Why do some people prefer same-sex marriages?

Answer 1

Because regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation people from all walks of life should be able to enjoy all of the basic freedoms that are promised to us as citizens. Its not something you 'believe in', it exists and will continue to exist. People don't need to support gay marriage, but do need to accept that gay people that love each other have the right to marry their partner just as any heterosexual does.

Also, lot of people 'believe in' the idea that people should have the same (EQUAL) human/civil rights, which include the right to marry anyone, regardless of sex or race.
People support gay marriage because they believe that all individuals should be entitled to the same rights and protections of marriage that straight people are.

Answer 2

For the same reasons that anyone marries:

• love
• security
• companionship
• to start a family
• financial reasons
• to formalize their relationship
• to acquire legal rights that accompany marriage
• etc.

Answer 3

Most people who marry someone of the same sex do so because they experience a same-sex attraction. They are therefore more likely to fall in love with a person that they are attracted to and they want to marry the person that they love.

Answer 4

The United States Supreme Court, for example, supports same-sex marriage because it finds that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. Polling shows that most Americans share the sentiment.