whether or not same sex marriage is right or wrong. There is absolutely no legal‚ logical‚ or governing reason that same sex couples cannot be wed and it’s extremely unconstitutional in every way to tell them they can’t. Same sex marriage should be legal for a number of reasons‚ a few being‚ it’s no one else’s business if two men or two women want to get married‚ not allowing them to marry makes them seem inferior‚ and it rids them of their civil rights. In the book Gay marriage by Kate Burns‚ it states
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that all men are created equal’." -Martin Luther King Jr. The Civil Rights movement may have started out on a mission to improve the lives of the large population of African-Americans‚ but who would have guessed that King’s quest for racial integration would provoke the same quest for individual rights by another completely different group of people‚ this time the Gay and Lesbians of society. The quest for equal rights by people‚ who had unjustifiably been repressed for hundreds of years‚ would
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Sociology Research #3 Gay Rights In our country this year there is many movements for the gay community coming together. The gay community has significantly stood up for there rights over the last few years and we should expect a lot more. The gay community has recently gained many large voices to their movement‚ from congressmen and celebrities to even former President Bill Clinton (Wong Huffington Post). I believe 2013 is going to be a big year for not only the gay community but the transgender
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Monroe Gay Rights “I’m a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid‚ I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people‚ what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant.”- Paul Newman‚ an actor who gave his thoughts on the gay rights movement. The Gay rights
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The 1950s through the 1960s were all about civil rights. African Americans fought to assert there full rights as Americans‚ Woman fought to be able to stand next to a man in whatever profession and also vote. And now since the late 1960s it’s the gays turn to fight for equal rights. The movement for gay equality in the constitution has been a recent topic for debate in the united states. Over the last several decades‚ gay rights advocates have made significant strides in better protecting homosexuals
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2014 Gay Rights Movement and Proposition 8 “It takes no compromise to give people their rights...it takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression.” This was a quote from an American politician who became the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California‚ Harvey Milk‚ and he believes that gay rights is a right that must be set for the equality of men and women. The gay rights movement began
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4‚ 2012 Gay Liberation Strongly influenced by occurring civil right movements gays began their own movement. The Stonewall Riot was the first major revolt in which gays fought back against those who oppressed them and it helped push forward the Gay liberation movement. There had previously been many violent events previous to stonewall that involve gay bashing and cruel treatment of gays. One night at the Stonewall Inn‚ what seemed to be normal night‚ turned out to be a major event in Gay Liberation
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Gina Gay Rights The battle for gay rights is the number one most arguable topic in America today. Dating back to 1924 when the first known gay rights organization‚ The Society for Human Rights was formed in Chicago (“The American’s Gay Rights Movement: Timeline”); it is evident that this battle has been long and seemingly endless‚ with only small amounts of beneficial outcomes. Yet as the newer ages approach it becomes evident that there is a change happening. The country is growing and beginning
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As of Nov. 20‚ 2013‚ gay marriage has been legalized in 16 US states (CA‚ CT‚ DE‚ HI‚ IA‚ IL‚ MA‚ MD‚ ME‚ MN‚ NH‚ NJ‚ NY‚ RI‚ VT‚ and WA) and the District of Columbia. 33 states have gay marriage bans through either laws or constitutional amendments or both. Proponents argue that same-sex couples should have access to the same marriage benefits and public acknowledgment enjoyed by heterosexual couples and that prohibiting gay marriage is unconstitutional discrimination. Opponents argue that
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Words and phrases like “faggot‚” “dyke‚” “no homo‚” and “so gay” are used casually in everyday language‚ despite promoting the continued alienation‚ isolation and — in some tragic cases — suicide of sexual and gender minority. The word "faggot" is used over 10 million times a year on Twitter. The countless times that those sexuality slurs are used on social media doesn’t even compare to the use of them in day to day conversations with your friends during passing periods. How would it make you
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