debate paper
Debate Paper
For decades gay rights has been at the forefront of national debates, especially the debate on gay marriage. In today’s society gay marriage is being pushed to be legal in all 50 states, currently it is only legal in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maryland, Maine, New York, Vermont, Iowa, Washington and most recently Rhode Island. The debate over whether gay marriage is moral is really up to which side of the debate one stands on. Currently in the United States same sex marriage is illegal in thirty-eight of the fifty states by either the U.S. Constitution or by the states own laws. The laws stipulate that no two same sex people can enter into marriage legally. The Defense of Marriage Acts (DOMA) states that marriage is between one man and one woman, but that gay marriage will further weaken the institution is the opinion of those who oppose the idea. In Texas the state has banned both domestic partnership and civil unions by U.S. Constitution and state law.
Another argument that protestors of same sex unions state is that marriage is for procreation purposes. Since homosexual couple cannot procreate they have no reason to be married. This is a really hard to make a case from this statement as to the fact that more individuals have conceiving children out of marriage. It can also be said for the individuals who are infertile, should they be denied the right to be married? This statement is rather ridiculous no matter which side of the argument one is on.
Since 1993 the states have taken their place on where they each stand on the same sex relationships. Some states have either banned all forms of same sex relationships, some variation, or allows all relationships including marriage. The laws are decided by each state on whether to allow same sex marriage or to ban it. The first state to allow same sex marriage is Vermont in 1999, in a Supreme Court ruling Baker v. Vermont stating that same sex couple are entitled to the same
For decades gay rights has been at the forefront of national debates, especially the debate on gay marriage. In today’s society gay marriage is being pushed to be legal in all 50 states, currently it is only legal in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maryland, Maine, New York, Vermont, Iowa, Washington and most recently Rhode Island. The debate over whether gay marriage is moral is really up to which side of the debate one stands on. Currently in the United States same sex marriage is illegal in thirty-eight of the fifty states by either the U.S. Constitution or by the states own laws. The laws stipulate that no two same sex people can enter into marriage legally. The Defense of Marriage Acts (DOMA) states that marriage is between one man and one woman, but that gay marriage will further weaken the institution is the opinion of those who oppose the idea. In Texas the state has banned both domestic partnership and civil unions by U.S. Constitution and state law.
Another argument that protestors of same sex unions state is that marriage is for procreation purposes. Since homosexual couple cannot procreate they have no reason to be married. This is a really hard to make a case from this statement as to the fact that more individuals have conceiving children out of marriage. It can also be said for the individuals who are infertile, should they be denied the right to be married? This statement is rather ridiculous no matter which side of the argument one is on.
Since 1993 the states have taken their place on where they each stand on the same sex relationships. Some states have either banned all forms of same sex relationships, some variation, or allows all relationships including marriage. The laws are decided by each state on whether to allow same sex marriage or to ban it. The first state to allow same sex marriage is Vermont in 1999, in a Supreme Court ruling Baker v. Vermont stating that same sex couple are entitled to the same
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