Controversy 101: Gay Marriage.

I have never really understood what the big deal about gay marriage is. If you really love someone, and choose to be with him or her for the rest of your life, who is to say that you can't? I think that the whole controversy concerning gay marriage is complete and utter bull.

I recently found an article concerning gay marriage in Iowa. It began with telling the reader about how two men "sealed the deal" just before the county was told to stop taking the applications for marriage license of the same sex. The article goes on telling how it had been a big ordeal in the county and has always been a problem in the state of Iowa.

I think that the journalist covering this story did a good job informing the reader about what is going on from the government's point of view, but not so much of the gay couples point of view (who are still waiting for their marriage license). Even though the journalist did a good job of not taking a real side to the controversy, they could have informed the reader more about what the feelings of what the couples. I might have interviewed more of the gay couples that are now on the waiting list for their marriage license, or who's applications got denied. Maybe that way I could give the reader more of both sides of the controversy.


Link to article:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/31/iowa.samesex.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch