually wanted to find out if there were other reasons, apart from religion/children, that people oppose this.  I unfortunately did not find anything worth discussing.  Most of these groups are largely built around the same rhetoric; the opposition by “God”.

The article I found was on the Huffington Post of a march that took place on the same day gay marriage was legalized. It was led by a notable senator, Ruben Diaz; who is one of the main Democrats denouncing gay marriage.   I’ve included a video of the event.  Thanks God, Diaz comes out in the end and I don’t have to hear his obnoxious voice.

I thought it would be nice to give you all an example of what these anti-gay marriage commercials look like.  The second video . I’ve included is by an association known as the National Organization for Marriage. This video presents a couple of people who speak about  some “storm and dark clouds” coming and how supporting same sex marriages will impede on their “freedom” with other examples on how it can negatively affect us all; quite apocalyptic.  What’s even worst is that some of these commercial are quite alarming, in the sense that they try to incite a non-existent fear.

What I came to realize is that none of them provide good arguments that can be somewhat at level with the pro-same sex marriage arguments.  Many sites I came upon posted scripture.  I wish that most of them weren’t centered on religious reasons and they can somewhat include other people that don’t hold their “faith” to such standards.