Gay & Lesbian Marriage.
By
Shakira Henley-Fernandez
INTRODUCTION
I am a woman of African and Cherokee Indian descent. I was born from a man and a woman as most are. I was taught that all people are created equal. We may differ in skin tone, language, and places of origin but we are all human beings that are to be treated equally and fairly in all stations of life. At a young age this knowledge was bestowed upon me by those who loved and raised me. With this basic knowledge I began grade school and again my teachers delivered this same message by way of the Declaration of Independence. Specifically the phrase that reads:
"We hold these truths to be self–evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Being the inquisitive child that I was, I had to ask my teachers why this phrase only included men. My teacher explained that it......
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