Article for school newspaper: "Non-heterosexuals deserve equality, too." Addresses the civil marriage issue.

"All men are created equal"-- unless of course you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transexual. They aren't regular people, so they don't deserve the same rights as regular people, right? Wrong, but this seems to be the mindset of several Republican senators who are trying to pass a bill that will amend the Constitution so it defines marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman. Not only will same-sex and transgender couples not …

…for this country to grow up and learn to accept one's fellow man, and respect him for making use of his right to freedom of religion, choice, and expression? When are we going to realize that this nation's foundation is built on a thousand different creeds and cultures? No political party or other person has the right to restrict same-sex and transgender couples from enjoying a privilege they were supposed to have been born with.