I am still trying to decide on the actual message of my advocacy project. I don’t know if I am going to do the exact message of my paper, that being that gay marriage should be legal. In this case, my audience would be the Supreme Court Justices and more globally the U.S. government. This would probably be an easier option than the other message I am considering.
The other message I am considering advocating is that as Americans we should maybe be questioning the institution of marriage itself and its place in the government. The audience in this case would be the general American public. The trouble with this topic is that while I find it to be very very interesting and think it has a lot of rhetorical potential, I am not sure I have strong enough feelings on the subject. This idea of questioning marriage is new to me and I am not sure exactly how I feel about it. I feel the fact that I have weak feelings about it came across in my paper when I tried to write out my thoughts on the matter. I don’t want this to be the case for my advocacy project.
I have a lot of thinking to do and I definitely have my work cut out for me this weekend.
What do you guys think?