As I have been continuing to find that the big social concern for both sides of the debate is same-sex marriage and what defines family. I chose this article because it takes place in Wake Forest, North Carolina. It has the same conversation we have been hearing is the concern of the marriage amendment, Amendment One. The election takes place for this amendment on May 8th. This article talks about how the churches around North Carolina are trying to get the amendment to pass and North Carolina is the only state in the south that does not have a constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriage. This article talks about the one side of the debate and that is passing this amendment. For a social problem to exist there has to be a side that has a negative few. Same-sex marriage to individuals is a social problem that does not deserve the same rights as heterosexual marriages. On the other side of the debate is that same-sex couples are being discriminated against and deserve equal rights. The main issue is a religious view on same-sex couples and marriages and also how the culture defines what is a family. The idea of what is a family varies person to person but to the government it is for heterosexual individuals. Over many years the idea of what family means have changed over decades which explains that it is not just a biological thing it is also has some sort of social construction. If the culture changes the definition of what family is, I believe there can be a change in the conversation if same-sex marriages are "families".
http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/03/29/1965637/pro-marriage-amendment-rallies.html
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