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If you are going to write a persuasive speech, then presumably you will be less interested in what the different legal benefits of the two types of unions are and more in what they should be. So, your research should probably focus more on finding out why, given your excellent opening statement ("As a citizen of the United States who believes in dictum that "all men are created equal" in the eyes of the law, I see no difference in the denial of a same-sex union or the denial of a person to vote because of a different ethnicity."), so many people oppose same-sex unions. After all, you don't need to persuade people who already favor them, now do you? You need to persuade people who are opposed to them, and to do that, you need to know why they oppose them, so you can counter their arguments and respond to their objections. I'm sure you'll have no trouble finding sites that oppose same-sex unions online. Try to avoid the purely religious ones, though. You can't argue with "Because God said so," or persuade someone who's mind is closed to reason. Still, there are arguments out there meant to appeal to secular crowds, and those you will need to deal with, if you hope to make your speech effective.
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