Human Rights and Marriage

I'm sure everyone who has a facebook or twitter or access to any type of media knows that today there will be a supreme court ruling on gay marriage. This has been a subject that often times people around the world are not comfortable dealing with. It has also, as I'm sure you know, been an idea that many people oppose or have struggled to accept. I'm writing this post today to address some of the resistance and the bigotry and hopefully make some people think twice about how they view anyone in the gay community.
To me gay rights are not gay rights, they are human rights. Anyone who is of any homosexual orientation is a person and they should be treated as such. I'm tired of hearing about people being bullied, harassed and even attacked just because they are different from the majority. They deserve better. They deserve the same treatment that heterosexual individuals receive. They are made of cells, blood, flesh and skin just like everyone else. The only different is that they are programmed to love people of the same gender. While it may be a controversial topic I DO believe that they are born gay. They do not choose to be gay. Why would anyone choose to be gay in a place where they would be persecuted the way so many Americans persecute them now? This country needs to stop punishing people for being born. The cycle of persecuting those we don't understand is just repeating itself.
If you look back at the history of America we are denying rights to gay people in much the same way that the Irish and the black community were denied them. Why can't people see the similarities now? Why can't they see we are doing the same things now that we did to the immigrants so long ago? America is supposed to be a country dedicated to freedom and equality, not freedom and equality to those that our leaders deem worthy. The Declaration of Independence says "All men are created equal..." it says we have the right to "The pursuit of happiness." If we founded our country on such documents why are we ignoring them now? Further more why shouldn't our gay citizens be allowed to marry? That would not hurt anyone. The only reason it bothers people in the first place is because they are ignorant and afraid of what they don't understand. They have a right to pursue their happiness, even if it means marrying someone of the same gender and I hope that today America realizes this.