Normally, I reject the desire to chime in on this argument that rages every semester in the Daily. A letter published on Feb. 26 (“Keep the dignity of marriage licenses”) said gay people couldn’t make marriage last because they ceased to be sexually attracted to each other, and relationships work because of hard work.

I wholeheartedly agree it takes hard work, and attraction isn’t everything.

If I recall correctly, the first of the same-sex marriages that occurred recently in San Francisco was between two women who had been together for more than 50 years.

I understand this may be uncommon, but it’s not exactly something that happens often in traditional relationships, either.

The fact is, with more than 50 percent of traditional marriages ending in divorce, the “dignity” of marriage licenses is debatable.

Britney Spears was married and annulled within a 24-hour period.

Let’s face it, marriage has even become an accident for some people in this country.

To suggest allowing same-sex marriages will “lower” that dignity is saying homosexual relationships don’t mean the same thing as heterosexual ones.

We’re all people here. All people who desire the same things.

We all want to be loved and to give our love reciprocally in a relationship with someone we respect.

Do gays need to marry?

No, because there have always been gay people and there will continue to be so, so naturally they will date each other and possibly spend the rest of their lives together.

But I don’t think anyone has the right to deny them the option of showing their love and commitment to each other through marriage and to deny them the economic benefits marriage has.

Bryce Carlson

Junior

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