In this short essay, “ I’m Not Willing to Settle for Crumbs” by Kim Severson, she addresses some issue of same sex marriage. Severson has been sharing her life with her partner for years, but unable to get marry with her due the laws and regulations in our country. First, Severson express her feeling that there are only a few states that allows legal same sex marriages. There was a time, she thinking of moving to Massachusetts, where same sex marriages is legal. Moreover, Severson thinks about the all the disadvantage benefits for unmarried same sex such as, she has to pay or get less refund. Furthermore, she has to pay large amount of money from medical insurance. If Severson and her partner married, she has to pay less money for family medical insurance. She also addresses that she doesn’t want to drive to those states that legal same sex marriages because she doesn’t want to rush into the situation and on top of that, she has to move there. Also, she details about how some employer doesn’t recognize same sex marriages. Moreover, she wants her marriages to be memorize moments instead of rushing to some states and get marry.
After I read this essay, I have more understanding of same sex marriages and their problems that they have to go through. Moreover, I am agree with the author that, getting marries is the most memorize moments of your life. The author doesn’t want it to be crumbs and I am a 100 percent with her ideas. If you love someone so much, getting marriages is the biggest moments of your life. So, you have to do what ever it takes to make your partner happy. Also, if your partner asks you to do something for her, you have to do it because it was her special day and it only happens once in a lifetime.
