Civil Disobedience

Henry David Thoreau's Civil Disobedience speech is supporting the need to prioritize one's conscience over the decimates of laws.  It is criticized American social institutions and polices.  When he wrote it it was directed towards slavery and the Mexican-American war.  Civil Disobedience is refusal to obey certain laws, demand, or commands of a government.  Also described as nonviolent resistance.  Some say that gay marriage is going to be the next civil disobedience.  I also believe that this is true.  Civil disobedience is all about being nonconformists and going against society.  Gay marriage is defiantly an example of civil disobedience.  Although some states allow gay marriage but the majority of the others disagree and have made it illegal.  Gay marriage is so taboo in todays and mainly the 20th century's society that it had became illegal to marry your partner.  You hear about disagreements about it all of the time.  There are protests against it and parades for it.  I felt that gay marriage will become the next civil disobedience because it is actually a right to love who you love and to be able to marry whoever you want to.  I feel that it is wrong to limit some one because its not your personal preference and you disagree with it.  Being gay and liking the same gender is something that people don't choose to do or be.  It's just your genetic make up.  Its just like have brown hair or blonde hair.  Or have freckles or not.  So the fact that someone can't help something about themselves and then not be able to participate in marriage because of it is really wrong.  Society says that everyone should be treated equally but then when it comes down to gay marriage everyone disagrees and its just ironic that they are all for equality but the reality is is that its just fake and meaningless to them.  Gay marriage doesn't affect the people who aren't gay.  Whats the difference between seeing a guy and girl together and seeing a guy and a guy or girl and girl?  Nothing that is the difference.  Some people get disgusted when they see a same sex couple showing their affection for each other but when its opposite gender couples theres nothing wrong with it.  That to me doesn't sound like equality whatsoever.  When gay marriage is illegal and there are people out there who want to marry their partner but can't because they are the same gender is wrong.  People have already started the civil disobedience by going to other states to get married and its just going to continue and the more people try to refuse it the worse its going to get.  People should be able to marry whoever they want no matter the circumstances.  Gay or straight we are all people and deserve equality.  So that is why I see gay marriage becoming the next big civil disobedience in the 21st century.