Marriage is a natural right that everyone deserves, and for the gay community that right is a constant struggle. The gay community wants to show the person who publicly promises to be with them. Gay couples constantly fight for the right to marry. They are struggling to have everything a “normal” heterosexual couple has in their relationship. Although society is changing and becoming more open to accepting other ideas than the concept of traditional marriage between a man and a woman, it is still a constant battle to try to add gay marriage as a binding legal commitment. There is the struggle of trying to overcome the obstacles that come with gay marriage and also the problems that come with having a domestic partner. When examining the positive aspects of legalizing gay marriage, it is evident that same-sex marriage offers many benefits to the gay community, while at the same time providing many economic benefits for the United States. This is significant because same-sex couples deserve to have all the benefits of a traditional marriage, and legalizing gay marriage would help the American economy. To begin with, analyzing the definition of marriage one could argue that it is evolving, and the meaning is changing to adapt to the more modern meaning of marriage. Marriage for many people is considered “a covenant between a man and a woman and their sole purpose is procreation,” but marriage itself has many definitions depending on who you ask (TFP Student Action). The Merriam-Webster dictionary states that marriage is “the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law” (MW). Cornell Law School defines marriage as “the legal union of a couple…middle of the page…” (June 26, 2013). Why marriage equality is good for the economy and the budget. Retrieved from http: //thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/06/26/2219571/marriage-equality-economy/TFP Student Action (nd) Retrieved from http://. www.tfpstudentaction.org/political-incorrect/homosexuality/10-reasons-why-homosexual-marriage-is-harmful-and-must-be-opposed.htmlMarriage (n.d.). //www.law.cornell.edu/wex/marriageMarriage (nd). Merriam-Webster. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marriage Anonymous, (nd). //www.freedomtomarry.org/pages/marriage-101Badgett, L., Ramos, C., Sears, B., Steinberger, M., (April 2009) The impact on Maine's budget of allowing same-sex couples to be married, The Williams Institute, p.3