Blog 13: Til Gay Do Us Part

On March 8th I attended Til Gay Do Us Part.  It was a gay marriage debate hosted by the Stockton Debate Team along with the College Democrats and the Pride Alliance.  The debate began with the host showing the audience facts from both sides about gay marriage.  Then the debate began between the two sides, which consisted of 2 students and a faulty member on either side.  It was an interesting debate but it wasn’t very fulfilling because most people on stage were for gay marriage, even the ones on the opposing side.  However, the opposing side did a good job of debating the opposite of what they believe, which is a sign of a good debater.  Then the floor was open to the audience to ask questions to the panel.  The audience too was mostly for gay marriage so all questions were directed to the opposing side, which was also technically for the same thing.  The audience ended up making up questions for the for gay marriage side just to add more perspective to the debate.  In the end I was glad with the outcome of the debate because it showed that most of our school is for gay marriage, which is a wonderful thing.  However I do know of people on campus that are against gay marriage, and it was sad that absolutely none of them were confident enough to come out and defend their side.